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- 23321: Essay on Global Warming
- ... aside from pollution is one of scientists biggest concerns. Global Warming is caused by the Greenhouse effect. There are 4 steps in the Greenhouse effect. 1-Sunlight radiates from the sun, through space, to Earth’s atmosphere. 2- The sunlight enters the atmosphere and hits Earth. Some of it turns into heat energy in the form of infrared light. The heat gets absorbed by surrounding air and land, which in turn makes it warm. 3- Infrared rays, that are remitted into the atmosphere are trapped by greenhouse gases. 4- The gas then absorbs the light and is remitted back to the Earth’s surface and warms it even more. Some of the naturally occurring greenhouse gases are Methane and carbon dioxide. This is the way the Earth keeps itself warm enough for humans to live on it. The ... have increased concentrations of aerosols in atmosphere, which is a traditional form of air pollution), which tends to cool the atmosphere. With all these gases in the air, it is starting to change the Earth’s climate. The temperature of the Earth’s surface is as warm, if not warmer than it has been in any other century since at least 1400 AD. The temperature over the past century has ...
- 23322: The Manhattan Project
- ... the chain reaction before it is blown apart in order to increase theenergy produced. The neutron scattering properties of materials had to be measured to find the best reflectors. From its beginning with Enrico Fermi's graphite-pile reactor under the bleachers of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago to the explosion of the first atomic bomb near Alamogordo, New Mexico, the Manhattan Project took a little less than 3 years to make a working atomic bomb. During that time, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers managed the construction of very large state-of-the art plants to enrich uranium, three production reactors to make plutonium, and two reprocessing plants to extract plutonium from the reactor fuel ... 1945 at 5:29 AM the first atomic bomb was detonated in Alamogordo, New Mexico. President Harry Truman was informed of the successful detonation and after much thought he made orders to modify B- 29's for the atomic bombs. The 504th Composite Wing was formed and in late July of 1945 moved to the Tinian island in the Marian Islands for last minute tests. The first atomic strike ever ...
- 23323: Leo Tolstoi
- Leo Tolstoi 1828-1910 In full Lev Nikolayevich, Count Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy was born at Yasnya Polyana, in the Tula Province. His father s family was new to Russia. The grand duke of Moscow, at the time, gave the name Tolstoy to the family. The word tolstoy , in russian, literally means fat. His parents died when he was a ... further travels to Europe (1860-61) educational theory and practice, and published magazines and textbooks on the subject. In 1862 he married Sonya Andreyevna Bers (or Behrs). Between the years 1865 and 1869 appeared Tolstoy's major work, War and Peace, an epic tale depicting the story of five families against the background of Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Tolstoy's other masterpiece, Anna Karenina (1873-77), told a tragical story of a married woman, who follows her lover, but finally at a train station throws herself in front of ...
- 23324: Sports in Canada in the 1920s
- Sports in Canada in the 1920s The National Times Examiner For the 1920's: SPORTS Sports in the 1920's in Canada centered on participation. Anyone who had the skill could participate. Amateur sports such as hockey, football, baseball, lacrosse, etc. flourished due to the influx of many talented players. The twenties were Canada's golden age of sport. Many sports, such as hockey, football, and baseball, were becoming all professional. The sports heroes of the decade were amateurs. They often came out of nowhere to capture the headlines, ...
- 23325: Tom Clancy
- ... very interested in the military, his poor eyesight made him ineligible for a military career. However, he kept his interest and researched various aspects of the armed forces and military technology. In the late 1970’s he formed ideas for several novels which were later written in the 1980’s. Clancy wrote in his spare time, while still working to raise a family. In 1984 the Naval Institute Press, a noncommercial publisher, published his first novel, The Hunt for Red October. This book was noticed ... to use plots based on political issues of the world. All of his novels were on bestseller lists. Clear and Present Danger sold more copies than any other novel that was published in the 1980’s. Clancy has been called the creator of the "techno-thriller" genre. He uses extremely detailed descriptions of military technology and weapons to create realism. Occasionally, his descriptions, which were derived from declassified information and ...
