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Cairo -- Egypt has begun forcibly slaughtering the country's
pig herds as a precaution against swine flu, a move that the
United Nations described as "a real mistake" and one that is
prompting anger among the country's pig farmers.
The decision, announced Wednesday, is already adding new
strains to the tense relations between Egypt's majority Muslims
and its Coptic Christians. Most of Egypt's pig farmers are
Christians, and some accuse the government of using swine flu
fears to punish them economically.
(Adaptedfromhttp: / /www.nytimes.com/ 2009/05/01/health/Olegypt.html)
I - The action Egypt has taken against the swine flu increased the conflict between Muslims and Christians.
II - The action Egypt has taken against the swine flu caused anger among pig farmers.
III - The U.N. considered the swine flu a real mistake.
IV - The U.N. supported the decision taken by Egypt.
V - The population of Egypt is mostly Muslims.
VI - The government wants to punish the Egyptians.
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Credit card companies in the US will soon be bound by new restrictions on their ability to charge fees, or raise interest rates on existing borrowings.
The bill is designed to protect credit card users from unexpected fees or increases to their interest rates.
The US government has been concerned to tighten its regulation of the banking system in the light of the credit crunch and banking crisis.
"This cements a victory for every American consumer who has ever suffered at the hands of the credit card industry, " said Senator Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Senate banking committee.
Americans currently owe nearly $1 trillion on their credit cards. The US government has been concerned to tighten its regulation of the banking system in the light of the credit crunch and banking crisis.
(Adapted from http: / /news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/ 8063108.stm)
The rescue of Captain Phillips drew widespread praise for the Navy and Mr. Obama, but some experts warned that it could escalate the campaign by Somali pirates, who have vowed to take revenge on Americans and are holding more than 200 hostages from other countries.
Mr. Obama praised Captain Phillips for his "courage and leadership and selfless concern for his crew, " and he said he was "very proud" of the Navy and other American agencies involved in the operation.
(Adapted fromhttp:/ /www.nytimes.com/2009/ 04/ 14/world/africa/14pirates.html?_r-1)
One of the most important sources of force on a ship is her own propeller and the pilot must understand the action of a propeller in order to be able to predict its action on ship.
A propeller produces side forces in addition to thrust along the propeller shaft. A ship can rotates to starboard or port as function of these side forces.
Pilot Antonio is studying propeller side force, on a single right-hand screw propeller, and knows that it can be broken down in four parts: following wake effect, inclination effect, helical discharge effect and shallow submergence effect. Antonio wrote the following consideration:
I) The following wake effect produces a net force tending to move the stern to right and cause the ship to veer to the port.
II) The inclination effect is net effect that tends to twist the ship to the right.
III) The shallow submergence effect tends the stern to starboard and cause the ship to veer to the left.
IV) The helical discharge effect tends to turn the ship to the right.
From the list of Antonio is correct to affirm, according to the book “Naval Shiphandling”, that: