I chose the novel “The Art of Racing in the Rain”‚ by Garth Stein‚ because my English teacher at the time told me that a dog was the main character. I was intrigued about the fact that this book was written in the dog’s point of view as I felt it would be interesting to hear how the dog felt and read its thoughts. I am a dog person‚ so naturally I would choose the book that was written about a dog. I enjoyed this book because it was a feel good story‚ while relating to everyday life in almost
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“Rain man”‚ an old and famous movie‚ is a road trip story about a selfish younger brother and an autistic older brother. In the movie‚ the older brother who had autism‚ Raymond‚ showed several autistic characteristics such as little emotional expressions or strict adherence to rules related to his everyday life. When the movie was released about thirty years ago‚ Autistic Spectrum Disorder(ASD) was not a familiar psychological disorder terminology and I had never heard of it before. However‚ recently
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Will Come Soft Rains” by Sara Teasdale and “August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury. The Industrial Revolution may have been one of the first dominos to fall that has lead to this current situation but now on the American people. And although going green may be expensive‚ U.S. leaders can no longer deny the fact that Global Warming is not happening and there needs to be more green laws to help slow the effect of
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At 4:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on January 17‚ 1994 Northridge‚ California was hit by a magnitude 6.7 Earthquake that shook for nearly 20 seconds. The natural disaster was a blind thrust earthquake‚ which occurs along a thrust fault‚ but shows no sign on the Earth’s surface‚ thus the term “blind”. The Earthquake was centered in Northridge‚ which is approximately 20 miles west/northwest of Los Angeles. The powerful shock was felt at distances of 400 kilometers from the epicenter. It produced
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The short-term effect of the radioactive contamination in Fukushima nuclear power disaster A nuclear power disaster can result in terrible radioactive contamination. According to the report of Nuclear Safety and Security Institute‚ radioactive level in the central control room of Unit 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Station was 1000 times higher than its normal level after the earthquake. The communique reported that the amount of radiation around the gate of the nuclear power plant was increasing
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Disaster Recovery Plan David Bartmess IT/240 Tim Ramsdell Disaster Recovery Plan This plan is intended to protect and recover company computer-based assets in the case of loss or damage to the existing systems. To be included in this plan are the backup plans‚ system protection‚ and recovery procedures. The theft of the server physical entity needs to be addressed first‚ since the physical loss of equipment cannot be totally compensated for. Having a window in the
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The Hindenburg disaster occurred on May 6‚ 1937. A German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was engulfed while its attempt to dock at the Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township‚ New Jersey‚ United States. The fire was ignited by an electrostatic discharge which sparked leaking hydrogen from the zeppelin. In order to make up for extra than 12 hours in its transatlantic flight‚ the Hindenburg passed via a weather front of excessive humidity and high electric charge. Even
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In the short story There Will Come Soft Rains the tones‚ narrators‚ and time that make up the story are unique to its author. The tones are related to isolated‚ solitary‚ and composed. While the narrators are from a third person point of view‚ the family‚ and the lonely house while telling the story from a chronological standpoint. Throughout the story we read and feel many different tones from the story. The most obvious is the feeling of loneliness and solitude. In the beginning of the reading
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Acid rain is a rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic‚ i.e. elevated levels of hydrogen ions (low pH). It can have harmful effects on plants‚ aquatic animals‚ and infrastructure through the process of wet deposition. Acid rain is caused by emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides which react with the water molecules in the atmosphere to produce acids. Governments have made efforts since the 1970s to reduce the release of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere with positive
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What Causes Acid Rain? {2} {2} Acid rain caused by a chemical reaction that begins when compounds like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are released into air. These substances can rise very high into the atmosphere‚ where they mix and react with water‚ oxygen‚ and other chemicals to form more acidic pollutants‚ known as acid rain.{2} Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides dissolve very easily in water and can be carried very far by wind. As a result‚ the two compounds can travel long distances where
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