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Prince William Sound Exxon Valdez
874 wordsThe Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: 10 Years Later The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: 10 Years Later Four minutes after midnight on March 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound. Eleven million gallons of North Slope oil spewed into one of the most bountiful marine ecosystems in the world, killing birds, marine mammals, fish, and devastating the ecosystem. (Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Could It Happen Again? , 2000, May 10) Exxon claims the Sound has recovered, but envi...
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Spilled Oil Water Surface
1,830 words... m there are many types of end connectors... In addition, boom may have some or all of the following features: The most important characteristic of a boom is its oil containment or deflection capability, determined by its behavior in relation to water movement. It should be flexible to conform to wave motion yet sufficiently rigid to retain as much oil as possible. No boom is capable of containing oil against water velocities much in excess of 1 knot acting at right angles to it. The escape v...
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Naval Operations During The Civil War
1,743 wordsAt the beginning of the Civil War in 1861, there was little reason to suspect that the United States Navy would play a very big role in the war. The Confederate Navy had absolutely no navy, nor did they have the ability to create one. The south did not contain a single plant that could create a marine engine. (Carrison, page # 17) The government of the Confederate States got underway in the spring of 1861, totally unprepared from a naval standpoint to uphold the independence it had declared. (Co...
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Bermuda Triangle Ancient Greeks
1,159 wordsThe Bermuda Triangle is shrouded, in a thick cloud of mystery, in a thick cloud of controversy, and a thick cloud of argument. Not even the location of the Triangle is agreed on. The most common description of its location is the triangle formed by linking Bermuda, Miami, and Puerto Rico. But there is also two other descriptions: The Devil's Triangle is more like a blob that covers most of the western Caribbean. The Limbo of the lost is an area that stems from Miami to Barbados to the coast of I...
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Tourist Attraction T Rex
763 wordsOnce more dinosaurs are on the loose on a small island. This time the island will not be used as a tourist attraction and will instead be used mainly as a research and gaming locale. One group of humans payed for by the investors of the original Jurrrasic Park are dispatched to attempt to capture and herd the beasts. The group is lead by a seasoned hunter, who leads the group with caution and reason. The main hunter has one desire, that being to hunt a Tyranosaurus Rex. He leaves his group under...
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Pressure Is Needed Firm And Guiding Hand Pot
1,206 wordsIs it possible to craft a personality using only hands, water, and a few small tools? Wheel throwing is much like raising a child; small mistakes can grow into larger ones, it is easy to become frustrated, and yet each pot is uniquely special. Unlike child rearing, however, throwing a pot is done with a specific set of instructions that guarantee an enjoyable outcome when followed exactly. The first step to making or throwing a pot is wedging. Wedging the lump of clay properly will ensure ease w...
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Regular Physical Activity High In Fat
820 wordsA heart attack occurs when the blood supply to a portion of the heart muscle is severely reduced or stopped. This happens when one of the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle is blocked by an obstruction. This blockage can be due to a condition called atherosclerosis (a build up of fatty like substance along the wall of the artery), a blood clot or a coronary vessel spasm along with a total obstruction. If the blood supply to a portion of the heart stops, that area of the heart will no...
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5 Th Century Bc 4 Th Century
1,459 wordsGreek Pottery The pottery of the ancient Greeks are important for the styles of decoration and for the information it gives about Greek art (Sparkes 4). Because fired clay pottery is highly durable, few or no Greek art works that were made in wood, textile, or wall painting have survived (Sparkes 7). The painted decoration of pottery has become the main source of information about how the Greeks used pottery to solve many problems because in that time period other materials where either unknown ...
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Blood Flow Blood Clot
730 wordsAtherosclerosis is the hardening of the innermost portion of the arteries; it is also the most common form of arteriosclerosis. With atherosclerosis, fatty material containing cholesterol or calcium is deposited on the innermost layer of the artery. The result is a narrowing of the inside diameter of the blood vessel, constricting blood flow... This can progress to the point where the artery becomes so narrow that a blood clot, or thrombus, forms and blocks blood flow to an entire portion of the...
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Abraham Lincoln Dark Haired
1,446 wordsThe year 1866 is an important time in nautical history. It is the year that the world was first terrified by an amazing ocean going monster, the Nautilus. During that year several ships had met with this "thing, " a long slender object far greater in size than any creature known to man. After numerous sightings and the pass of many months the "monster" began attacking any vessel that drew near. This alarmed all the world's nations and the United States decided that they would send out the Abraha...
