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    Alaska Informative Speech

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    Alaska is home to many great landmarks and views. In the winter time it is dark all the time and in the summer the sun barely goes down so the best time to plan a trip is in the summer or spring. At Point Barrow the sun remains above the horizon for 84 consecutive days (Alaska 241). Alaska is a very odd state due to its distance away from the equator making the sun hit it at different times of the year. Alaska is a great place to visit and has many things to look at. Alaska was purchased by the

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    1964 Alaska earthquake

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    Part 1: 1964 Alaska earthquake http://www.iris.edu/hq/files/programs/education_and_outreach/aotm/31/Alaska1964EarthquakeCauses.mp4 A lot of excellent information is packed into this short video. 1. How many minutes did the shaking last? The shaking lasted 4.5 minutes. 2. What was the magnitude of the earthquake? The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.2. 3. This earthquake occurred just as geologists were figuring out plate tectonics. What principle of plate tectonics did the earthquake

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    geography of Alaska is difficult to explore because of the snow‚ ice‚ mountains‚ and animals. It’s hard to explore Alaska because of the snow and ice there. When there is snow it gets really deep and cold including ice when it gets cold the climate drops and there is slippery ice. People in Alaska wait for the ice to melt so it will be easier to travel (Par. 9.) Alaska is where it experiences the most coldest temperature sometimes there is more ice and snow than there is in the U.S. Also Alaska is difficult

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    March 27‚ 1964 a magnitude 9.2 earthquake hit Alaska its epicenter located in Prince William Sound‚ 75 miles east of Anchorage. This earthquake was and still is the second larges earthquake ever recorded (Christensen). The plates involved In this major earthquake were the Pacific plate and North American plate. This subduction zone is know as Aleutian-Alaska megathrust zone (Sokolowski). This region was known for its active plate tectonics‚ but this earthquake did come as a surprise to the public

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    Elasmosaur-First-Alaska

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    The news of the find was announced by the University of Alaska in a press release (http://news.uaf.edu/museum-excavates-first-elasmosaur-specimen-alaska/)‚ on the 22nd of this month. The fossil was found in the Talkeetna Mountain area by a several people‚ one of which included Anchorage based fossil collector‚ Curvin Metzler. After the initial find‚ Dr

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    Alaska Future Plan

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    live in Fairbanks Alaska. I attend Ryan Middle School and my favorite classes are Math and English. This essay is going to be about how I plan to help Alaska‚ in both the future and present. I plan to help Alaska in a multitude of ways‚ such as my business and careers‚ philanthropy‚ and serving as an example. The first major way I will help Alaska is through my business. I am going to be a real estate broker‚ and later entrepreneur as my career in which both I can help Alaska in a few ways. One

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    Alaska Airlines Crash

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    It was a critical time for Alaska Airlines‚ and they never encountered such a challenge and crisis in the company’s existence. Flight 261 had crashed killing 88 people on board; while the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was reporting that the potential cause of the crash was due to a lack of regular airplane maintenance. Most detrimental to the airline was the media published a letter from 64 Alaska Airlines mechanics. The letter disclosed insider information regarding a base maintenance

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    Suffering In Alaska Young

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    name “Alaska” is of Native American origin‚ meaning “Great Land.” Alaska Young is without a doubt the most complex character in the book. The name Alaska fits her because there is so much about her and to figure out‚ like a great land. "Little kids can dial 911. They do it all the time. Give me the wine‚" she said‚ deadpan and emotionless.” (Green 150). This shows that she is a very complicated person. Alaska is submersed in Guilt‚ and blame because of her mother’s death. Because of this‚ Alaska becomes

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    Armitage writes her article by comparing love through many perspectives and metaphorical frames. Immediately‚ Armitage adopts a romantic‚ fairy-tale persona to highlight to the audience that love was once an unproblematic experience of life. The title of the piece with symbolic verb “broken” infers connotations that science has destroyed idyllic love. Furthermore‚ the low-modality of “could help save marriages” reveals the totality of Armitage’s feelings towards this chemical make-up of love‚ emphasising

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    Looking For Alaska Summary

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    Looking For Alaska Summary: Miles Halter is tired of his boring‚ foreseen life in Florida. He leaves his home to attend his junior year at Culver Creek Boarding School in Alabama. His father went to this school so he’s heard quite a bit about how things work. When he gets there the first thing he noticed was that the rooms did not have air condition. His roommate Chip Martin‚ who goes by “the Colonel”‚ introduces him to his friends‚ including Alaska. He noticed how beautiful and intelligent she

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