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- 23491: Dangers and Destructions of Floods and Hurricanes
- ... take part on oceans but it can also take part on lakes. Coastal flooding can be a great danger because coast lines are very densely populated areas. In the United States in the early 1990's 50% of the population was on a coastal county.1 Although they shrink before reaching shore, wind generated waves have been spotted to be as high as 30 m (100 ft) in the middle of ... Service Com. California Department of Water Resources.10 The averages for deaths and damages since 1970 from floods is 200 deaths and $4 billion in damage.11 It would be much higher if it wasn't for the National Weather Service River and Flooding Forecasting Service. The National Weather Service River and Flooding Forecasting Service gives flood watches and flood warnings to the civilians. The forecasting of floods are based on ... direction as the general movement of the storm are subjected to the maximum destructive violence of the hurricane. Hurricane Emily packed winds around 80 miles per hour and was a level 3.14 Hurricane Emily's gale force winds hit North Carolina at 39 miles per hour, but that was all.15 Emily brought 115 miles per hour winds and heavy rains to the Outer Banks in 1993. It dumped ...
- 23492: Amelia Earhart
- ... of the same year, she took off from Oakland to Hawaii. After resting in Hawaii, she set off from Luke Field near Pearl Harbor, but lost control of her plane at takeoff. Although Amelia wasn’t injured, there was massive damage done to her plane. She had to send it back to California for extensive repairs. After such a major setback, she didn’t give up, but rather waited almost two years before embarking on her journey for the second time. On June 1st, 1937, she departed this time from Miami Florida on a different route around the world ... or otherwise. It was a legacy with the message of hope and determination to follow dreams and success will follow. But most of all, her legacy was of courage. A courage that changes a person’s life, as it did Amelias. And as she so truly stated in her poem, each time we make a choice, we pay with courage.
- 23493: Aids 2
- ... immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean, and some of the infant children born to women at risk. All these varied people had one thing in common: almost absent levels of the white blood cells called T helper cells that keep the immune system functioning properly. Their defective immune systems left them vulnerable to one serious health problem after another. Although many problems could be treated, and even cured, others immediately arose ... called H.I.V. was firmly established as the cause of the mysterious syndrome. H.I.V. can pass from one person to another through sexual contact or contact with infected blood, settle into their T helper cells, and progressively destroy them. A blood test to detect carriers of H.I.V. was released in the spring of 1985. For the first time people could be tested to see if they ... in the United States and Europe, at $15,000 or more a year they are far too expensive for use in the impoverished countries of Africa and Asia, where the vast majority of the world's H.I.V. infected people live. For these countries, the best hope against AIDS lies in the development of a vaccine that can prevent people who are exposed to H.I.V. from acquiring ...
- 23494: Japanese Canadians during World War II
- ... as corrective labor camps, relocation centers, reception camp. Most people think this kind of bloody action should never happen in Canada. Unfortunately, our kind, lovely, peace-keeper government also made the same mistake. They didn't sent Germans to the concentration camp, they sent Japanese Canadians to the Relocation Camp. Why did Canadian government sent all the innocent Japanese-Canadians to the relocation camp? This kind of action is totally unfair ... Steveston area, where the Japan Town was at that time. Their properties were took over by government. All the evacuation was taken fully responsible by an organization named the British Columbia Security Commission (B.C.S.C.) The first evacuees entered Hasting park on March, 1942. In six months, total about eight thousands Japanese moved in. Life in the park was unhuman and unpleasant. People are not even allow to live ... hell. (Roy,p110) Later, Japanese Canadian had sent out of Hasting Park in groups. Most of the men were sent to road camps in the Interior. The government provides jobs for them. Although they didn ‘t like the jobs, but better than nothing. And the life qualities is better than the life in the Hasting Park. The old mining and lumbering towns were the main settlements for the evacuees. Kaslo, ...
- 23495: Alkanes
- ... only Carbon atoms and Hydrogen atoms. All of the bonds are single and the number of hydrogen atoms versus carbon atoms follows this formula: CnH2n+2 Alkanes are all non-polar molecules so they aren't soluble in water. Here are some more facts. -Referred to as "Saturated" -They have -low densities -low melting points -low boiling points -Refer to "Slide 29" sheet We couldn't find any information on who discovered them. Or on the what, where, or when. However the first alkane that was discovered was probably methane. Because, of course, this is the gas that cows belch. The journal of toxology report that a 15 year old boy was stricken with hemiparesis "resulting from acute intoxication following inhalation of butane gas." Hemiparesis is when half of a person's body is paralyzed. Through reactions alkanes can be transformed into chloroform. This has been shown to accumulate in lungs of swimmers after they swim for extended periods of time. As mentioned above chloroform can ...
