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Performance Enhancing Drugs International Olympic Committee
1,376 words
The 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, proved to
be one of the most exciting Olympic games of all
time. World records fell in everyday of the 14
-day event; in every sport ranging from
shuttlecock to track and field, records fell like
dominos. The most competitive sport in the 1988
Olympiad was the men's 100 -meter dash, with a
field consisting of the ten fastest men in the
world, at the time. World record holder Ben
Johnson, who shattered the world record by
thirteen hundreds of a second a mo...
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Meters Per Minute Printing Takes Place Fabric
1,271 words
Textile materials can be dyed at any stage of
their production procedure. The main types of
methods are batch, continuous, or semi continuous
processes. The method used depends on several
factors including type of material (fiber, yarn,
fabric, garment) type of fibers composing the
material, end use of material, and the quality
expected from finished product. The machinery used
for dyeing application is usually made out of type
316 stainless steel. This strong material is used
because of the con...
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Temple Of The Warriors In Chichen Itza Mexico
1,398 words
... Civilization, Gallenkamp says that the
Carnegie Institute with Earl H. Morris in charge
first laid the temple bare in 1925. At the base of
the mound were fragments of dozens of square
columns that once formed the impressive colonnade
along the front of the terraced building, which
contained weathered images of Itza Warriors. (See
figure 7) While excavating the ruins, they found a
Chac Mool, a number of Atlantean figures, and
sections of huge columns sculptured in the form of
plumed serpents ...
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Captains Log Of Kptlt Otto Hersing
1,453 words
H 2 >Captains Recovery Captains Log is
about a Captain commanding a German submarine in
World War I. He commands one of the most important
and renowned naval vessels in the German fleet.
Receiving a medal for two years in the sea, he
became famous and hated by the allies. I received
this amount as a combination of a Social Studies
and English project. I had to write about
something in World War I so I chose a naval vessel
in the German Imperial Navy. The way I came up
with this topic was ...
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Degrees Fahrenheit Specialty Coffee
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For many people coffee is just a drink that acts
as an alternative to tea or soda pop. For others,
coffee is necessary for survival to help them stay
awake during long meetings, and for some, coffee
is an art that requires much planning and high
efforts are made to maintain its best quality. In
any case, coffee must travel through a complicated
process before it reaches ones cup. Coffee beans
come from a tropical evergreen shrub, which grow
as high as 100 feet, although it is usually kept
much s...
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Gravitational Pull Ocean Bottom
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Physics of Tsunamis Wendy M. Blevins PS 102
Explorations in Physics Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University Abstract This paper will discuss the
physics and warning systems of tsunamis, a
destructive wave force that researchers have been
studying for many years. Tsunamis are different
than tides or surface waves because undersea
earthquakes, instead of winds or the gravitational
pull of the moon or sun, generate them. They can
reach speeds of up to 700 kilometers per hour but
can be undetected unti...
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Roman Empire B C
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Augustus Caesar in 27 B. C. and lasting in Western
Europe for 500 years, reorganized for world
politics and economics. Almost the entirety of the
civilized world became a single centralized state.
In place of Greek democracy, piety, and
independence came Roman authoritarianism and
practicality. Vast prosperity resulted. Europe and
the Mediterranean bloomed with trading cities ten
times the size of their predecessors with public
amenities previously unheard of courts, theaters,
circuses, and publ...
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Great Wall Of China Report
1,037 words
The Great Wall of China is truly one of the
greatest architectural achievements in recorded
history. The longest structure ever built, it is
about 6, 700 kilometers (4, 163 miles) long and
made entirely by hand. This wall is said to be
visible from the moon. It crosses Northern China,
from the East coast to Central China (Karl's, 1).
This massive wall is not only one of the ancient
wonders of the world, but it also has been the
inspiration of many writers and artists. With a
history of more than...
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Mount St North Face
715 words
Mount St. Helen Eruption The eruption of Mount St.
Helens occurred on May 18, 1980. It was the most
significant eruption of the volcano in continental
U. S. throughout the history. Today, most of
geologists agree that the initial build up of
magma, underneath the volcano, which resulted in
eruption, was caused by the the movement of
Earth's continental plates. The Mount St. Helens
is located at the edge of Pacific plate, therefore
the original seismic activity in volcano's
vicinity, prior to eru...
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Nuclear Power Plants Thousands Of Years
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The disposal of nuclear waste is quickly becoming
the most important issue facing the environmental
community today. Nearly twenty percent of our
nation s electricity is being supplied by the
approximately 100 nuclear power plants that are in
everyday operation in the United States. So far,
almost all of the nuclear waste created by these
power plants is being housed in temporary storage
facilities at each power plant. Although the total
volume of nuclear waste produced in one year is
small when...
