...Fusion Centers: A Step In The Right Direction The formation of fusion centers is a step in the right direction to countering terrorist threats. By working efficiently and appropriately, information leading to arrests can be shared across county lines, state lines, and all around the world in a timely manner. Fusion centers can make law enforcement agencies more competent and effective in stopping crimes (to include terrorist attacks) before they take place. As long as the centers follow the laws they are governed by, they will remain ethical and can be a helpful addition in protecting the United States. Fusion centers in the United States perform a valuable role in countering terrorist threats, their positive influence far outweighs any negative actions they have conducted, and continue to provide an invaluable service to US law enforcement. Fusion is the integration and analysis of large amounts of information and intelligence for actionable policy ends (1). According to CongressionalResearch.com, “Fusing foreign intelligence with a wide spectrum of domestic information is the stated primary purpose of fusion centers” (2). Fusion centers, if managed properly, can be a valuable tool in not just countering terrorist threats but also in helping tribal, local, state, and federal law enforcement in stopping criminal activity as well as mitigating the after effects of natural disasters. Fusion centers allow for better communication and encourage the sharing of intelligence...
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...Diario de un boricua que se mudó al norte 12 de agosto- Hoy me mudé a mi nueva casa en el estado de Pensilvania. ¡Qué paz! Todo es tan bonito aquí. Las montañas son majestuosas. Casi no puedo esperar a verlas cubiertas de nieve. ¡Qué bueno haber dejado atrás el calor, la humedad, el tráfico, el ruido y el vacilón de Puerto Rico. ¡Esto si es vida! 14 de octubre- Pensilvania es el lugar más bonito que he visto en mi vida. Las hojas han pasado por todos los tonos de color entre amarillo y rojo. Que bueno es poder disfrutar de las cuatro estaciones del año. Salí a pasear por los bosques y por primera vez vi un ciervo. ¡Qué animal tan estilizado! Es sin lugar a dudas, uno de los animales más vistosos que he visto en mi vida. Con ese porte real, luce sus cuernos como una corona ceñida en una frente siempre erguida, dejando saber que él es el indiscutible rey del bosque. Esto tiene que ser el paraíso. ¡Esto si es vida! 11 de noviembre- Pronto comenzará la temporada de caza de ciervos. No puedo imaginarme que alguien le quiera hacer daño a esas criaturas de Dios. Ya llega el invierno y nevará pronto. ¡Esto si es vida! 2 de diciembre- Anoche nevó. ¡Qué alegría! Me desperté y me encontré que todo estaba cubierto de una capa blanca. Parecía una postal, una película. Salí a quitar la nieve de los escalones, a palear la entrada. Me restregué en la nieve y después tuve una pelea de bolas de nieve con los vecinos (yo gané). La niveladora me volvió a ensuciar la entrada. Pero bueno, que...
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...dependency on fossil fuels. Through fusion and fission, nuclear power has many important uses such as power and national security, but it also has some controversial effects on human health and the environment. Cause: Weapons Nuclear weapons are created through nuclear fusion reactions, which occurs when two light atoms are fused at high speeds to create a larger atom with a heavier nucleus. This reaction releases monumental amounts of energy and creates large explosions. The most famous examples of nuclear weapon use were the hydrogen bombs dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945. The creation and retention of these weapons was also a main factor in the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union. Many nations believe these weapons increase national security by dissuading other nations from attacking them. Effect: Radiation While the bombing on Japan did cause serious physical damage due to the initial explosion, the health effects of radiation from nuclear weapons can be more devastating than the original explosion. Ionizing radiation from weapons causes living cells to sicken or mutate, causing nausea, vomiting, open sores, skin irritation, burns, ulcers, internal bleeding, hair loss and cancer. Acute exposure from the initial explosion and prolonged exposure from lingering radiation can affect an area for decades. Cause: Power Nuclear power plants use nuclear fission to create energy. During fusion, rods of uranium are bombarded with...