- 23496: World War 2 And The American Navy
- ... everything that they could to stay out of this treacherous world war. America even gave away supplies such as warships, food, and medicine. America was extremely supportive of the war as long as they didn’t have to get in the trenches of it. They supported the British forces by fulfilling much needed supplies. America gave the British Parliament 7 billion dollars’ worth of American accouterments in 1942. Life on board these great sea giants wasn’t so spectacular. Hundreds of sailors had to live in cramped spaces sometimes without air-conditioning or heating. As the war progressed accommodations were made radically better by being given more refrigeration spaces and spacious rooms ... the champion submarine in killing. It sunk 3 ships in 3 days. “Archerfish” made the biggest bag in one attack against the Shinano, a 59,000 ton aircraft carrier. Japanese losses totaled 128, and Germany’s losses counted between 700-800 U- boats. Though many victories were added to the pile, many losses top them all. 52 submarines and their crews were lost. The first ship to be lost was ...
- 23497: Emily Dickinson: A Biography
- ... another so Emily had plenty of privacy for writing. During her childhood, Emily and her family attended The First Congregational Church on a regular basis. Emily did not like going to church because she didn't think of herself as being very religious. She refused to believe that Heaven was a better place than Earth and eventually rebelled from the church. Emily saw herself as a woman who had her own ... from whom she got a very good response and a strong friendship developed. He acted as her mentor but she never seemed to have taken any of his advice. It became evident that she didn't like the idea of having her works published, she made 40 packets of about twenty poems apiece from 814 poems. She placed these in a box along with 333 other poems. Emily died on May ... style in writing. She chose her words for her poems in a way that allows the reader to choose the meaning. In conclusion, she wrote nearly eighteen hundred poems, most ignoring rhyme and punctuation. Emily's poems did not have titles because she never wanted them to be published. Many of her poems are dark and mysterious but all are true works of art.
- 23498: Personal Writing: The Cliff
- ... The Cliff Sorry I just gave away the last camps five minutes ago the Ranger said Mark and I looked at each other in despair, I just knew something like this would happen; we couldn't leave town until late Friday afternoon because Mark had to work. As we drove back down the winding gravel road I explained to mark that was the last campsite around for quite a way and ... somehow always devour. There was no path beyond the lookout. As we stumbled through the trees, we held our backpacks in the front of us so the needle written branches of the pine trees didn't smack us in the face. After a few grueling minutes the trees thinned out to expose the edge of a 100-foot drop off. I could see to the other side of the river. We ... of my marlboro tumble endlessly into the void. then My vision started to blurr as I laid back in a drunken dizziness I watched the stars dancing, jumping up and down just like on one's in the river, even when only closed my eyes.
- 23499: Ludwig Van Beethoven
- ... development of tonal music and is one of the most important developments in the history of music. Before his time, composers wrote works for religious services, and to entertain people. But people listened to Beethoven's music for its own sake. About 1800, he discovered that he was slowly becoming deaf. I find it hard to imagine being able to compose music as wonderful as the Choral symphony while being unable to hear the music except in one's head. It wasn't surprising that many people thought that Beethoven and his career were over. Beethoven, too, at times was close to total despair. After short time he withdrew from most of the social contacts. Once he ...
- 23500: Quest For Fire
- ... can live, but they lose their most powerful weapon when they are attacked. Thus, the tribe is in a great danger. An attack of wolves or other beasts can easily kill them. Because they don't know how to make fire, they send out three members of the tribe to look for fire. On their way, they save a girl but she runs away later. Then the three men are captured ... where their tribe is. The people of their tribe are very excited about their return and they are even more exciting when they learn that they can make fire by themselves. From now on, human¡¦s life is no more depends on God¡¦s favor. They can manage their own life. In spite of causing me nearly to vomit, this movie has some good aspects. It uses excellent sound effects and perfect makeup technique to make this movie ...
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