North America struck in the heart of Prince William Sound at 5:36pm. Buildings fell and entire towns were washed away by the tsunami that followed in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake. However‚ considering the sheer magnitude of the earthquake‚ Alaska suffered minimal damage to its residents and economy for a number of reasons. On the contrary‚ the Alaskan economy temporarily prospered from the ’64 earthquake by receiving additional federal support and funding in a time when military presence was
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Unlike most tasks in life‚ no one method or math equation will provide beneficial to you when fishing. As the great Spanish philosopher Maimonides once said "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”. Whether you need fishing to catch your family food or you want to just impress your friends knowing how to fish provides you with a vital skill. Fishing has always played a big role in my life. At age eight I caught my first sailfish in Costa Rica
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Looking for Alaska by John Green is basically about Miles Halter‚ a sixteen year old teenager‚ who is friendless at his high school in Florida‚ and asks his parents if they can send him to boarding school in Alabama. His first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School consists of many pranks‚ good friends‚ and searches for answers about life and Alaska’s death after an accident. I’ve never attended a boarding school however‚ John Green gave me a sense of what it’s like to attend a boarding school
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The Alaska Marmot are classified as rodents who live in cold climates in mountain regions. They have very distinctive features that make them different from other marmots. As rodents they have pointed‚ sharp teeth used for eating. In regards to there appearance‚ they have black or brown fur that tends to extend from the very top portion of their head to the top of their nose. Eyes are round‚ in shape and small. It also has five curved limbs that are used to improve their digging(Wilson and Ruff
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dreaming about open water and summer fun. Be adventurous‚ bundle up‚ get outside and try fishing in a whole new way through the ice! Ice fishing action can be fast and furious when winter seals the lakes under ice. Best of all‚ there are no mosquitoes or flies to "bug" you. Now winter fishing can be as just as much fun as warmer weather fishing‚ I want to tell you the essentials you are going to need to for Ice Fishing. I want to tell you about Ice Safety‚ Equipment‚ and Shelters. Once you have made
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In the novel Looking for Alaska by John Green the main character‚ Miles‚ believes in a “great perhaps” which he learned from a man named Rabelais in his last words. After going off to a boarding school named Culver Creek and meeting a girl named Alaska whom he tells about his love for last words he learns the last words of Simón Bolívar which were about a labyrinth of suffering. Being someone who faced suffering during moments like when only two people showed up to his going away party‚ he threw
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Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska is a novel by John Green and is about a young man named Miles Halters. The book is set in Alabama at the boarding school‚ Culver Creek High School. Miles loves memorizing the last words of famous people and is looking to seek his “Great Perhaps” in his life. After moving into his dorm Miles meets Chip‚ or also known as The Colonel. The two moves the Colonels’ furniture into the boys’ dorm. Soon after Miles gets the nickname‚ Pudge‚ just to be ironic since he
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Looking For Alaska Book Report – Eulogy Hello everyone. I would like to thank you all for coming to honor our friend‚ Alaska Young. I am Miles Halter‚ known to most as Pudge. I transferred to Culver Creek Boarding School from Florida to ‘seek a Great Perhaps’‚ to leave behind the insignificant things I was doing‚ to seek something that was perhaps greater. I collect people’s dying words and “I go to seek a Great Perhaps”‚ were the last words of Francois Rabelais‚ but unlike him‚ I did not
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Looking for Alaska The story opens with Miles Halter‚ the protagonist‚ leaving his home in Florida to attend a preparatory high school named Culver Creek in Alabama for his junior year. When he arrives at Culver Creek‚ Miles meets his roommate‚ Chip Martin. Chip introduces Miles to one of his friends‚ Alaska Young. Alaska is attractive but emotionally unstable and can be very bipolar. Other than Alaska‚ Chip introduces him to Takumi. Chip‚ Alaska and Takumi have been friends since freshman year
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Spring 2012 Dinosaurs In Alaska? Spring 2012 Dinosaurs In Alaska? By By When you hear a place about Alaska‚ we think of snow‚ polar bears‚ glaciers‚ and cold weather. When you think of dinosaurs‚ we think of tropical places and hot climates. You would probably doubt dinosaurs could have ever lived here in Alaska. But about 65 million years ago they not only lived here‚ they thrived! There are a lot of information about dinosaurs‚ but what this paper will cover is how
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