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    Left Turning Tendencies

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    that contribute to a left-turning tendency in propeller driven airplanes. The forces of P-factor‚ torque‚ slipstream‚ and gyroscopic precession all work to create a left-turning tendency during high-power‚ low-airspeed flight. P-Factor is a force from the propeller. It is also known as Asymmetrical Thrust. When you are flying an airplane at high angles of attack‚ the descending blade (right side) of the propeller takes a greater ”bite” of air than the ascending blade(left side). This then causes

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    Tobacco Use and Lung Cancer

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    Lung Cancer Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer among both men and women. There are two different types of lung cancer: nonsmall cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. There are also many different things that can cause lung cancer‚ but the number one cause for lung cancer is tobacco use. What is lung cancer? This is a question that a lot of people are still asking. Lung cancer is definitely something to want to be educated about so that it can be recognizable. There are healthy

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    Air pollution

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    Effects of Air Pollution in the Environment Air pollution is the unwanted change in quality of the earth’satmosphere caused by the emission of gases and of particulates‚ which are small particles‚ which are small particles of solid matter or droplets of liquid. Polluted air adversely affects the health of human beings‚ animals‚ and plants; it soils damages building and other property; and its reduces visibility endangering travel by air and on the ground. Air pollutants

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    air pollution

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    11 Nov 20014 Air pollution effect on humans There’s nothing quite like opening the door and breathing fresh‚ clean‚ air—but how clean is the air you’re breathing right now? Unless you’re a scientist with a chemistry lab at your fingertips‚ there’s no real way of knowing. The gases you’re sucking up through your nose could be slowly killing you: according to the World Health Organization‚ around two million people die prematurely from the effects of polluted air every single year. Air pollution has

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    Air Pollution

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    [Date Place INDOOR AIR POLLUTION Children’s Health and the Environment WHO Training Package for the Health Sector World Health Organization www.who.int/ceh July 2008 version 1 Indoor Air Pollution Indoor LEARNING OBJECTIVES LEARNING TO UNDERSTAND‚ RECOGNIZE AND KNOW: Hazards of indoor air pollution to children’s health Different toxicants in indoor air‚ according to sources‚ settings and activities Characteristics and issues relating to indoor air pollution in industrialized

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    Left Wing Extremism

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    Six years back‚ when on November 4‚ 2004‚ the Prime Minister proclaimed Left Wing Extremism as the biggest threat confronting the nation that had to be dealt at ‘war footing’‚ it had a ring of resolve of a freshly elected government to take the bull by its horns. However‚ when he repeats the same now‚ it carries an air of helpless lamentation. The efforts at war footing notwithstanding‚ during the last six years‚ the area under Naxal influence has nearly doubled extending to nearly 203 districts

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    No Child Left Behind

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    NO CHILD 1 No Child Left Behind Act NO CHILD 2 Accountability begins with parents ‚ communities and elected leaders that are informed so that we can work together to improve schools. President Bush quoted‚ “Clearly‚ our children are our future…Too many of our neediest children are being left behind” (www.ed.gov). No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is an education bill enacted in 2002 by President George W. Bush during his first term in office. The No Child Left Behind Act says that states

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    air pollution

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    Air Pollution To understand pollution of air‚ some knowledge of the atmosphere is required. Atmosphere is a layer consisting of a few gases surrounding the planet earth and is vital for the survival of life on earth. The atmosphere protects earth from abrupt temperature fluctuations from the powerful ultra violet radiation coming from the sun. The atmosphere is made up of nitrogen 78%‚oxygen 21%‚argon 0.9%‚carbon dioxideo0.03% and small amount of trace gases ‚helium ‚neon‚ krypton‚ xenon‚ hydrogen

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    tea removes fatigue‚ tiredness and headache. It also increases the capacity of thinking. It is also used for lowering body temperature. The principal constituent of tea‚ which is responsible for all these properties‚ is the alkaloid-caffeine. The amount of caffeine in tea leavers varies from sample to sample. Originally it was thought that caffeine is responsible for the taste and flavour of tea. But pure caffeine has been found to be a tasteless while substance. Therefore‚ the taste and flavour

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    Air Pollution

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    Air pollution Air pollution is a problem everywhere in the world. Local air pollution usually affects big cities. Air pollution becomes a worldwide problem when local pollution moves away from where it came from. For example‚ winds carry air pollution made in the middle of the western part of the United States to Canada‚ like acid precipitation. Acid precipitation Acid precipitation is precipitation‚ like rain‚ sleet‚ or snow‚ that contains acids from air pollution. When fossil fuels are burned

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