During the 2010 monsoon season (July and August)‚ Pakistan experienced the worst floods recorded in its history. Heavy rainfall caused flash floods in the north and north-western regions of the country. The subsequent run-off created a southward moving mass of water approximately the size of the United Kingdom. The flood waters travelled downstream through Punjab and Sindh until they reached the Arabian Sea. Many of the main tributaries feeding into the Indus River were also flooded‚ further inundating
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The Evolutionary Consequences of GMO Escape Hybridization between genetically modified plants and populations of crop plants is a major hazard to be avoided in conducting field trials of genetically modified plants. The reason to avoid this is that gene flow from the transgenic plants into the crop population results in the creation of unwanted and potentially devastating hybrids. This essay explores some of the mechanisms behind gene flow between species‚ and their evolutionary consequences
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least 74 mph. These two natural disasters are called floods and hurricanes. In contrast‚ floods moving at 10mph and being a common natural disaster that can affect millions of people around the world. Next‚ hurricanes‚ a storm with a violent wind causing havoc all around the world moving at wind speeds of 74 mph‚ and in similarity‚ both two dangerous natural disasters formed with wind and rain‚ but which one is deadliest? To begin with‚ floods in contrast to hurricanes move at 10 mph with wind speeds
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Riley Griffin Mr. Bergmann Senior English P5 4/7/2016 Hitler’s Escape On April 30‚ 1945 Adolf Hitler committed suicide…or did he? One of the most popular conspiracy theories is that the Fuhrer and his new wife‚ Eva Braun‚ escaped to Argentina. FBI documents from September of 1945 admit that Hitler‚ like many other Nazi leaders‚ could be hiding in Argentina after arriving by submarine. There is evidence that Hitler escaped found in the remaining bone fragments that the Soviets claimed were Hitler’s
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"The Narrow Road to the Deep North" is one of the most magnificent works in classical Japanese literature. Basho was on the road for over a hundred and fifty days‚ almost entirely on foot. Even today Basho is revered in Japan for having the courage to abandon the material comforts of the temporal life in favor of the spiritual rewards of a life unfettered by possessions. I respect people like Basho who was full of common sense. He has a character that was pure and penetrated by splendid emptiness
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Bihar: Maternity huts set up for flood-hit | © UNICEF/India/2007 | Bihar Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar inspecting the maternity huts during his visit to the Baragawan Gachi flood relief camp in Kalyanpur block‚ Samastipur district. | Samastipur‚ Bihar‚ 30 August 2007: UNICEF and the Bihar government have come together with an innovative idea for providing medical care facilities to expecting mothers in the flood affected areas and set up maternity huts. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
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should be a detailed description of the writer’s emotions. It should tell the reader how the writers feels from what they see and do. Matsuo Basho wrote a journal about his five month journey exploring the Northeast of China. It is called‚ “From the Narrow Road to the Deep North”. In his journal Matsuo Basho described how he feels along the way. Basho describes what he sees along the way through many haikus in his journal. His writing helps the reader understand what it was like to go on this journey
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The Year of the Flood is a complex yet captivating book. There are many things going on at once during the first 20 chapters that we read. I don’t think I have ever read a book that shifts narration as much as this book does. Just about every chapter is a different person’s narration than the previous chapter. Although this first confused me‚ I now think that it makes the book even more unique. Through a bit of research‚ I found that this is actually the second book in Atwood’s dystopian triology
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The Kentucky Flood The photo I am analyzing is the Louisville Flood image‚ one of many iconic photographs shot during the Great Depression by Margaret Bourke-White in Louisville‚ Kentucky. LIFE magazine covered the local disaster in February 15‚ 1937 in its issue and consequently the “American Way” billboard image was generated. Millions were left homeless due to the flood. The victims of the Louisville Flood are lining up to obtain food and clothing from a Red Cross relief station. The juxtaposition
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FLOOD It was the worst rainy weather I had seen. The skies remained overcast as sheets of rain poured down without stopping. In the evenings‚ the rain was usually accompanied by blinding flashes of lightning and deafening peals of thunder. Most of the residents in my area remained confined indoors. Apart from people scurrying to and from work and school‚ there was little outdoor activity. The town where I live‚ Kuantan‚ faces the Pahang River. After three days of incessant rain‚ the swollen river
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