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Number Of Deaths Earth Surface
537 words
Every year there are about a million earthquakes.
Fortunately, not all of them are destructive. The
intensity of an earthquake is measured on the
Richter Scale, which goes from zero upward. Major
damage generally occurs from earthquakes ranging
from 6. 0 upwards. The damaging earthquakes also
occur either in the narrow belt, which surrounds
the Pacific Ocean or in a line, which extends from
Burma to the Alps in Europe. Earthquakes are one
of natural wonders of the world that cause the
most death...
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M P H Ground Level
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Field Study Report In the field study report the
class was broken down into four groups, parking
lot, grass, forest, and shrub areas. In this study
students were asked to take 20 minutes out of
every lab period and make a one meter plot that
all measurements will be taken from. This one
meter area represents our entire sub-plot. Then
students were asked to take readings in their
perspective sub-plots. The students were asked to
record four temperature readings, (2 meters, above
the ground, 15 cm...
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Shih Huang Ti Ming Dynasty
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World Civilization II April 17, 1998 The Great
Wall of China To the northwest and north of
Beijing, a huge, serrated wall zigzags its way to
the east and west along the undulating mountains.
This is the Great Wall, which is said to be
visible from the moon. This massive wall has not
only been one of the Ancient Seven Wonders of the
World, but it has also been inspiration for many
artists, and writers. The building of the Great
Wall is one of the biggest tragedy? s, but through
this tragedy arose...
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Cable Stayed Bridges Minimal Surface Area Bridge
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Bridges have Bridges REASEARCH PAPER Bridges have
been around sense the beginning of time. The
Ancient Roman engineers used two significant
innovations, the cofferdam and cement. The
cofferdam is when the put wooden spikes in to the
bottom of the river then used watertight clay over
the spikes to make a bridge. Now today there are
more efficient ways to make a bridge then just out
of cement and clay. There are Suspension Bridges,
Arch Bridges, Covered Bridges and many more.
Suspension bridges ha...
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Baking Soda Hydrogen Ions
2,207 words
How pH of Soil affects a Plants Growth For the
experimental aspect of the research report, four
sets of two plants are to be studied. They must
either be checked according to size for the same
height, or started from seed to ensure equality.
Two identical sets of roses are to be cultivated,
as well as two sets of corn plants. The flora must
all be given the same amount of water and sunlight
each day. The only variable to be changed is pH.
One of each set will be planted in the acidic
soil, and o...
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Endangered Species Sexual Maturity
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The Spectacled Bear, or Tremarctos Ornatus, is an
endangered species. This rare bear can only be
found in a few elusive spots in the world. Many
endangered species all over the world don? t
deserve the respect and care that they need. That
is why many endangered species often become
extinct or remain on the endangered species list
for the remainder of their survival on Earth.
Today, as more species become endangered, more
people become involved in their care. Many things
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Time It Takes Speed Of Light
363 words
The aim of this experiment is to measure the speed
of light in an experiment available to do at
school. The principle is quite simple. Let a ray
of light strike a rotating mirror that reflects
the light three meters away to a second mirror, so
that the light is reflected back at the rotating
mirror and back to the laser. The rotating mirror
has during the time it took for the light to
travel the six meters to the second mirror and
back rotated some degrees and the light spot has
moved from the o...
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Grandfather Neighbor
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? The truth is that the life of an individual is
not more interesting than the life of a whole
nation. And another truth is that not everyone is
able to describe his / her life the way great
writers do. ? This was my father? s first response
to my request of knowing more about his past life.
My father, Ruben Aslanian, was born on April 12
the year 1951 in a small village of Abkhazia
called Mteesoubanee. Abkhazia was part of the
Georgia republic during the mid nineteenth century
and Georgia was o...
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Earths Atmosphere Degrees Celsius
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Saturn is the sixth planet in our solar system and
is the second largest planet. The only planet
larger then Saturn is Jupiter. Saturn is commonly
noted for its phenomenal system of rings
surrounding this gaseous planet. It is also one of
the outer planets. Saturn's period of rotation is
approximately ten and a half hours in Earth hours.
Saturn takes about 13 and a half hours less than
Earth to rotate. It takes Saturn about 30 years to
make revolution around the sun. That is 29 years
more than E...
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Performance Enhancing Drugs International Olympic Committee
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Steroid Steroids May 11, 2000 Steroid Use Should
Be Legalized The 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South
Korea, proved to be one of the most exciting
Olympic games of all time. World records fell in
everyday of the 14 -day event; in every sport
ranging from shuttlecock to track and field,
records fell like dominos. The most competitive
sport in the 1988 Olympiad was the mens 100 -meter
dash, with a field consisting of the ten fastest
men in the world, at the time. World record holder
Ben Johnson, who sha...
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