‘The house burned down’ or ‘The house burned up’? Surely if it burned up‚ that means the fire started in the cellar and worked up‚ while if it burned down‚ it started in the attic and worked down.” “No‚” I said‚ “it does not. You can say it either way and it means the same thing.” Jarmila sighed. “I do not understand this “up‚” I thought I knew the difference between up and down‚ but they tell me if is the same if I slow up my car or slow it down. And there are so many ‘up’s that seem quite unnecessary
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Save the helpless What reason can one give behind the killing of these magnificent creatures (the Rhinos)? Well in this leaflet the writer has answered most of that question and the rest we all should now. The far most obvious answer will be‚ for their horns. Most poachers cut of their horns and let them go‚ but did you know‚ black rhinos have a very quick to charge attitude‚ they attack anything they feel brings danger to them; they can’t do anything without their horns. They would have no weapon
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Kaplan University HN-205 Unit 9 Assignment November 19‚ 2013 Recently‚ released from prison Todd and Reggie‚ in an interracial relationship are seeking couples counseling and are both having a difficult time integrating into society. They have no one on the outside that is able to help them. Reggie is still on probation while Todd is done. Both men have come in for couples counseling however there may be more issues in their relationship that needs to be worked on. The
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Deforestation is a serious problem today‚ and has been for a long time. It is one of the greatest threats to nature on Earth‚ if not the single greatest. It is one root cause of soil erosion‚ the root cause of global warming‚ and the greatest contributor to the endangerment and extinction of so many species throughout the world. To understand deforestation though‚ one must know exactly what it is first. Therefore‚ deforestation is defined by the Encyclopedia Britannica Online as "The cutting down
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Surface Water - Surface water is water on the surface of the planet such as in a stream‚ river‚ lake‚ wetland‚ or ocean. It can be contrasted with groundwater and atmospheric water. - Non-saline surface water is replenished by precipitation and by recruitment from ground-water. It is lost through evaporation‚ seepage into the ground where it becomes ground-water‚ used by plants for transpiration‚ abstracted by mankind for agriculture‚ living‚ industry etc. or discharged to the sea where it becomes
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In the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller‚ there are many interesting characters contributing significantly to the thematic concerns of the play. One of them is Elizabeth Procter‚ cold and unforgiving to her husband after he committed adultery. Despite her coldness‚ she is a very faithful woman with an honest personality‚ which is compromised by her deeply felt love for her husband. The presentation of such complex personality reflects the ideas of love and forgiveness in the play.
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John Carlo B. Valeroso 9-Matulungin Nowadays‚ people struggle a lot to return back what I lost. They do fun runs to raise fund for tree planting‚ make placards to disseminate campaigns and fine hard headed people for loitering around. I can now hardly breathe. Greenhouses gasses inside my body gradually increases as they are being trapped due to human activities that added more and more of these gases into my atmosphere. For example‚ levels of carbon dioxide‚ a powerful greenhouse gas
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3.) List four facts that characterize the oceanic ridge system. Four facts that characterize the oceanic ridge system are: firstly‚ it represents 20 percent of Earth’s surface‚ the oceanic ridge system winds through all major ocean basin like the seams on a baseball. Ridges vary in width from 600 miles to 2500 miles. The mid-ocean ridge represents an area where‚ lithospheric plates move apart and new crust is created by magma pushing up from the mantle . Also‚ the mid-ocean ridge system is an example
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become rounded as they rub together. Solution: River water dissolves some types of rock‚ e.g. chalk and limestone. Transportation Transportation - the process of a rivers eroded material moving downstream. This also happens in four different ways: Traction: Large particles like boulders are pushed along the river bed by the force of the water. Saltation: Pebble sized particles are bounced along the river bed by the force of
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Reflection paper #1 PBH 205 Mary Anderson September 10‚ 2014 Anderson 1 Mary Anderson PBH 205 Professor Bungum September 10‚ 2014 Reflection #1 This reading was very‚ very interesting to me. Although it was only the first few chapters it became more interesting and spine chilling as I read on. I was very surprised to have read in the later chapters how Henrietta was treated and how the doctors acted back in the 1950s just because of segregation at the time. It really bothered me
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