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- 461: Egypt
- ... 32 degrees the most humid areas are along the Mediterranean coast where the Average rainfall is about 8 inches. Precipitation decreases rapidly to the south; Cairo receives on average Only about 1.1 inches of rain a year, and in many desert locations it may rain only in every several years. This all means that by the coast it is easy lifestyle, but in the south of Egypt it is a very hard lifestyle. The mighty Nile River is the longest ...
- 462: Haiti
- ... produce the country's highest temperatures. Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, is sheltered by mountains to the north and south. It is one of the hottest cities in the Caribbean. Haiti lies in a rain shadow and therefore generally receives less rainfall than its neighbor, the Dominican Republic. Rainfall produced by the trade winds is stopped by the mountain ridge dividing the two countries. The northern part of Haiti receives the most rain - between 20-100 inches per year. June through October is hurricane season in Haiti. Hurricane Flora killed 3,000 people in Haiti in 1963. In 1980, Hurricane Allen caused considerable damage to Haiti's southern ...
- 463: Werewolf Legends
- ... hallucinogenic drug L.S.D. Ergot Fungi (Claviceps purpurea), which grows on rye wheat, rice, and other grasses, is a source for chemicals called Ergot alkaloids. These chemicals can be "hydrolyzed" into another chemical, Lysergic Acid, and then converted into Lysergic Acid Diethylmide (L.S.D.) using a very difficult and dangerous chemistry procedure. Ergot is extremely poisonous and is separated from grains when harvested. Eating or coming in contact with this fungi can result in extreme ...
- 464: Cultural Murders
- ... complete destruction of ones self. They had to become empty so they could be filled with his love. He wanted compliant followers with devotion and dependance on him (Farquhar 5). His family took many acid trips together. During the trips, Manson would teach all night. All would listen sad think it sounded a little screwy, but still they would believe all he said. His acid trips got continually more violent. He started raving about the race war in which the oppressed blacks would rise to slaughter all of the whites. He said the Beatles sent messages of the Armaggeddon through ...
- 465: Huck Finn: Essay On Each Chapt
- ... carry all their gear up to this place because there are going to be heavy rains. Huck doesn't like having to do all that work, but he decides to go along. Sure enough, the rain begins right after dinner. Huck gives another of his "poetic" descriptions when he tells about the rain. He seems to be perfectly satisfied with his new life. It rains for so many days that the river floods. Huck and Jim take the canoe out from time to time to see what they ...
- 466: New Developments or Research in Genetic Cloning: Summary
- ... amplifies the chosen segment of DNA in the test tube without the need for living cells. In this process, the DNA sequence to be amplified is selected by primers, which are short pieces of nucleic acid that correspond to sequences flanking the DNA to be amplified. After an excess of primers is added to the DNA, together with a heat-stable DNA polymerase, the strands of both the genomic DNA and ... sugars and hexose sugars. July 1993: Morphine Receptor Cloned In July, 1993, a team led by Dr. Lei Yu, associate professor of medical and molecular genetics at Indiana University School of Medicine, decoded the amino acid sequence for the morphine receptor that is located on the surface of nerve cells. The group isolated the sequence from a rat brain cDNA library, and since homology between the rat and human sequence is ...
- 467: Mexico City
- ... pollution and environmental damage has led some to warn off an environmental catastrophe in the near future. Mountains surround the valley Mexico City is in, and there is no natural drainage through them. Canals carry rain water out of the valley, but especially heavy rains may cause floods. Since the 1930's parts of the city have been sinking as much as 1 foot a year and new buildings are constructed ... Spain. Thousands of people died in floods because Mexico City had no natural drainage. After 30,000 people died in 1629, the Spaniards built a large canal to drain Lake Texcoco and to carry off rain water. Mexico City has remained under Spanish rule for 300 years and since that time Mexico City has grown to cover much of the dry lake bed and was the largest city in the Western ...
- 468: Lightning Never Strikes Twice
- ... possible. He loved all the furniture he bought and thought it was the most commutable pieces of furniture he has ever witnessed. While he was moving in his furniture he noticed it was starting to rain. That didnt bother him he knew that it was going to rain all week. He then went in to his house and had a drink and lay down on his new green Italian leather couch. He thought to himself how soft and comfortable the couch is. The ...
- 469: Brazil Context
- ... 9,170km coastline and the 50,000km navigable inland waterways provide great potentials for water transportation which has not been well developed. Brazil is topographically relatively flat. 40% of the land is under the Amazon Rain Forest. Most of the arable land is found in the South, but the process of land development for agriculture is pushing into the Central-West and the North as well. The climate is mainly tropical ... two day strike in 1989. Patent and trademark laws are available on a federal level. Environmental awareness has increased due to international pressure, especially from the US. This has restricted the exploitation of the tropical rain forest. The infrastructure is underdeveloped. There has been no major modernization or improvement of the government-controlled railroad system, though there are plans for some extensions. Hence road transport dominates, but highways are not well ...
- 470: Jamaica
- ... in the blue mountains. Although it is hot in the day, light ocean breezes result in making the island more comfortable in the day and cooler breezes blow down from the Blue Mountains at night. Rain falls in Jamaica 12 months of the year because it is a rainy tropical climate. The average rainfall is 196 cm per annum. The main months for raining, however, are May to June and September to October. The major differences in elevation cause the rain to fall almost 600 cm per annum on the mountains and only 89 cm on the southeast coast. Hurricanes can strike anytime between June and October. One of the main hurricanes to hit Jamaica was ...
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