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Marine Environment San Francisco
1,149 words... s discovered that both species (feline and human) were suffering from acute mercury poisoning brought about by contaminated fish (Simon 51). Added research revealed that the consumption of contaminated fish and shrimp were ensuing culprits. Anthony Tucker, a scientist helping with the research explained, Anyone who eats one normal fish a day contaminated by toxins will most certainly be disabled and more than likely die (Simon 51). @ Likewise, biologist Gregory Kansas a member of Citizens Fo...
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Candide And His Friends Heavily Damaged Earthquake
1,115 wordsThe earthquake began at 9: 30 on November 1 st, 1755, and was centered in the Atlantic Ocean, about 200 km WSW of Cape St. Vincent. The total duration of shaking lasted ten minutes and was comprised of three distinct jolts. Effects from the earthquake were far reaching. The worst damage occurred in the south-west of Portugal. Lisbon, the Portuguese capital, was the largest and the most important of the cities damaged. Severe shaking was felt in North Africa and there was heavy loss of life in Fe...
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Oklahoma City First Aid
1,046 wordsOther than the sweltering heat in the summer time in Oklahoma City, the only dilemma are tornadoes. I grew up in the middle of this tornado alley and eventually developed a sixth sense for detecting tornado activity. Even in the 1980 s tornadoes were known for their violent crime wave, vandalizing neighborhoods and kidnapping children and adults. Imagine a beautiful evening in Moore, a suburb lying on the outskirts of Oklahoma City. Mom is in the kitchen and the kids are playing in the yard. In ...
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Sense Of Survival Piece Of Iron Toshiko
540 wordsHiroshima is a factual account about the day the United States government dropped the first atom bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The author, John Hersey, interviewed six survivors and reported their stories in a factual but interesting fashion. He gives a brief description of each person and tells of his or her daily activities both before and after the explosion. His descriptions of people and events give the reader a feeling of actually being at the scene. He intensifies each character's...
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Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean
1,327 wordsPlease note this is a "Scientific Report" not an essay please bare this in mind. Introduction The word Tsunami is a Japanese term meaning wave in the harbour. It is the most apt description for the hazard as tidal wave or seismic wave lead to incorrect connotations and misunderstandings. The dictionary definition of the word Tsunami itself means a very large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption, this is only half accurate, which I will attempt to illustrate in this ...
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World War Ii August 6 1945
1,212 wordsAt 8: 15 am on August 6, 1945, approximately 300 to 500 feet above the highly populated city of Hiroshima Japan, the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare was detonated. Only minutes later 60, 000 to 100, 000 people were dead, most were vaporized leaving only an eerie shadow of carbon behind. In the year and months that followed hundreds of thousands of people died of radiation poisoning and radiation provoked disease. Children born in months immediately following the bombing were occasionally ...
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Wall Had Seals Valley Of The Kings Tomb
995 wordsDuring the winter of 1906 Theodore Davis, who was excavating in the Valley of the Kings, discovered in a hidden reserve near Howard Carters future working site a blue varnished pitcher with the name of Tutankhamen imprinted on it. The following year he entered an underground chamber, more than seven yards below the ground, also in the Valley of the Kings and location to the north of Horemhebs tomb. Torrential floods had filled the room that he found with mud which had dried up and from it the di...
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Valley Of The Kings Pharaoh
1,905 wordsEgyptologists had lost interest in the site of tomb 5, which had been explored and looted decades ago. Therefore, they wanted to give way to a parking lot. However, no one would have ever known the treasure that lay only 200 ft. from King Tut? s resting place which was beyond a few rubble strewn rooms that previous excavators had used to hold their debris. Dr. Kent Weeks, an Egyptologist with the American University in Cairo, wanted to be sure the new parking facility wouldn? t destroy anything ...
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Solar System Million Miles
1,320 wordsEarths Beyond Earth: The Search for Other Worlds In early 1990, the first extrasolar planet was detected, surprising everyone by its strangeness. More planets have now been discovered outside our solar system than in it. These planets present many great mysteries to the astronomical world. Extrasolar planets are planets that exist outside our solar system; they are orbiting a star other than our Sun. So far, eighteen have been found, all of them defying well-established theories about planets an...
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U S Government Air Force
1,059 wordsOn or around Ufo Roswell On or around Independence Day, 1947, during a severe thunderstorm near Roswell, New Mexico, an Air Force experiment using high altitude balloons blew apart and fell to the earth. This minor event in the history of reconnaissance turned out to be the Big Bang of UFOlogy. UFO enthusiasts have come to see that 4 th of July as the day an alien spaceship crashed on earth. Some UFOlogists claim that aliens were taken away by the U. S. Air Force and other government co-conspira...
