The Battle of Hampton Roads occurred on March 8 and 9 of 1862 and is most commonly known as the Battle of the Ironclads. The naval battle came at a time when the Union forces were attempting to take the Confederate Capital of Richmond‚ Virginia. The Union Naval vessels with 204 guns heavily outgunned the Confederate vessels that had only 35 guns but the determining factor of the battle was the new type of vessel‚ the ironclad. The noteworthy combatants of this battle were the CSS VIRGINIA and the
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Rhiannon Romero Ellen Maresh The Essay January 23‚ 2010 Road Trip “Tiiiim! Is the car all packed? Are you ready to go?” I yelled‚ as I ran up and down the stairs trying to get everything together. He answers‚ but I only half hear him. I check and double check the list in my head‚ “Food‚ check; blankets‚ check; pillows‚ check; games‚ check; camera‚ check; suitcases‚ check; gas‚ check; music CD’s‚ check; family‚ check…Lets do this!” I went downstairs to the playroom and the kids are watching
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One day me and a couple of friends were on a road trip to Maryland to go see our brothers basketball game. We rode in my friends new car to see if it was a good running car. About 40 minutes into the ride the oil light came on. We pulled over to see what the problem was. We popped the hood to see if anything looked off but nothing looked wrong. Not too long after a cop pulled behind us. The cop asked us what was the issue with the car and asked everyone for ID’s. While the cop was checking our IDs
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Houston‚ Texas) CarInsuranceComparison.com released a graphic in 2016 showing the ten worst states in terms of driving under the influence. Fortunately‚ Texas did not rank in the top ten‚ but individuals shouldn’t get too excited. The state came in 14th in the nation in terms of the prevalence of drunk driving. The study took into account factors such as the number of DUI arrests‚ the quantity of DUI laws‚ the number of penalties associated with a conviction for DUI and the
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source of debate in the United States. The death penalty has many benefits. One is that it can help stop evil people from hurting others again in the future. A study in Texas‚ a state where re-arrests are common‚ showed that only 20% of prisoners served all their time (Dieter). If the death penalty had played a bigger role in Texas prisons‚ fewer prisoners would have been released early‚ and re-arrests would become less common. It has been shown that for every inmate put to death 3 to 18 murders are
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Texas oil well blowouts cause dangerous injuries The need for oil and gas to be drilled on American soil is growing. The need for oil and well rigging and oil riggers increases daily. Despite being an extremely dangerous field to go into‚ oil rigging is a sought after job. As the popularity of oil rigging increases‚ the danger of doing so will increase as well and the concern for those working with oil welling rises. Oil well blowouts occur when there is an imbalance in pressure‚ whether that
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A 2.45 GHz RFID System for Electronic Toll Collection B. Tech. Project by Praneeth Tammiraju 04007032 Index 1. Introduction 2. RFID in ETC a. RFID – a review b. The actual role c. Technicalities in brief 3. The Reader Design a. The transceiver design b. Circuit description c. The PCB of the reader d. Programmability of the reader 4. The Transponder Design a. Broad Overview b. Redesigning rectifier 5. Communication Protocol 6. Conclusion 7. References 2 3 3 3 4 6 6 7 9
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By the time I entered high school‚ we had collectively visited 25 states‚ the farthest being a 28-hour road trip to Texas. Spending a good deal of time in a car during my childhood‚ I grew up staring out the window of our minivan‚ naming every car that we passed. By the time I was 12‚ I knew every car that I saw on the road‚ and when I turned 16‚ I knew the year‚ model‚ and estimated price of every car I spotted. The car business isn’t always the easiest since
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AUTOMATED TOLL GATES INTRODUCTION : The automated toll gates are the application of both the concepts of road pricing and intelligent transport system.Earlier motorists used to wait at a toll booth or a plaza to pay a machine or a collector for using a particular toll road.But it is not so in the case of a automated toll gate.Here the motorists need not stop or even reduce the speed of their vehicle.The whole process is completely automated.Road pricing is a type of tax sought by
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State Court Systems vs. Texas State Court Systems CJS/220- Erin Berger The States of the United States have individual and unique governments with many similarities. All states are required by the constitution to have republican governments. Despite their similarities‚ all states have different government structures and procedures‚ as you will see in the following comparisons of Missouri and Texas state court systems. The Texas state court system consists of the Texas Supreme Court and Court
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