and partly to electrical. Fuel transport and delivery Coal may be delivered by transport truck or railroad cars. A large coal train may be nearly a mile long‚ containing 100 cars‚ each with 100 tons of coal‚ for a total load of 10‚000 tons. Modern unloader use rotary dump devides. The unloader includes a train positioner arm that moves the entire train to position a car over a coal hopper. The dumper clamps an individual car against a platform‚ which swivels the car upside down to dump the
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History teaches people the lessons learned from previous mistakes such as what someone should do and should not do. However in modern society‚ people have turned its back to the past. People live in a society where it is constantly changing‚ instead of thinking about where we came from‚ people focus on where we are going. Remembering‚ historical events from the past is important because it shapes the way we view the present and the future. A recent historic event that occurred recently and took the
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participating children‚ as well as their development of strong morals. A child that participates in pageants is at risk for developing mental disorders for several reasons. The children are constantly being compared to each other and given negative criticism. "A child‚ especially a female that is going to pay so much attention to her looks and that knows she is being assessed for it‚ is very prone to develop eating disorders‚ such as anorexia or bulimia (Grosaru)." Eating disorders start mentally
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improvements and advancements but by the blending of profound social changes‚ as Europe moved from a primarily agricultural and rural economy to a capitalist and urban economy‚ from a household‚ family-based economy to an industry-based economy. The negative impacts of the Industrial Revolution were evident at the beginning‚ many hardships had to be overcome‚ changes took place causing grief to majority of the population. Faith waned‚ patience was tested‚ and a umbrella of oppression covered the people
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was a strong‚ powerful and lavish ruler of France. He believed in the Divine Rights of the King and ruled with total authority. King Louis faced many problems‚ and attempted to solve them by issuing policies however they did not all have positive effects on France. King Louis worked to improve the economy and industry of his reign‚ became a patron of the arts and lead France into constant warfare. When Louis came into power Frances economy was “fractured‚ unstable and nearly insolvent”(History.com
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Indian Act and its Effect on Modern Society The Indian Act is one of the most outdated and irrelevant pieces of legislature ever written. In 1876‚ the Crown consolidated all existing laws pertaining to Indians‚ and called this new document the Indian Act. They did not solicit input from Aboriginal people and in fact‚ at that time‚ Aboriginal people were not even allowed to vote for or against the politicians who were creating this Act. If this Act was written in 1876‚ what effect could it possibly
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European culture could not be adopted by Africans‚ because they were an inferior people (Lugard 76). This is an extraordinary weakness of the theoretical foundations of indirect rule‚ as Africans have adapted to European society remarkably well in modern times. A theory of governance based on the idea that Africans were innately inferior made the entire approach flawed from the onset. Mahmood Mamdani‚ who likened indirect rule to “decentralized despotism‚” argued that “The central claim of indirect
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According to a study done at Michigan State University‚ fifty to eighty percent of the material stressed on standardized tests does not receive suitable attention in textbooks. Ever since President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind law (NCLB) on January 2‚ 2002‚ the United States government has been forcing educators to give their students more and more standardized tests (Klein 1) . The government does not realize how harmful these tests are to students and their educators. Standardized
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friction‚ and oil absorbs the heat. When it gets dirty‚ it cannot absorb the heat as well‚ and not changing the oil in a car can have harmful effects to the engine (Ulin‚ Don). Although changing the oil in a car every 3‚000 miles might sound like a good thing for longer engine life‚ it should be done around 7‚500 miles or more because of the harmful effects on the environment and finances. According to Jamie Cameron-Harley‚ “…if you can change your oil in less-frequent intervals‚ you not only save
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made within that short time and it had a catastrophic effect on the people of China. It is important because of the large scale of the plan and the loss of life all around the countryside. Bad leadership and natural disasters combined to create a massive famine in which it is estimated that 20 - 40 million Chinese citizens starved to death or died from disease‚ and in some provinces‚ entire villages were wiped out (Slavicek). Its disastrous effects can stand as an example to
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