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    Tornados and Hurricanes

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    few feet in diameter. Tornadoes occur from April to June and hurricane occur from June to November. A tornado travels from south west to north east and a hurricane travels from east to west. Tornadoes have been spotted in every continent except Antarctica. I picked the topic hurricanes and tornadoes because I couldn’t think about any other topic to choose from. This was an easy topic for me and I learned really good information. I learned that I won’t be in a hurricane anytime soon because hurricanes

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    Freeing Willy: The Tragedy of Capture The world’s greatest and largest apex predator‚ their extreme intelligence allow them to thrive in any waters from tropics to Antarctica and even sharks are on the menu. Orcinus orca‚ the Killer Whale‚ can grow up to thirty-two feet long and weighing in at over twenty thousand pounds. They have been feared for hundreds of years by North American Natives and even mentioned in Greek maritime records. Their name when translated from Greek means "killer from hell"

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    Global warming You have probably heard about the phrase “global warming” hundreds of times. But what exactly does global warming means? Global warming is not about having a hot day or week or month in one part of the world. It has to do with the average temperature worldwide. Simply put‚ global warming is the unusual rapid increase in earth’s average temperature worldwide. The warming of the earth began in the mid 1800’s. In the beginning it was small and very slow but then in the 1980’s the

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    Derek Mahon

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    Throughout my study of Mahon’s poetry‚ I was struck by how important explorations of people and places were to him. His poetic style can be considered quite detached as he rarely divulges personal details or experiences. Instead‚ his poetry focuses on detailed portraits of memorable characters and insightful analyses of a wide variety of landscapes. “After the Titanic” is another of Mahon’s poems that paints a portrait of an unexpected figure. Here‚ Mahon adopts the persona of Bruce Ismay‚ President

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    that would make scientific breakthroughs that had never before been imagined. In the beginning of the book‚ the reader is introduced to a character by the name of Robert Walton‚ who is on a mission to be the first man to reach Antarctica. But when looking at history‚ Antarctica was in fact founded in 1820. So at this time‚ the race to find “new land” was a major event that many were competing in‚ and displays some of the Enlightenment ideas of “discovery” of that time. When writing the novel‚ Shelley

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    LAPTOPS V/S HAND-HELD DEVICES IN B-SCHOOLS- STUDIES ON USAGE‚ PREFERENCE AND BEHAVIOR PATTERNS Neeraj Kumar; Rekha Makhija; Prashant Iyer and Mohamed Sheriff Ameer neeraj.gjan14@spjain.org S P Jain School of Global Management | Dubai ∙ Singapore ∙ Sydney ABSTRACT: Today’s market has so many gadgets that consumers are almost spoilt for choice. Also a bulk of the consumers who are students have difficulty in choosing between laptops or handheld devices like smart phones and tablets for their

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    water our life

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    gaseous state‚ steam (water vapor). Water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface‚ and is vital for all known forms of life.[2] On Earth‚ 96.5% of the planet’s water is found in seas and oceans‚ 1.7% in groundwater‚ 1.7% in glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland‚ a small fraction in other large water bodies‚ and 0.001% in the air as vapor‚ clouds (formed of solid and liquid water particles suspended in air)‚ and precipitation. Only 2.5% of the Earth’s water is freshwater‚ and 98.8% of that

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    First off‚ certain famous ocean currents have well-known effects on climate. Consider the Gulf Stream. The climate in Northwestern Europe (the UK especially) is much more mild than it is directly across the Atlantic in Canada and the Northeastern US. There can be up to a 30-40 degree (Fahrenheit) air temperature difference in January between these two areas. The Atlantic Ocean near Canada is locked in ice in winter but the Atlantic Ocean near England is not. It is thought that the huge temperature

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    Review the evidence in support of the theory of continental drift (40 Marks) Plan Intro: Define the terms in the question Tell the examiner what you are going to do in the essay Brief summary of key ideas Middle: Continental Break up/fit Mountain ridges – Geological Fossil records – biological Fossil forests – biological Living species – biological climate Conclusion: brief summary of key ideas & evidence go back to answer question whether some evidence is stronger link continental drift to plate

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    hghbvutkjvht gughjk ykjh gyuk vtuykiyg gkuluif jnh bnhjj jkbkjjbh uhiuhuikany Animal Logic. Though primarily an animated film‚ Happy Feet does incorporate motion capture of live action humans in certain scenes. The film was simultaneously released in both conventional theatres and in IMAX 2D format.[2] The studio had hinted that a future IMAX 3D release was a possibility. However‚ Warner Bros.‚ the film’s production company‚ was on too tight a budget to release Happy Feet in IMAX digital 3D.[3]

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