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    Archerfish

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    speed and others use their strength‚ but one particular animal uses one of the most unique ways of hunting. The archerfish of the amazon basin in my opinion has the most crazy but smart way of killing prey‚ by shooting it with its water pistol. The archerfish environment is one of the most dangerous and challenging to survive in since it lives in the amazon basin. It has been forced to live in very shallow water due to the mass amounts of predators in its surrounding area. Still this fish has found

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    Introduction Franklinian basin is one of the oldest basins in North America. It is a passive margin basin in arctic Canada that extends from northeast Canada to North Greenland (Ineson‚ 1988). The origin of Franklinian basin has not been extensively studied‚ but some authors (Miall & Blakey‚ 2008; Henriksen & Higgins‚ 1998) suggested a late Precambrian origin which began with the rifting of Rodinia (a supercontinent) about 700 Ma. Since the rifting of the Rodinia‚ Franklinian basin has undergone several

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    2013 HKDSE Geography exam analysis Paper 1 (Compulsory part) Section A Multiple-choice questions (40 questions‚ total 22 marks) Topics HKDSE Q. no. 2012 2013 Opportunities and risks Earth’s structure and plates 6 9 Internal forces and processes Compressional‚ tensional and lateral forces Folding‚ faulting and vulcanicity Plate boundaries Constructive‚ destructive‚ conservative Plate movement and resultant landforms Along constructive plate boundaries 7‚ 8‚ 9 11‚ 12 Along

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    Kohat-Potwar Oil and Gas Exploration and Production  The first oil well drilled in present-day Pakistan was at Kundal on the Potwar Plateau in 1866. The first commercial oil discovery was made in the Greater Indus Basin in 1914 when the Attock Oil Company completed a 214 ft well on a thrust-faulted anticline near Khaur on the Potwar Plateau (Khan and others‚ 1986). Early success in the Kohat-Potwar geologic province served to focus much of the early exploration activity in that area. The Sui

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    Johnny Tremain Pride

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    it. Johnny accepted John Hancock’s request to have a silver sugar basin made in time for his wife’s birthday. With the deadline almost near‚ Dove was told to fetch a crucible for Johnny. Dove was older than Johnny‚ but was treated inferior by him. Dove then decided he would teach Johnny a lesson so he reached to the back of the shelf for the cracked crucible and gave it to Johnny. The crucible broke while Johnny was making the basin on the furnace causing his hand to be severely burned and crippled

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    Lake Tahoe Ecosystem

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    Lake Tahoe Basin Ecosystem Alexis Goski SCI/256 Sep 10‚ 2012 Shameema Sarker The Lake Tahoe Basin Ecosystem During the last 140 years the ecosystem of the Lake Tahoe Basin has experienced multiple alterations. Just as many areas have been depleted or implemented signs of struggle after initial European settlement the Lake Tahoe basin’s ecosystem has been vastly affected by man. The precedent environment of Lake Tahoe’s basin may never be

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    A Theory of the Origin of the State “Traditional theories of state origins are considered and rejected in favor of a new ecological hypothesis.” Robert L. Carneiro For the first 2 million years of his existence‚ man lived in bands or vil-lages which‚ as far as we can tell‚ were completely autonomous. Not until perhaps 5000 B.C. did villages begin to aggregate into larger political units. But‚ once this process of aggregation began‚ it continued at a progressively faster pace and led‚ around 4000

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    Congo Basin Research Paper

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    Congo Basin Moist Forests “The Congo Basin makes up one of the most important wilderness areas left on Earth. At 500 million acres‚ it is larger than the state of Alaska and stands as the world’s second largest tropical forest” (Congo Basin). The Amazon is the only moist tropical forest that is bigger than the Congo Basin moist forest. The Congo Basin moist forest is four times the size of France and contains about one fourth of the closed canopy forest left on Earth (Managing Congo Basin Forests:

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    to the area than its breathtaking views. The Lake Tahoe Basin is home to many species that contribute to its ecology. Species interaction with biological communities and environment affect the ecosystem greatly because of species dependency of the environment and its resources. This makes it especially difficult with the Lake Tahoe Basin in crisis. The ecosystem faces low water levels‚ and constant threats of forest fires. The Lake Tahoe Basin is a national treasure that is cherished by many Americans

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    We Do Abortions Here

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    watch the “swollen abdomen sink” as the doctor moves the tube “with an efficient rhythm‚” an “intent expression” on his face. I can sense the emotion of the girl whose hand I hold with one hand as I feel the “tissue” and “contents” drain into the basin I hold with the other. I see their “shakily applied eyeliner smear when they cry” that “sharp‚ childish cry.” After the “dirty work” is over‚ I see the “curdlike blood clots” and “translucent arm” swimming beside a hand. As it is dumped down the drain

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