S soldiers were armed with the latest assault rifles and small fire arms of their time‚ and artillery. The moro were villagers with clubs and other bludgeoning devices‚ machetes and crude muskets. The battle occurred in a crater. The moro were situated in the crater and american forces attacking‚ and the depth was fifty (50) feet. Before the battle began Major General Woods gave the command “Kill or capture the six hundred.” The battle began with both sides exchanging fire and the
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Major #1 Research Hawaii‚ the Aloha State Hawaii is world famous for the beautiful islands lined with beaches with white sand and warm climate. Hawaii is known to be the “Aloha State‚” probably because it is one of the most popular tourist states in America. Besides the fact that Hawaii is known as a popular tourists attraction‚ Hawaii is also known for a great place to live a great life. Hawaii is a group of islands that sits in the North Pacific Ocean. There is a total of 132 islands in Hawaii
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The Wild Muir‚ written by Lee Stetson in 1994‚ is a collection of twenty-two of John Muir’s (Dunbar‚ 1838 – Los Angeles‚ 1914) most exciting and breath-taking adventures. From its famous‚ close encounter with a Sierra Bear‚ described as the “sequoia of the animals”‚ to his dangerous fights with venomous rattlesnakes in the Cañons. The climbing of the monstrous ice cone beneath the Yosemite Falls‚ or when he almost lost of his life in a well due to the inhalation of a carbonic acid gas settled at
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mountain is about the same height of Mount Everest. Deepest crater is 4500 meters. Some people see a man on the moon. The moon is the fifth largest moon in the solar system. White flags are currently on the moon because radiation has bleached out their united states colors. The oldest moon rock on the moon is 4.5 billion years old. The moon is actually egg-shaped. There is no such thing as a perfect sphere. There are 120 impact craters. The moon is hot during the day and cold during the night. Only
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Museum Paper I went to the Cantor Center for Visual Arts on Stanford Campus on 2/28/13. I saw a lot of sculptures and vases there. They are very beautiful and interested. The most interested one I think was Kleophon Painter‚ “Volute Krater”‚ ca. 430 BCE‚ Greece‚ red-figure terra cotta vase‚ size 26’ ¾” * 19’ *19’. Hazel D. Hansen Fund‚ 12‚ 1972 Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. This vase is located in the Iris & B Gerald Cantor Center from the classical period between 479-323 BCE
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Fig 1 Fimmvorduhals‚ Iceland - Fig 1 The majority of geological tourist attractions tend to be in areas of volcanic activity both active and extinct; such features include the volcanoes themselves‚ geysers and hot springs‚ plateaus‚ calderas and crater lakes. All areas of volcanic activity present a variety of hazards for tourists including poisonous gases‚ lava flows and tephra (see Table 1). Table 1 – Potential hazards threatening volcano tourists | Hazard | Potential Health Effects | Example
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Introduction Galileo Galilei is considered to be the most predominant scientists during the 17th century for the astronomical discoveries that he made using a telescope. He utilized the telescope in the year of 1616. Galileo faced numerous challenges and remarkable discoveries which impacted science forever. The telescope was first invented by a Dutch eyeglass maker named Hans Lippershey in 1608‚ but it was Galileo who first commenced the astronomical discoveries by pointing the telescope towards
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Extinction of Dinosaurs Ryan Humphries Biology 6th Period Two-hundred and thirty million years ago the first dinosaur-like creature roamed the earth. Within five million years it could be considered a dinosaur. They were soon at the top of the food chain. They populated every continent. Then 65 million years ago they vanished. The most powerful creatures ever to live on earth had become extinct. Dinosaurs were not the only victims of this "mass extinction." There were many other species
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The Destructors Graham Greene showed the destruction of war clearly in the short story‚ “The Destructors.” While the bomb craters and destroyed buildings were made evident‚ the damage done to the psyches of the children were a little harder to see. Even though these children were too young to experience much of the war‚ and definitely never saw the front lines of combat‚ they still wore scars that maimed them forever. Childhood was a very formative time in their lives of a person. It shaped who
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Q I am contemplating powder-coating some hot-dip galvanized steel to further increase its corrosion protection. I have heard some rumors regarding the adhesion of powder coatings on galvanized steel. Apparently the adhesion is compromised due to the zinc coating outgassing. Is there any truth to this? Is there anything I can do to prevent outgassing of the zinc coating? lightly-acidic solution will remove oxides from the surface as well as slightly etch the steel surface‚ providing a better surface
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