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Sailing
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1502.... needed to be found. Sails became split into smaller units and ships carried more masts. Some ships had as many as seven masts and forty nine sails set at once.
Bit by bit, the sails evolved into triangles with moving points and arms that could turn, enabling people to sail upwind. From here we approach today. With computer assisted design and programs that can sail the boats before they are even made, we enter the twentieth century.
One must realize that a sailboat may not sail at the wind and certain angles to the wind. This is called the luff zone. The efficiency of a boat i .....
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Side Mounting
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 612.... of the cave and just attach it to their weight belt when they get to the dangerous portion of the cave. The next phase in the side-mounting
history came when Americans began using side-mounted tanks to squeeze into low or narrow underwater cave passages too confined for traditional double-tank rigs. Now, a new system promises to bring into the mainstream of diving technology.
Dive Rite, a huge manufacturer of diving equipment, has developed a method of attaching tanks to the side of their popular TransPac. This is making diving easier for many cave divers, such as t .....
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What Causes Juvenile Delinquin
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 781.... such as physical, sexual, or mental. A juvenile without a stable place to live will almost inevitably become delinquent.
Use of drugs or alcohol can also cause problems in the home. Either of these items being abused in the home will immediately cause it to be unstable. Both items will most likely lead to other things such as fighting between the parents, abuse of the juvenile, or just an overall disregard for life. On top of that it gives the juvenile an easy chance to start using the products. Once the juvenile is using drugs or alcohol they are definitely becoming .....
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Importance Of Diversity Traini
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 421.... might otherwise interfere with their work”(Jordan).
Programs are made up to cover a wide range of topics. These topics include defining, developing and managing diversity, harassment prevention, cross cultural communication, and creating an affirming environment. Workers will be able to bring up their own specific topics as well.
Training sessions will be of two types. First we will have a series of speaker’s come in at least once every other week and talk to large groups no larger than 75 people. Also during the week between smaller groups of no more that 20 .....
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The Global Logic Of Strategic
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2591.... research on strategic alliances.
ALLIANCES
The underlying argument or reasoning behind Ohmae's opinion that strategic alliances, or entente, are the only way forward for all companies competing globally. "Globalisation mandates alliances, makes them absolutely necessary." (Ohmae, 1989). The author has supported this viewpoint, that globalisation makes strategic alliances necessary as vehicles for customer-orientated value, with four issues facing today's companies: 1. The Californization of Need; 2. The Dispersion of Technology; 3. The Importance of Fixed Costs, 4. Dange .....
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Modern Television Changing Ame
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 1930.... to be broadcast across the country, the Federal Communications Commission made several bold and new decisions. First, The FCC had to decide on a bandwidth for which all television signals could occupy. The FCC had no problem in selecting a frequency at the time, considering the limited amount of signal producing devices that were available to the public. Second, the amount of resolution that the television sets could receive had to be determined. The FCC based this decision on the amount of information that black and white signals transmitted. The amount of resolution t .....
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Teenage Suicide
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1867.... a very selfish society, and this causes pressure on the weakest link of our society....the teens (DeKonty)." Teens are also in pain because of the growing separation between parents and their children. "Twenty five years ago, the ‘in' thing to do was to live your life for your kids.
Now...the ‘in' thing to do is balance a job and become successful while bringing up your kids. If we are not careful about this trend...soon kids will be a bother rather than a joy. This mentality has caused the teens of today to feel that they need to share their time with their par .....
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How To Swim The Breaststroke
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 722.... is an automatic movement if the stroke is performed correctly.
In the glide, the body is flat, prone, and streamlined, with the legs together and extended straight out. Keeping the palms down, extend the arms in front of the head. Angle the hands slightly downward and turn the palms outward at a 45-degree angle to the surface of the water. With the arms straight, press the palms directly out until the hands are spread wider than the shoulders. From this position, bend the elbows and sweep the hands downward and outward until they pass under the elbows with the forearms ve .....
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