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    Uses of Petroleum

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    19th century spurred enormous growth in the coal industry in the United States and Europe. The widespread use of petroleum as a fuel before, during, and after World War I eventually reduced the demand for coal. The change from coal to oil as fuel in warships in the early 1900s, the switch in the railway industry to diesel-electric locomotive engines in the 1940s and 1950s, and increasing use of natural gas as a heating fuel all contributed to a decline in coal production. Still, electric utilities

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    The Use Of Steganography

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    technique is using an array of secret communication method by which conceal the message from being discovered. Security of information become the fundamental issue nowadays, because of advancement in ICT. So steganography is the best technique to use for security of information

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    Use Of Incarceration

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    has the highest criminal rate among the developed countries, and a very high rat of poverty as well. Most people do think that the solution to reduce criminal actions is to punish those criminals and separate them from the society. I agree that the use of incarceration isn't the solution. I remember a short film from my abnormal psychology class discussing about those people who had mental issue being locked up in a jail instead of being treated with any proper medical or psychological care. After

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    The use of steroids in recreational activities has many consequences on those who take the risk and use steroids. The writer of this paper takes a stand against the use of steroids because of the many negative aspects of them. Steroids have a very great number of physical and mental repercussions. Steroids come in different ways, and each has a different purpose, just as each has a different repercussion. After examining this paper, readers should be more informed about the life threatening risks

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    epidemic status with substance use disorder patients. There are many reasons to why we all should be concerned as a nation; however, this very problem is an essential topic globally. 230 million drug users are found worldwide and 19.9 million of those are Americans that have used illicit drugs in the year 2007 alone (as cited in Michael’s House, n.d); Furthermore, America makes up 4 percent of the global population and our nation manages to occupy two-third of the illegal drug use worldwide (as cited in

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    I've been told that the greatest ideas solve problems that we didn't know we had, but I'm not sure tablets have solved much for me. I can say netbooks have been very useful when they have good battery life, but I have many uses for laptops that are more portable. To me, portability and function are key. A netbook is an improvement over a laptop because they're not very expensive, easier to carry around, and are just as functional for most office work. Tablets, on the other hand, occupy a strange

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    people to live. Many people disagree with some of the decisions officers make to enforce these rules and causes a lot of controversy. Today many people don't respect our police officers because of actions made by others. A major issue today is police use of force, stop and frisk. According to (nyclu.org), “innocent New Yorkers have been subjected to police stops and street interrogations more than 5 million times since 2002, and that black and Latino communities continue to be the overwhelming target

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    Use of force by Police Officers over the past few years has become a hot buttoned issue that is constantly being discussed about. Due to the increase in technology, it seems that every scenario in which an officer uses force is being filmed by either the general public or the body cameras worn by officers. The City of Chandler takes pride in training their officers on use of force and it is explained in great detail in the departments general orders. To begin it’s crucial that officers know they

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    GATEWAY DRUGS Marijuana, tobacco and alcohol are considered gateway drugs that often lead to other more addictive drug use, such as LSD, crack cocaine or heroin. However, understanding why and how people start using drugs in the first place is difficult and complex. For example, people may take drugs to fit in, to escape reality, relax, avoid boredom, feel grown up, rebel or experimentation. The words drug user, drug abuse and drug misuse are often used as if they were synonyms descriptions similar

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    In the story “Everyday Use,” Alice Walker deals with a young woman who is trying to find her place in her own heritage. “Everyday Use,” is narrated by the mother or Mama, an African-American woman living in the deep South of Rural Georgia with one of her two daughters. The family is living in very poor conditions, they do not have fancy things, and the mother does all the work herself. The story begins with Mama and Maggie awaiting on Dee, a college student, to arrive at home from college. When Dee

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