Thieves of the Sea By: Alison Somers Professor French Composition 1 Blue 24 July 2012 Most people see pirates as swashbuckling and rum drinking bums. But over the years pirates have become a large threat to international waters‚ especially off the coast of Somalia. These new very dangerous pirates have devised ways to hijack cargo ships and take its entire crew and products hostage. They then use these products and crewmembers to their advantage
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the way humans would think. For example‚ humans would think in the following way to control traffic situation at a certain junction: “if the traffic is heavier on the north or south lanes and the traffic on the west or east lanes is less‚ then the traffic lights should stay green longer for the north and south lanes”. Such rules can now be easily accommodated in the fuzzy logic controller. A comparison between the performance of the fuzzy traffic lights controller and the conventional fixed-time
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mitigate traffic congestion during commuting hours for the next 20 years. The combination of strategies will be most effective‚ but some of the strategies will take longer to implement than others. The new bus routes and change from four to five lanes across the Braveheart Bridge will be almost immediate. The conversion of the factories and warehouses to lofts will take longer and the initiative to promote walking & bicycling to work will take time before the public buys into it. It is estimated
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Traffic Control: The Need For Change As the population of the United States dramatically increases and the number of vehicles on the nation’s roads and highways skyrockets‚ new methods of traffic control and organization have become necessary‚ by utilizing new methods of transportation or by revising the current system. In the past 15 years‚ the number of vehicles on American roads has increased 41.9%‚ the number of licensed drivers has increased 29.3%‚ but the size of the general population has
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Sarah Ruhl’s The Clean House is a play ripe for a director’s dissection‚ with deep reflections of love and loss. I consider the central character‚ Mathilde‚ a Brazilian maid‚ who has a job cleaning the house of an uptight American doctor (Lane)‚ to be the axis from which the action of the play orbits around. Ruhl’s writing riffs on the roles and status ascribed by social class: “It’s a telenovela!‚” Mathilde declares wryly. This piece is a myriad of fantasy‚ social commentary and dry humor. And
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the faith and are destined for Heaven (Lane 238). Following is the Evangelical theology which evolved from the Pietism and Revivalist movement and as their way of including people in the faith without the firmness of older practices (Olson 33). Charles Finney‚ a leader in Evangelism‚ emphasized the need and ability to evangelize the world while also maintaining the power of free will‚ thereby preaching to‚ but not trying to control the mind of the masses (Lane 253‚ 254). Evangelist’s believe in the
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Section 7J-3 of the Manual deals with the placement of warning signs and states that: A complete series of warning signs is generally required on both sides of the roadway for lane closures or other restrictions to traffic flow which may be encountered. The sign layout should provide the driver with specific information on the lane closed; for example‚ type of activity or event‚ speed controls‚ and special directions for passing around or through the work site. The reasonableness of all
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Kareem made a correct ConciergeKey announcement. Military personnel were not identified in the Group 1 announcement. Groups 2‚ 3 and 4 were correct. The required Basic Economy announcement after Group 4 was not made. Groups 5 and 6 were correct; no lane was designated in Groups 7‚ 8 and 9. Calvin made an announcement paging all customers
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National highway sections. The project under consideration aims at developing Islamnagar-Kadthal‚ section of NH-7 from 230 to 278 kms located in the Adilabad district‚ Andhra Pradesh by widening the existed 2 lanes to 4 lane divided carriageway facility‚ including strengthening of the existing 2-lanes on build‚ operate and transfer(annuity) basis. PAYMENT OF ANNUITY: NHAI shall as security of payment of annuity‚ provide to the KNR constructions a letter of credit from a schedule bank in India for
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Three Great Conquerors of History Gaius Julius Caesar of Rome‚ Alexander the Great of Greece‚ and Genghis Khan of Mongolia were exceptional rulers during their reign. To this day they are still studied and praised for the achievements and goals they accomplished as rulers. Many historians often find themselves asking the question: “Now what exactly made these men so great?” The answer is quite simple. Each man in charge of his empire had the exceptional leadership skills to pilot an army effectively
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