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Fossil Fuels Coal Burning
1,875 wordsSome may ask what is nuclear energy the dictionary defines this as: nuclear energy n. 1. The energy released by a nuclear reaction, especially by fission or fusion. 2. Nuclear energy regarded as a source of power. Also called atomic energy Nuclear power was first known to be researched in the early 1900 's, and by the world war; it reached its greatest peak by demonstrating to the world its power to destroy. Nuclear energy can be good or bad, depending on how the person works with this material;...
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Factor Viii Clotting Factor
1,200 words... ecombinant DNA technology and the discovery of the genes that control production of factor VIII have led to the development of recombinant factor concentrates that do not rely on plasma at all. What is the Cause of Hemophilia? Hemophilia occurs when one of the factors needed for blood to clot is missing or the amount present is too low for normal clotting to occur. Factor VIII is missing or too low in about 90 % of hemophilia cases. Factor IX is deficient in about 9 % of cases. Factor XI, X,...
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Lost Their Lives Fitzgerald
1,773 wordsDock 1 DEATH OF A KING Since commercial shipping began on the five Great Lakes, there have Been six thousand shipwrecks. Half have never been found. There are three storms The sailors still talk about: The great storm of 1913 claimed 250 lives and 12 ships. The storm of 1940 claimed 100 lives and two ships. The storm of 1975 claimed only one ship and 29 lives. The wreck of 1975 remains the most mysterious and controversial of all shipwreck tales heard around the Great Lakes. The legend of the Ed...
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One Of The Greatest U Boats
939 wordsEnglish 1 A 11 / 24 / 99 Submarines: The Underwater War The submarine is one of the greatest naval inventions in the history of war. This innovation allows men to dive to certain depths in the open seas at will. Submarines were equipped with weapons and communication devices. The submarine could stay at sea for months at a time and only required a few men to operate. They were small, quick, and hard to locate by larger ships. The submarine was thought to be the perfect naval vessel. The concept ...
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Boiling The Wort Fermentation Temperatures Beer
1,038 wordsThe first and most important step in brewing is cleanliness. The first step in the actual brewing process is malting. Malting is what is done to the barley to prepare it for brewing. The steps of the malting process release the starches that are contained in the barley, while minimizing haze and off-flavors. Grain is allowed to soak in 60. F. water to increase the moisture content of the grain to about 40 - 45 %. The grain is usually spread out on the floor of the germination room, or some other...
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First Person Narrative Point Of View
2,053 wordsThis essay is about how Poe uses the description of environments in his narratives. I shall explain this usage with close reference to several short stories by Poe. A full listing of the stories used appears in the List of Works Consulted at the end of this essay. It is important to note that in all of the stories, the narration is in the first-person. This has deep-reaching effects on how particular environments are described. This will also be commented upon. The first excerpt comes from a sto...
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Waters Of Lifes Home Of Dr Sea
675 wordsLucy Stowe's Journey When Lucy Stowe boards a ship to travel to Villette, she is asked Are you fond of a sea-voyage by (the yet to be known) Ms. Fanshaw. Since this was Lucy's first trip abroad, she answers that her fondness is yet to be experienced. Nonetheless, Lucy's partiality for the sea is evident throughout the novel. She illustrates her past with a myriad of nautical metaphors and image ries of water that suggests a spiritual connection to the sea. This connection appears to derive from ...
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Mid Nineteenth Century Moby Dick
782 wordsMoby-Dick: The Winding Road Homosexuality portrayed in the novel, Moby-Dick, was used many times over the 135 chapters. Ishmael s encounters with Queequeg, and their subsequent marriage challenges the controversial lines of male identity in the mid-nineteenth-century. Controversial lines were in fact crossed many times in this book, and Moby-Dick critics express deep concern in the way Melville uses Queequeg as a vessel to explore homosexuality and push it along with underlying tones throughout ...
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Ten Thousand Captain Smith
1,835 wordsLeaping over the side of the boat, passengers splash into the icy waters below. With one lifeboat left, people are fighting to get on. All of a sudden, a thunderous crack is heard, and a crewman screams out, The boat has cracked in two! Now the frightened travelers are moving frantically toward the stern. (This might have been the scene 86 years ago. ) The unsinkable Titanic went down catastrophically and the safety on the liner as well as the prevention of the incident became issues after the s...
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Billion Years Ago Development Of Nuclear
973 wordsTable of contents Page 1: The development of nuclear energy. Page 2: What is nuclear winter. Page 3 &# 038; 4: Effects of nuclear weapons. Page 5 &# 038; 6: parts of a nuclear reactor. The development of nuclear energy In 1972, scientists discovered a natural chain reaction had occurred nearly 2 billion years ago in a uranium deposit in the west-central part of Africa. Two billion years ago, radioactive decay had not progressed so far a sit has today because of this, he are contained enough U- 2...
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