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...differentcharacteristic of the members.Richie was a happy person they like happy people to interact,Cindy is approachable to the customer, Divine Grace is the one who givean idea. And Leah Rose Burata who give us a moral support day by day.This will cater authentic Asian Fusion Cuisine and exceptionalservice that will continue the tradition of a quality family dining. At the heartof Reptica Resto Bar (fine dining) is a deep regard for our valued guests who will patronize our ideals and aspirations in putting up this business. An ideas restaurant thatwill evoke life’s simple joys, command satisfaction and inspiretoetherness Product / Service Reptica Restobar located in the middle of the Famous MetrowalkCommercial Complex in Ortigas Center. Reptica Restobar attracted many regular customer be it young or old. We have a live cooking show to the customer, to seewhat happen to htier food preparation. At the 1st floor we have a good ambianceand set- up to the customer, 2nd floor we have a lived band and acoustic bandthat really enjoy of them.At Reptica Retobar (fine dinning) we believe in a making our guest feellike they are in a real family owned Restaurant. A place with a warm, invitingatmosphere and authentic Asian Fusion Cuisine fare that are certain to give thema single unique and exceptional Dining...
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...Nuclear Fusion How does nuclear fusion work? There is fusion on the sun. Fusion only works one way. Fusion also happens on earth. Chernobyl is a bad example of nuclear explosion. One nuclear bomb can destroy an area for thousands of years. Taylor Wilson is working to help make nuclear power safer. There are many different places that it can occur, but only one way that it can happen, and almost everything you are doing is powered through fusion. Fusion occurs on the sun. Believe it or not, the sun contains 99.8% of all mass in the universe. In all of that the sun is 75% hydrogen and 25% helium which helps produce fusion. Every second the sun converts 500 million metric tons of hydrogen to helium. The type of fusion powered by the sun also...
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...Alecia Rae Atiyeh Winter 2011 Nuclear Fusion Vs Fission At the speed we are using up fossil fuels, nuclear energy is looking more and more like a possible replacement. Nuclear energy is created in two ways, through nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. Nuclear fission is the splitting of a heavy atom into two or more parts, releasing huge amounts of energy. The release of energy can be controlled and captured for generating electricity. Nuclear fusion involves bombarding hydrogen atoms together to form helium. In the long run, nuclear fusion has greater potential than fission due to the cost and overall availability of the required isotopes, the higher energy output, and the low levels of residual waste. The cost and availability of fuel is a considerable factor when dealing with nuclear power. Fission requires an element that can be easily split in a particle accelerator, such as uranium or plutonium. Fusion, on the other hand, uses isotopes of hydrogen atoms, specifically deuterium and tritium, which can be found in all water. Uranium ores are found naturally throughout the world but must go through an expensive purification procedure before used as fuel. The unprocessed ore contains approximately 99.3% uranium-238, a non-fissionable isotope of uranium, and only about 0.7% of U-235 required for fission. One hydrogen atom out of 6700 appears as deuterium, a naturally occurring isotope of hydrogen with an extra neutron, and can easily be separated from the rest. Uranium-235...
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...Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Physics Procedia 20 (2011) 404–419 Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences International Forum - 2011 Conventional physics can explain cold fusion excess heat S. R. Chubb* Infinite Energy Magazine, 9822 Pebble Weigh Ct, Burke, VA 22015-3378 Abstract In 1989, when Fleischmann, Pons and Hawkins (FP), claimed they had created room temperature, nuclear fusion in a solid, a firestorm of controversy erupted. Beginning in 1991, the Office of Naval Research began a decade-long study of the FP excess heat effect. This effort documented the fact that the excess heat that FP observed is the result of a form of nuclear fusion that can occur in solids at reduced temperature, dynamically, through a deuteron (d)+d 4He reaction, without high-energy particles or rays. A key reason this fact has not been accepted is the lack of a cogent argument, based on fundamental physical ideas, justifying it. In the paper, this question is re-examined, based on a generalization of conventional energy band theory that applies to finite, periodic solids, in which d’s are allowed to occupy wave-like, ion band states, similar to the kinds of states that electrons occupy in ordinary metals. Prior to being experimentally observed, the Ion Band State Theory (IBST) of cold fusion predicted a potential d+d 4He reaction, without high energy particles, would explain the excess heat, the 4He would be found in an unexpected place (outside heat-producing electrodes), and...
