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Appalachian National Scenic Trail Appalachian National Scenic Tent
1,045 words
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, is a
footpath in the eastern United States for outdoor
enthusiasts, extending about 2140 miles from Maine
to Georgia, along the crest of the Appalachian
Mountains. The trail passes through 14 states and
is maintained by 34 different trail maintenance
organizations. It is the longest marked,
continuous footpath in the world, at some points
reaching elevations of more than 6000 feet. Wooden
signposts and white paint marks on rocks and trees
are placed along t...
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Day After Day Dark Green
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"The sun flared down on the growing corn day after
day until a line of brown spread along the edge of
each green bayonet, so the earth became pale, pink
in the red country and white in the gray country.
In the water-cut gullies the earth dusted down in
dry little streams. Gophers and ant lions started
small avalanches. And as the sharp sun struck day
after day, the leaves of the young corn became
less stiff and erect; they bent in a curve at
first, and then, as the central ribs of strength
grew ...
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Gilgamesh Epic Earths Surface
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Like dragonflies their [dead bodies] have filled
the river. Like a raft they have moved to the edge
[of the boat]. Like a raft they have moved to a
river bank (flood-myth. com, 3 / 15 / 00). Whether
the above is fact, fiction, myth, or legend it
appears that all civilizations have a strong
fascination with The Deluge. Bible believers feel
that it was an act of God, who intern wanted to
cleanse the earth of immoral people and evildoers.
Chosen survivors, for example Noah, as well as
present day C...
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Approaching Under Guise Active Chases Piranhas
428 words
I am doing my Biome report on an animal known as
an piranha. Piranhas are very interesting animals
and I am going to tell you about what I have
learned about the animal that lives in the amazon
river. The Piranha is the Amazon Rivers most
famous resident. Piranhas are an meat eating fish
with razor sharp teeth that are capable or tearing
through and or into fish. In certain seasons The
Amazon Rivers banks may over flow causing many
injured animals that may be bleeding to fall in to
the river. If...
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Time It Takes Time Of Death
1,266 words
One of the first things that happens after death
is that the temperature in the body starts to
drop. Before the temperature in the body core
drops, a temperature gradient must be established
from the outside to the core. After this gradient
has become established the body temperature will
drop with a theoretically predictably rate. This
fact can be used to estimate time of death. Even
if one succeeds in predicting when the temperature
of the body core was 37 degrees Celsius, one has
to remember ...
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Psychological Type And The Indicator
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Running Head: MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR
Psychological Type and the Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator Northwestern State University of
Louisiana Psychological Type and the Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator One of the most enduring
typological classifications was devised by Jung
and has served as the foundation for the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (Anastasia, 1997). The
Myers-Briggs (MBTI) designates one's personality
type, based upon a classification scheme, which
consists of four basic scales and two types...
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Permeable Membrane Semi Permeable
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Studying the Effect of Various Glucose
Concentrations on Osmosis in a Potato Osmosis is
the process in which water particles move from an
area of high water concentration to an area of low
water concentration through a semi-permeable
membrane until the concentrations are equal.
Osmosis has the same basic theory as diffusion.
Particles are moving from an area where they are
in great concentration to an area where they are
in low concentration until the concentrations are
the same. Osmosis is this...
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Iron Ore Latin America
1,213 words
The country of Chile is located in western South
America. The conditions vary with the mountains,
deserts, and beaches. Climate The climate is one
condition that may vary within different regions.
The country extends a long distance from north to
south. There is a lack of rainfall to the north.
there the air is able to hold much of the
moisture. Middle Chile has hot, dry summers and
cool, moist winters. The temperatures aren't often
extreme. The warmest month, January, averages 63.
7 degrees Fer...
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20 Th Century 16 Th Century
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Columbia, a republic in South America, is located
in the northwest region of the continent. Its
neighbors are Panama and The Caribbean Sea, also
Venezuela and Brazil, to the south theres Peru and
Ecuador, and to the west theres the Pacific Ocean.
Did you know that Colombia is the only country in
South America that has coasts on both the
Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean? The Capital
of Colombia is Bogot, which is also the largest
city in the country. Prior to the settlement of
Europeans in the...
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Persian Gulf Nile River
909 words
The Egyptians were the first to make bread that is
soft, light and filled with air. They also made
the first ovens, because they need a different way
to bake the larger mass of dough used for this new
kind of bread. The Egyptians used mud bricks that
have been dried in the sun to make houses. The sun
is shining on our backs. In town, we shall be paid
fish for our barley. That was a song of Egyptian
farmers, more than 3, 000 year ago. Wall paintings
in ancient tombs show farmers at work in their ...
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Short Term Effects Effects Of Smoking
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There are numerous effects of smoking that affect
the individual. They can affect not only your
health but also your social and family life. It
can also affect the non-smoker around you.
