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- 1431: The Easter Egg Process
- The Easter Egg Process Days begin to grow longer; birds are on their way back to the east and flowers showing their best pastels are beginning to form full bloom. The smell of fresh rain and pollen are in the air. It is finally the time of year when people start to dress in white and put their bonnets on for the holiday that introduces spring called Easter. Easter, which ...
- 1432: How To Tp SomeoneS Car (Without Getting Caught)
- ... is not always the route a person should take. Cheap toilet paper rips very easily, which makes wrapping a tree or car hard to do. Toilet paper with a greater ply number withstands wind and rain better. Greater plied paper also prevents ripping. If a person plans on using other supplies such as, Silly String or Saran Wrap, they should have this ready along with the toilet paper. The quality of ...
- 1433: Loki
- ... the Greek tribes. These people came southward from the Balkans circa 2100 BCE. He has always been associated as being a weather god, as his main attribute is the thunderbolt, he controlled thunder, lightning and rain. Theocritus wrote circa 265 BCE: "sometimes Zeus is clear, sometimes he rains". He is also known to have caused thunderstorms. In Homer's epic poem the Iliad he sent thunderstorms against his enemies. The name ...
- 1434: Mountain Climbing
- ... known as a base camp. Early the next morning, they begin their ascent. On climbs that last only one day, experienced climbers attempt to reach the summit by noon, before afternoon thunderstorms, lightning, hail, and rain increase the danger of the climb. Climbers also make sure they have enough daylight to rappel (slide in a controlled fashion down climbing ropes) back to the mountains base and reach base camp before ...
- 1435: Hunting Wild Hogs
- ... our hunting grounds, we hunted, caught, killed, cleaned, and reached home safely. You cant ask for a better day. Always remember to respect the mountain, your dogs, and have no fear. Hunt wild hogs, rain or shine.
- 1436: Landfills
- ... synthetic foam. The modern landfill is lined with multiple, impermeable layers of clay, sand, and plastic before any garbage is deposited. This liner prevents liquids, called leachates, from percolating into the groundwater. Leachates result from rain water mixing with fluids in the garbage, making a highly toxic "juice" containing inks, heavy metals, and other poisonous compounds. Ideally, leachates are pumped up from collection points along the bottom of the landfill and ...
- 1437: Landfills - Fact Is More Ominous Than Fiction
- ... synthetic foam. The modern landfill is lined with multiple, impermeable layers of clay, sand, and plastic before any garbage is deposited. This liner prevents liquids, called leachates, from percolating into the groundwater. Leachates result from rain water mixing with fluids in the garbage, making a highly toxic "juice" containing inks, heavy metals, and other poisonous compounds. Ideally, leachates are pumped up from collection points along the bottom of the landfill and ...
- 1438: Producing Steel
- ... incoming gasses. Oil and fuel are the new developments, which are sprayed into the furnace under pressure where it burns with a higher temperature than blast furnace gas. There are three types of furnaces; basic, acid and ajax. The whole process takes about ten hours to convert 350 tonnes of iron to steel. When finished, the steel is run off through tapping hole into huge ladles and poured from these ingot ...
- 1439: Chocolate History And The Growing Of Cocoa
- ... history, whether as a cocoa or drinking chocolate beverage or confectionery treat, chocolate has always been a much sought after food. The story of cocoa begins with cocoa trees which grew wild in the tropical rain forests of the Amazon basin and other tropical areas in Central and South America for thousands of years. The Maya Indians and the Aztecs had recognised the value of cocoa beans both as an ingredient ...
- 1440: Combined Sewer Overflows in the Boston Area
- ... there were 81 active CSO's. Today 12 have been closed, this leaves 69 active CSO's in the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea and Somerville (MWRA website). This means that in times of heavy rain, Boston Harbor, and the Mystic, Neponset and Charles Rivers are subject to sewer overflows. CSO's are clearly a major problem for the MWRA to deal with. In 1988 they unveiled a three phase plan ...
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