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...Armando I Cortes Nov. 17. 2025 Mrs.Lisa Smith The Formation of a Star The basic idea of star formation is gravitational collapse – the contraction of a region of gas under the influence of gravity. This is a simple process that would be expected to occur in any region of material dense enough for collisions between atoms to radiate away energy. However, the gas must be dense enough for collisions to occur and the temperature must be low enough for the atomic velocities not to be able to escape the system's gravity, so star formation only occurs in a few areas. The sites of star formation in the galaxy are mostly located within molecular clouds – expansive, cool clouds of mostly hydrogen and helium gas. Molecular clouds are on average too diffuse to contract gravitationally, but within a cloud are regions of locally higher density, which are the sites of active star formation. It is not known exactly what causes molecular clouds and star-forming regions to be distributed as they are. However, it appears to be related to the spiral-arm structure of spiral galaxies, which is thought to be the result of density waves passing through the disk, compressing matter and igniting star formation in their wake, leaving the trails of young, hot, blue stars in their wake that are the primary feature of spiral galaxies. The distribution of gas in these regions is probably erratic enough that once a sufficient compression comes through a large number of separated...
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...Starting in the 1970s, opposition to nuclear power rose. D. Preview: I will be talking about only a fraction of the production, applications and effects /rewards of nuclear energy. Including: i. What nuclear energy is and how nuclear energy is made. ii. Uses of nuclear energy. iii. Advantages and disadvantages of nuclear energy. Transition: First, Let’s explore what nuclear energy is and how it is made. BODY First Main Point II. Nuclear energy is any method of doing work that makes use of nuclear fission or nuclear fusion reactions. The term refers to both the uncontrolled release of nuclear energy, as in atomic weapons, and to the controlled release of energy, as in nuclear power plants. A. Nuclear fission i. Nuclear fission, occurs when an atom splits in two, releasing a massive amount of energy and several subatomic particles called neutrons. These neutrons hit and split other atoms, beginning and sustaining the chain reaction. B. Nuclear fusion i....
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...Klavdia Alekseyevna Vikhireva, with whom he raised two daughters and a son before she died in 1969. He returned to Moscow in 1945 to study at the Theoretical Department of FIAN.He received his Ph.D. in 1947. After the end of World War II, he researched cosmic rays. In mid-1948 he participated in the Soviet atomic bomb project under Igor Kurchatov and Igor Tamm. The first Soviet atomic device was tested on August 29, 1949. After moving to Sarov in 1950, Sakharov played a key role in the development of the first megaton-range Soviet hydrogen bomb using a design known as Sakharov's Third Idea in Russia and the Teller-Ulam design in the United States. Before his Third Idea, Sakharov tried a "layer cake" of alternating layers of fission and fusion fuel. The...
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...SCI 115 M4 Assignment 1 Discussion - The Promises and Perils of Nuclear Power Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwaid.com/shop/sci-115-m4-assignment-1-discussion/ Assignment 1: Discussion—The Promises and Perils of Nuclear Power The term nuclear power refers to the production of electrical energy via controlled nuclear reactions. These reactions generate heat that, in turn, creates steam that runs the generators to produce electricity. Approximately 1/8th of the electricity produced in the world is derived from nuclear power. In this assignment, you will analyze the use of nuclear power as an energy resource. Respond to the following: •Discuss the scientific and technical concepts related to the use of nuclear power as an energy resource. Address the following in your response: oHow is energy released in a nuclear reaction? oHow are nuclear reactions controlled? oWhat elements are involved in nuclear power production? oWhat nuclear forces are involved? •Explain the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear energy, detailing issues related to production, delivery, cost, radiation, air quality, and waste. •Identify a country whose electricity production infrastructure relies heavily on nuclear power. Compare and contrast the use of nuclear power in the United States with the use of nuclear power in this country. Provide examples of the use of nuclear power in your community or state. •Consider the three major nuclear accidents in the history of the industry: 3-Mile...