Non-smokers suffer from allergies, noise and eye
irritations and headaches as a result of inhaling
second hand smoke. Smoking while youre pregnant
can result to the growth of the foetus and may
even result in the death of the baby. Down below
are some long term and short term effects of
smoking. Cigarette smoke ...
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Dry Season Rwanda Population
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Rwanda, a republic in East central Africa, bounded
on the north by Uganda, on the East by Tanzania,
on the South by Burundi, and on the West by Lake
Kivu and Ziare. Rwanda covers an area of 10, 169
sq. mi. Rwandas flag has 3 vertical stripes of
red, yellow, and green with a capitol R in the
yellow stripe. 44. 2 % of the population is
between the ages of 0 to 14. Only 6 % of Rwanda is
urban (live in cities). They produce no oil or
steel which are very important resources. Over 93
% of the populat...
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Nat Turner Southern Society
1,473 words
Degler, Carl N. The Other South: Southern
Dissenters in the 19 th century. Harper 038;
Row. 1974 Carl Degler brings out an different side
of the southern part of the United States in his
book The Other South. Degler argues that if one is
to understand the south as it really was it is
important to dis regard the terribly common
misconception that all southerners supported
slavery or were indifferent to the suffering
induced upon the blacks by slavery. Where common
American history eludes to th...
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Dry Ice One Community
287 words
The Night I Became a Convict (Well it sure seemed
like it) Introduction: Police Sirens glaring?
lights flashing? nervous and full of fright Thesis
Statement: If all seems almost perfect and going
so well, that is when carefulness and planning
becomes most critical and imperative (Transition:
It happened one night around two years ago. ) I.
Senior, high school doing excellent? student body
president and numerous awards- flying high in a
small community A. Playing cards at friend? s Mark
house- go...
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Run By Electricity Told To Find Water
704 words
I get up in the morning and I breath in oxygen and
I breath out carbon dioxide. I get in the shower
and use water . I use soap in the shower also. I
dry the water off with air molecules. I dry my
hair by using a hair dryer, which uses
electricity. Electrical affects are caused by the
position and the movement of positively and
negatively charged particles. I use cologne which
has alcohol in it. I wash my clothes using water
and soap. I light a candle. This is an example of
combustion. For this t...
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Walking Catfish Invasive Species One
551 words
ClariasInvasive Species Walking Catfish Claims
Batrachus, commonly referred to as the Walking
Catfish, is one of Florida s many invasive
species. These fish have a long body, a wide
anterior, and a slender rear. With small eyes and
villiform teeth, the coloration of these fish
ranges from dark brown or purple to black (with
white specks on their rear and gray green fins).
The Walking Catfish is highly variable in
structure and is one of the few species in which
an albino variety exists. Biologic...
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8 Th Century Epic Poem
564 words
Italy and Greece Report Italy is located in
southern Europe. Rome was once capital of the
Roman Empire, but today is the capital of Italy.
Nearly all Italians are Roman Catholics, although
many do not attend church regularly. There are
about 100, 000 Protestants. Italy also has a very
small Jewish community. Roman Catholicism was made
the official religion of Italy in 1929. Italian is
the language the majority of the people speak in
Italy. The rich art and culture of Italy reflect
Italy s ancien...
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Rose For Emily Emily Grierson
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Erick C. 11 / 14 / 99 Eng. 102 Deterioration A
Rose for Emily by William Faulkner is a remarkable
tale of Emily Grierson, whose funeral drew the
attention of the entire population of Jefferson a
small southern town. Emily was raised in the
ante-bellum period before the Civil War in the
south. An unnamed narrator, who is consider to be
the town or at least the collaborative voice of
it, aligns key moments in Emily's life, including
the death of her father and her brief relationship
with a man for...
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Oceanic Crust Igneous Rocks
1,525 words
I. INTRODUCTION A mountain is an elevated land
mass usually higher than its surroundings. Some
are isolated, but they usually appear in ranges
(Ms Bs 95 W 32). A group of ranges closely related
in form, origin, and alignment is a mountain
system; an elongated group of systems is a chain;
and a complex of ranges, systems, and chains
continental in extent is a cordillera, zone, or
belt. (Ms Bs 95 W 32). Some mountains are remains
of plateaus, mesas, and buttes, through erosion
(Summerfield). Other...
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Meat Nor Drink Red Red Rose Love
463 words
There are many different interpretations and
feelings about love being a beautiful thing and
love being an ordinary thing depending on ones
past. Two contrasting thoughts about love are
expressed by Robert Burns in his poem? A Red, Red
Rose? , and by Edna St. Vincent Millay in her
poem? Love Is Not All: It Is Not Meat nor Drink. ?
Burns feels that his love is beautiful and he
would do anything for it. Millay portrays her
feelings of love as if it were just something that
most people feel and it ...
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