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Quick And Decisive Victory Quick And Decisive Bomb
570 wordsAt fifteen minutes past eight, on August 6 th, 1945, the United States of Americas first atomic bomb hit the city of Hiroshima. In attempt to gauge the destruction wrought, and to determine the plausibility for a second bombardment, a team was sent to determine the degree of success and immediate damage incurred upon both Hiroshima and Japan as a whole. After examining these findings it is recomended that another bombing is warranted for a quick and decisive victory with minimal Allied casualtie...
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Laying On Top Downed Trees Street
831 wordsNatural disasters are meant to cause destruction and to break thing apart. Sometimes they end up bringing people together. In September of 1996 Hurricane Fran swept through my town with the power of mother nature behind it all the way. Fran brought winds that reached speeds of close to 100 miles per hour, tornadoes, and golf ball sized hail. Needless to say that this storm did a lot of damage. All over the town people did not have any power, could not use their water. I remember how dark everyth...
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Crime Scene Naked Eye
1,271 wordsTrace evidence is very important in forensic investigations. This category of evidence encompasses many diverse types of microscopic materials as well as some examples that are easily visible to the naked eye. The subject is broad and diverse because of the number of different types of evidence that are commonly encountered. Trace evidence can be thought of as evidence occuring in sizes so small that it can be transferred or exchanged between two surfaces without being noticed. Varieties of trac...
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Life On Earth Physical Attributes
470 wordsJupiter is one of the Sun s most interesting planets. Jupiter has many intriguing properties, which differ from those of Earth and other planets. It has many satellites uncommon to others in the solar system. It even helps to sustain life on Earth. Jupiter may seem like an ordinary planet, but in reality Jupiter may be one of the most interesting planetary bodies in the galaxy. Jupiter s physical attributes is one of the reasons it is so fascinating. Unlike Earth, Jupiter is composed of gases, a...
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Hawaiian Islands Four Million
731 wordsCausing $ 1 - 2 billion in damages and more than 25 deaths per year, landslides are a major geologic hazard, caused by earthquakes and floods. Although, landslides are generally not as exciting or costly as earthquakes, major floods, tropical storms, and other natural disasters, they occur in more expanded places and may cause more property damage than any other geologic hazards. A wide variety of ground movements, such as rock falls, slope failure, and shallow debris flows can classify landslid...
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Lava Flows Mount St
656 wordsMount Adams is one of the largest volcanoes in the Cascade Range, it is way bigger then any of the surrounding mountains. Mount Adams has been less active during the past few thousand years than its neighboring mountains of St. Helens, Rainier, and Mt. Hood, it will erupt again. In the future the eruptions will probably happen more often from vents on the summit and upper sides of Mount Adams than from vents scattered in the volcanic fields beyond. Large landslides and lahars that don? t need to...
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Disturbances From The Hurricane Upturned Trees One
367 wordsDuring lab our class took a trip to the nature trail. As soon as we stepped on to the trail we saw disturbance from the hurricane that came through about three years. Throughout our trip we saw the disturbances from the hurricane, such as upturned trees. In the holes of the upturned trees was still water. We were told that in the place of the overturned trees new trees would grow, which is secondary succession. The limbs and trees were left on the floor of the forest to decompose. While on the w...
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Sky Teenagers Wind
289 wordsThe bright and sunny sky hid the fact that a storm was quickly approaching the city of Mahtomedi. The soft, warm wind was brushing against the merry faces of the residents. Children are playing basketball, teenagers are driving their cars and listening to deafening music. The calm pace of the waves attracted many boaters to the clear water. Even the gardeners were out on this beautiful day. Everyone was completely oblivious to the coming terror. The wind began to swirl and blew freezing air onto...
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Steven Spielberg Bright Lights
1,269 wordsReading of Ten Minute Extract from Close Encounters of the Third Kind dir. Steven Spielberg (1977) Close Encounters of the Third Kind is director / writer Steven Spielberg's first film after the enormously successful 1975 smash, Jaws. Its optimistic, benevolent, loving portrayal of alien encounters sets it apart from most science-fiction films of its type. This awe-inspiring film is one of the most dazzling UFO science fiction films ever made. I am analysing a ten minute sequence from near the b...
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Lava Flow Complex Dome And Lava Flow Complex Augustine
613 wordsSt. Augustine Volcano Augustine Volcano is the most frequently active and the youngest of the Cook Inlet volcanoes. Detterman considered Augustine to be entirely Quaternary and Johnston concluded that volcanism at Augustine began during the late Pleistocene Moosehorn glacial advance 19, 000 - 15, 500 IBP. Since its discovery by Captain James Cook in 1778, Augustine Volcano has had seven historical eruptions. 1883, 1935, 1979, 1985, 1986, and 1987. Yount and others, 1987. The activity in 1908, re...
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