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...were created inside stars. 10. Nuclear fusion only releases energy when elements are higher than what nuclear fusion produce certain isotopes of lighter elements. 11. 2,8,20,28, 50, 82, 126, 114 and 184 12. It lasts 3.7 minutes 13. Because the sequence of spherical magical numbers cannot be extended this way 14. Binding energy. 15. In the shell model for the nucleus, magic numbers are numbers of nucleons at which a shell is filled Task...
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...People are always discussing how to make better use of nuclear energy, so people should learn more about what nuclear fission and nuclear fusion are. Nuclear fusion is two or more atoms of small mass synthesize a relatively large atom. For example, deuterium and tritium occurs nuclear interaction with each other under certain conditions, such as high temperature and high pressure. They can generate neutrons and helium -4. Rather, nuclear fission is an atom of large mass that is divided into two or more relatively small atoms. The principle of atomic bombs and the current nuclear power plants is both according to the nuclear fission. In the process, both of them will release huge energy, but the nuclearfusion releases greater energy....
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...Management Summary Most important conclusions of each chapter if the manager of the particular company reads this summary, he or she will have gathered enough essential information to make reading the rest of the report unnecessary (max.1 page) Opportunities to choose the United States as an export country are the growth of the population, the high GDP per capita and the location of our target group. But the biggest opportunity is the increasing popularity of Asian food and the growth of the amount of Asian restaurant that comes with it. On the other hand there are some threats when exporting to the U.S. The exchange rate of the U.S. dollar, cultural differences and the required visa you need for visiting the U.S. Table of contents List of figures (if used) List of tables (if used) List of abbreviations (if used) Chapter 1 Introduction We have chosen to import Asian Gastronomy Interior from China and Thailand, and export these Interior to the United States and Australia. We selected China, Thailand and India as importing countries, because of the low production costs in these countries, and there are no better countries to produce Asian Gastronomy Interior than Asian countries themselves. We want to export to the United States and Australia, because both of them are countries within many different cultures can be found, no language barriers will occur, and finally, Asian style is very/ becomes more and more popular in the catering industry. We have...
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...Jackson played in bands with Carlos Santana and Jerry Garcia. In the early 1980s he played on three albums for Jean-Luc Ponty and with the rock band Taxxi. From 1986 to 1987 he was a session musician for the rock group Journey. Jackson played on Journey's 1986 album Raised on Radio. He moved to Italy in the late 1980s and played on a record by Italian pop star Zucchero. The record, Zucchero and the Randy Jackson Band, was produced by Corrado Rustici who played guitar with Jackson on many albums in the early 1980s. He also played with Billy Cobham. In 1985, Keith Richards was asked to provide music for the Whoopi Goldberg comedy vehicle Jumpin' Jack Flash. Richards assembled an all-star band which included Aretha Franklin on piano and lead vocals and Jackson on bass guitar. This song was the fourth track on Aretha's 1986 album titled Aretha. Jackson can be seen in the song's video. In the late 1980s, Jackson was still doing sessions. He was notably on the first solo album by famed session guitarist Steve Lukather. Jackson was a featured bass guitarist on five songs on Maze's 1989 "Silky Soul" album. He also performed on several of Kenny G's albums. Jackson was the bass guitarist on the 1991 self-titled Divinyls album (which features the song "I Touch Myself") as well as featured bassist on several tracks of Tracy Chapman's 1992 release, Matters of the Heart. He performed on the singles "Bang Bang Bang", "Open Arms", and "Dreaming on a World". That same year, Jackson also played...
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