Hurricane Katrina was a horrific category five hurricane that stretched from Florida to New Orleans. However‚ the Hurricane didn’t start as an enormous hurricane that killed thousands of people originally‚ it was formed about 200 miles south-east of the Bahamas on August 23rd‚ 2005. On August 25th the hurricane hit Florida it was a small category 1 hurricane that was so small that after weakening slightly on land it was re-classified as only tropical storm; it had two victims in this period. After the ‘tropical
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Hispaniola. Before the first contact between the indigenous people of America and the Europeans‚ the Taino had flourishing and thriving communities throughout Haiti‚ Dominican Republic‚ Jamaica‚ eastern Cuba‚ Puerto Rico‚ the Virgin Islands‚ the Bahamas. These communities had crops such as yucca‚ sweet potatoes‚ maize‚ and beans. Their population had grown to about three million by the time Europeans made contact according to many scholars. These communities were well regulated and outspread across
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Part 1 of 1 - 100.0/ 100.0 Points Question 1 of 50 2.0/ 2.0 Points Recovering a memory is like a _____________. A. Replaying a videotape of an event and filling in the missing sensory experiences‚ such as smell B. Reading a short story in which the plot is detailed but mental images must be generated C. Hearing the soundtrack of a story without access to the visual‚ and other sensory images Correct D. Watching unconnected frames of a movie and figuring out what the
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Fatima Robinson was born August 29‚ 1971 in Little Rock Arkansas. When Fatima was four years old‚ her and her family moved to Los Angeles. Fatima was a very bright young woman graduating high school at the age of sixteen. Growing up Fatima wanted to follow in her mother’s footsteps by opening her own salon. She then went on to pursue cosmetology and soon received her certificate in cosmetology in which she used to work as a hairstylist. Although she was a hairstylist‚ she always had a passion for
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While trade‚ commerce and economy collapsed during the Middle Ages‚ by the Age of Exploration to the eighteenth century‚ Europe shifted from its once widely accepted manorial system to mercantilism—an economic policy that permitted a nation to restrict the exchange and purchasing of goods between itself and its colonies alone. However‚ as European powers continued to expand and dominate the world economy‚ they enacted strict laws and regulations that controlled the economic affairs in their respective
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2024 Spanish Rule in the Americas In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera‚ Spain‚ in the hope of finding a faster route to Asia by heading westward. A few months later‚ in October of 1492‚ his ship reached an island in the Bahamas‚ named Guanahani where he was greeted by local natives. As he and the passengers of his crew explored the land‚ they discovered new goods such as gold‚ silver‚ tobacco‚ and numerous types of plants. He also gained knowledge on the natives’ culture
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What is a Hurricane? A hurricane is an intense‚ rotating oceanic weather system that possesses maximum sustained winds exceeding 119 km/hr (74 mph). It forms and intensifies over tropical oceanic regions. Hurricanes are generally smaller than storms in mid-latitudes‚ typically about 500 km (311 miles) in diameter. At the ocean’s surface‚ the air spirals inward in a counterclockwise direction. This cyclonic circulation becomes weaker with height‚ eventually turning into clockwise (anticyclonic)
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Children and Television: A lethal combination Kah’leah Carnegie Professor Chris Saunders The College of the Bahamas October 30‚ 2014 Abstract A Television is said to be a box filled with a million images that pilots to an entire different world. Television has become one of the most increasingly important mass media around the world. Television is a way of sending and receiving moving images and sounds over wires or through the air by electrical impulses. The television main purpose is to entertain
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Candidate Number: 0028 School Number: 1902 3: You are a member of the Taxi Cab Union during the General Strike of 1958. Give an account of your experiences during the strike. As I sat down reading a novel and watching my grandchildren‚ I observed how things have become so different from when I was their age. My mind started to wonder back to the General Strike of 1958. My palms started to sweat and I started to tremble as I recalled the events of that memorable day. I decided to relax and
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Growing in English VI‚ LTX pp.87-92 English for All Times‚ LTX pp. 110-114 Workbook in Language and Reading‚ pages 39-40 3. Materials: charts‚ a picture of a pupil‚ word cards‚ flags of USA‚ the Netherlands‚ Bahamas 4. Integration: HKS- flags and names of some countries Values- admiring other people with special talent/skills and sharing how to be like them. III. Procedure: A. 1. Checking of Assignment 2
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