- 23326: The Lost World: Private Interview with Dr. Ian Malcolm
- The Lost World: Private Interview with Dr. Ian Malcolm 1. Dr. Malcolm, what is it about dinosaurs that interests you? Well, for me it's the primitive nature. The way they hunt, seek and kill. We have learned so much from that island about the way in which dinosaurs live together and how their behavior is so much different from ... We hope our observations can make us understand what happened and prevent it from happening again. 11. What are you going to do with the InGen technology? We are going to gather all of InGen's research so that no one else will find it. We will conduct studies on the information and hopefully when society is ready we would release what we know about the dinosaurs. If however, there was ever another disaster like the one at "Jurassic Park" we would be forced to destroy InGen's work so that no one can continue it's studies. 12. About the dinosaurs on Isla Sorna. Are there any plans to destroy them like the others? Right now there, are no plans to ...
- 23327: Napolean
- Napoleon’s military knowledge Napoleon Bonaparte is regarded as one of the greatest military master minds in the history of mankind. He was the second born of eight children of Carlo Bonaparte, an Italian lawyer who fought for Corsican independence. Carlo Bonaparte later served as a prosecutor and a judge for the French Nobility. Through his father’s influence, Napoleon was educated at the expense of King Louis XVI, in Paris. Napoleon graduated in 1785, at the age of 16, and joined the artillery as a second lieutenant. After the Revolution began, he ... French law was standardized in the Code of Napoleon. They guaranteed the rights and liberties won in the Revolution, including equality before the law and freedom of religion. In April 1803 Britain, provoked by Napoleon’s aggressive behavior, resumed war with France on the seas, two years later Russia and Austria joined the British in a new coalition. Napoleon then abandoned plans to invade England and turned his armies against ...
- 23328: Origins Of Buddhism
- Today's Western religions revolve around a central God that is one and the same for all of the followers of that religion. For instance, a Catholic goes to Church and prays to the same God as the person sitting beside them. There are many Eastern religions where that is not the case. Buddhism, one of the world's oldest religions, is one such instance. Buddhism, in fact, stresses a more individual approach to spirituality. In 563 B.C., in India, a man named Siddartha Guatama was born into the ruling family of the ... Way has come to be known as the Noble Eightfold Path. The Noble Eightfold Path is the means to achieve liberation from suffering through eight factors that must be taken into account when living one's life. They are right understanding, right thoughts, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness and right concentration. Right understanding is the knowledge of Buddha and his teachings as well as the ...
- 23329: Causes of Divorces
- ... into a serious issue when the problem is not resolved. It can become severe enough to where a divorce is the only solution for the problem. Communication is a very important part of a couple's relationship. It is like tires on a car, the car can not properly function or move with out them. When you do not openly discuss issues with your spouse and instead you decide to keep ... each other know what is on your mind. When there is hardly or no communication between a couple, shortly their marriage will turn into a disaster. A smaller cause of divorce is when one person's job starts to interfere with the couples' marriage. With some jobs travel is a must and it happens very often. For example, a pilot, he must be away from his house in order to perform ... divorce. Another cause of divorces in America is in-law problems between the spouses' families. This can be a very awkward and stressful situation for both sides of the family. When the husband and wife's family do not get along, it becomes difficult to go out to dinner together, to have family gatherings, and to share holidays with one another. The problem becomes everyone's, not just the families ...
- 23330: Hurricane Flloyd
- ... to a hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph. As of 8:00 AM EDT, the system was located about 210 miles east-northeast of Barbuda in the northern Leeward Islands. Some of Floyd's outer rain bands were already over part of the islands. Data from Air Force Hurricane Hunters flights indicated Floyd was strengthening and was forecasted to intensify to a Category III hurricane with maximum sustained winds ... However, they cautioned that any deviation to the left of the forecasted track would bring tropical storm conditions to the northern most islands of the northeastern Caribbean. Hurricane Floyd at Category IV, Threatens Southeast U.S. Coast Washington, September 13, 1999 -- The National Hurricane Center reported Hurricane Floyd was a dangerous Category IV hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph. As of 5 a.m. Tuesday, Floyd was located 245 ... from the center of the storm up to 105 miles. Tropical storm force winds (39 mph and greater) extended outward up to 290 miles from the center. Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft found Floyd's minimum central pressure at 922 MB, a drop of 39 MB over 24 hours. NHC forecasters project Floyd could make landfall somewhere along the Southeast U.S. Coast from Florida's east coast north ...
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