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2. Increase (given name) - Wikipedia

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   Increase is a masculine given name. It is the English language literal translation of the name Joseph, which originates from Hebrew . Originating in England, the name was given primarily among Puritans in colonial New England and in the early 19th century in the United States. Since the 19th century, the name has decreased in popularity and is ...

3. Google Translate - Wikipedia

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   Google Translate is a web-based free-to-user translation service developed by Google in April 2006. [11] It translates multiple forms of texts and media such as words, phrases and webpages. Originally, Google Translate was released as a statistical machine translation service. [11] The input text had to be translated into English first before ...

4. Seattle's minimum wage ordinance - Wikipedia

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   The evidence found suggested that low wage workers across the US, including Seattle, benefited from policy decisions to increase the minimum wage to a rate of pay between $10-$13. Earnings in the food services industry were found to have increased between 1.3% and 2.5% across the 6 cities as a result of a 10% increase in the minimum wage.

5. Environmental effects of shipping - Wikipedia

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   A cargo ship discharging ballast water into the sea. Ballast water discharges by ships can have a negative impact on the marine environment. Cruise ships, large tankers, and bulk cargo carriers use a huge amount of ballast water, which is often taken on in the coastal waters in one region after ships discharge wastewater or unload cargo, and discharged at the next port of call, wherever more ...

6. Forward freight agreement - Wikipedia

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   A forward freight agreement ( FFA) is a financial forward contract that allows ship owners, charterers and speculators to hedge against the volatility of freight rates. It gives the contract owner the right to buy and sell the price of freight for future dates. FFAs are built on an index composed of a shipping route for tanker or a basket of ...

7. Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey - Wikipedia

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   The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing ( VTOL) and short takeoff and landing ( STOL) capabilities. It is designed to combine the functionality of a conventional helicopter with the long-range, high-speed cruise performance of a turboprop aircraft.

8. I'm Shipping Up to Boston - Wikipedia

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   Dropkick Murphys singles chronology. "The Warrior's Code". (2005) " I'm Shipping Up to Boston ". (2006) "The State of Massachusetts". (2008) " I'm Shipping Up to Boston " is a song by the Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys, with lyrics written by folk singer Woody Guthrie . The original version of the song was released in 2004 on Give 'Em the ...

9. Minimum alveolar concentration - Wikipedia

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   Minimum alveolar concentration. Minimum alveolar concentration or MAC is the concentration, often expressed as a percentage by volume, of a vapour in the alveoli of the lungs that is needed to prevent movement (motor response) in 50% of subjects in response to surgical (pain) stimulus. MAC is used to compare the strengths, or potency, of ...