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- 5461: Babe Ruth
- ... with two strikes against him, and then he gestured towards the outfield. Ruth was calling his shot. "The Ball disappeared from the premises in a high, sizzling line, carrying an incredible distance in an incredibly short time." Many people did not understand. Was Ruth pointing at Root, the pitcher? Was Ruth pointing to the center field stands or was he announcing a home run? Ruth answered all these questions by saying ...
- 5462: Iron Meteorites
- ... by folding it over and over did not work out very well. So the forging could only be carried out when the metal had gotten so hot it turned white. Although somewhat irrelevant to the short story about the Shooting Star Swords, meterites do play an important part in science to day, and help scientist decode the birth of earth, our sun, and even the galaxy in which we are in ...
- 5463: Frogs
- ... legs that, when they sit still, are folded up in a kind of N form. Frogs have a large head and no neck. They have small bodies, no tail and their front legs are pretty short compared to their back ones. Scientists think that frogs probably evolved from an amphibian with four legs and a tail. This means that during these years that have gone by, frogs have lost their tail ...
- 5464: Detrimental Effects That Technological Advances In Industry And Agriculture
- ... adequate market incentives to curb pollution, encourage energy efficiency and waste reduction through low-cost programs, in conjunction with the private sector. To his credit, Reilly cites some powerful programs which may make at least short-term environmental and economic success: bioremediation, telecommuting, curtailing emissions and reusing resources. However, as Morgensen and Eisenstodt indicate, Reilly seems to follow a predictable governmental pattern to avoid discussion of the favored trucking and nuclear ...
- 5465: Research And Patterns Of Thinking
- ... for my education. Next I had to perform and even harder task, choosing a major. It's very difficult to decide what you want to do with the rest of your life in just a short time. I had the plans of working in the woods, so I talked with some friends who work with wildlife conservation and they told me parks and recreation was the way to go. After this ...
- 5466: The Problems With Acid Rain
- ... must be worried about for they will soon become extinct. A fact that may please fishermen is that in lakes/rivers they tend to catch older and larger fish. This may please them in the short run however they will soon have to change lakes for the fish supply will die quickly in these lakes. The problem is that acid causes difficulties the fish's reproductive system. Often fish born in ...
- 5467: The Beginning Of The Universe
- ... a portion of this randomness happened to form a bubble, with a temperature in excess of 10 to the power of 34 degrees Kelvin. Being that hot, naturally it expanded. For an extremely brief and short period, billionths of billionths of a second, it inflated. At the end of the period of inflation, the universe may have a diameter of a few centimetres. The temperature had cooled enough for particles of ...
- 5468: Inventions and Their Importance
- ... makes you think. What did early people do without the above inventions? Believe it or not they did many of the things we do today, but more of it. They would play board games, tell stories, and pay a lot more attention to their hobbies. This is what brings me to my thesis statement: In-home communication inventions have greatly affected the ways of modern living, and I intend to prove ...
- 5469: Hydroponic Gardening
- ... oregano, thyme and tarragon for the herbs, and daisies, primroses and violets representing the flowers. Of course these are not all of the plants which could be grown in a hydroponic garden, but just a short list to give a good impression of what could be done with even a relatively small garden. All plants require certain elements in order to grow successfully. They need the proper nutrients and light to ...
- 5470: Planting Flowers
- ... Seeds scattered after the plant has bloomed will usually germinate at the proper time. An open area where grass is sparse is an ideal spot, as most of these wildflowers need sun to complete their short life-span" (Sparka 18). "Common practice by many gardeners is to purchase annual plants at a local source such as a garden shop" (Oravetz 10). "Normally, the life span is completed in the cycle from ...
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