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    AP Language and Composition October 12‚ 2012 I come from... I come from a working family. Both of my parents have worked for as long as I can remember. When my mom or dad came home‚ my sisters and I would be ecstatic. We would run to the door to see them‚ give them a hug and a kiss cherishing the moment we had to see them. This scene has replayed every day until this day. I now realize that when I have my kids I don’t ever want them to go through what I did‚ not being able to see their parents

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    varying intensities. Also called landslip; Downward mass movement of earth or rock on unstable slope including many forms resulting from differences in rock structure‚ coherence of material involved‚ degree of slope‚ amount of included water‚ extent of natural or artificial undercutting at the base of slope‚ relative rate of movement and relative quantity of material involved. Many terms cover these variations: creep‚ earth flow‚ mudflow‚ solifluction and debris avalanche are related forms in which mass

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    Natural Disaster/Hazard Paper For my paper I will be talking about the 1994 Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17‚ 1994. The earthquake was centered in Reseda‚ a neighborhood in the north-central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles‚ California. “It was a 6.7 magnitude earthquake that lasted 10 – 20 seconds. In addition‚ two 6.0 magnitude aftershocks occurred‚ the first about one minute after the initial event and the second approximately 11 hours later‚ the strongest of several thousand

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    screeching at me for a rest. I had to keep working at it‚ pumping myself harder and faster. I could hear it behind me. It’s fast paced feet. Whoever it was‚ was gaining on me. I propelled my legs forward faster. Hoping the adrenalin would increase my natural speed. I leaped over a log a millisecond before crashing into it. I shuddered to think what would have happened if I didn’t jump it. If my shins had crashed into the log and my body had toppled over it onto the dirt covered floor leaving me defenseless

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    There is a difference between natural hazardsand natural disasters. A hazard is an event orobject that is a potential source of harm to a community. A disaster occurs as the result of ahazardous event that dramatically affects a community. There are six broad types of hazards:1. Atmospheric Ð for example‚ cyclones‚ hailstorms‚blizzards or bushfires2. Hydrological Ð for example‚ flooding‚ waveaction or glaciers3. Geological Ð for example‚ earthquakes orvolcanoes4. Biological Ð for example‚ disease

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    Energy Source of Natural Hazards Disasters occur where and when the earth’s natural processes concentrate energy and then release it‚ killing and causing destruction. Four energy sources make the earth an active body: 1) the Earth’s internal energy; 2) solar energy; 3)gravity; 4)the impact of extraterrestrial bodies The interior of the Earth holds a tremendous store of heat released primarily from the ongoing decay of radioactive elements. Earth’s internal energy flows unceasingly toward the

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    Cause and Effect of Volcanoes Any natural opening in the Earth’s crust‚ called a fissure‚ where melted rock‚ ash‚ gases‚ and steam come out is called a volcano. Volcanoes look like mountains‚ but they are really flat land that is pushed upward because of the pressure below the earth. The pressure comes from hot magma and gases that build up below the earth’s surface and that work up to the surface through cracks in the earth’s plates. As it is forced up to the surface‚ the gases and magma push

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    calm‚ keep their distance and don’t try for a photo with the animal. Those with a gator under their car might try nudging it with a long push broom‚ he said. David Steen is a reptile expert and assistant professor at the Auburn University Museum of Natural History. He offered advice in an

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    Authorities End Crisis After a blockade by angry protesters‚ local authorities have made an agreement with the community. The agreement indicated that the waste that was accumulated throughout Bandung between Thursday and Saturday can begin to be cleaned up‚ although it may take time to eliminate all the waste from Bandung’s roads. Cece Iskandar‚ head of Bandung Sanitation Office said it would take at least ten days to freshen up the streets due to the limited amount of garbage trucks. People

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    Adolf Hitler 1 Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler Hitler in 1937 Führer of Germany In office 2 August 1934 – 30 April 1945 Deputy • • Rudolf Hess (1933–1941) Position vacant Preceded by Paul von Hindenburg (as President) Karl Dönitz (as President) Chancellor of Germany In office 30 January 1933 – 30 April 1945 Succeeded by President Deputy Paul von Hindenburg (until 1934) • • Franz von Papen (1933–1934) Position vacant Preceded by Succeeded by Kurt von Schleicher Joseph Goebbels

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