Mrs. Kaylor Sir Arthur Evans and the Palace of King Minos In the early 1900s‚ an archaeologist and scholar by the name of Sir Arthur Evans discovered the Palace of King Minos. After Crete claimed its independence‚ Evans purchased five acres of hilly land‚ which he and his assistants began to excavate. This project kept his attention for about thirty years. In this period of time‚ he and his team made many discoveries that are related to the epic poems of Greece‚ and Evans discoveries contributed
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incorrectly entered into a computer by a court employee. A case best known for a clerical error is Arizona v. Evans. In the court case Arizona v. Evans‚ a police officer initiated a vehicle stop which led to an arrest and the discovery of marijuana. When the officer had ran Evans in the database to ensure the driver was licensed and didn’t have any outstanding warrants‚ the database showed the Evans had a warrant. It was later discovered that the warrant was invalid. The warrant had been served a couple
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LANDSLIDES Introduction The term ‘landslide’ includes all varieties of mass movements of hill slopes and can be defined as the downward and outward movement of slope forming materials composed of rocks‚ soils‚ artificial fills or combination of all these materials along surfaces of separation by falling‚ sliding and flowing‚ either slowly or quickly from one place to another. Although the landslides are primarily associated with mountainous terrains‚ these can also occur in areas where an activity
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Ways to Prevent Soil Erosion Soil Erosion Although many areas on earth can sustain plant growth‚ only about eight percent of the earth’s surface is covered with good topsoil. While it takes nature hundreds of years to make a few centimeters of topsoil‚ erosion can easily remove it. Without topsoil‚ people cannot raise crops for food.People know that without good soil they cannot raise agricultural crops. They also know from experience that wind and water can easily remove topsoil. Because of
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OSH 379 Soil Safety / Trenching Safety Quiz Week 5 1. Define “trench.” a. A narrow excavation (in relation to its length) made below the surface of the ground. In general‚ the depth is greater than the width‚ but the width of a trench (measured at the bottom) is not greater than 15 feet (4.6 m). If forms or other structures are installed or constructed in an excavation so as to reduce the dimension measured from the forms or structure to the side of the excavation to 15 feet (4.6 m) or less
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Chapter 11 : Soil: The Foundation for Land Ecosystem Chapter 11 Brooke Settles Chapter 11 discusses three major practices that expose soil erosion and how they can be corrected . The three are Over- cultivation‚ Overgrazing and Deforestation. These are each all major problems in creating an unsustainable society. The good thing is that each of these causes of erosion can be corrected to create a more sustainable society. First there is Overcultivation which is the practice of repeatedly
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Neel’s work stands as a metaphor for the feminist movement during the period. In her portrait of Margaret Evans‚ Alice Neel explores a woman’s position in society by the honest almost uncomfortable way she paints the expectant mother of two. The painting Margaret Evans Pregnant is of a woman eight months pregnant with twins. The image shows a young pregnant woman seated on a small yellow chair. Evans sits upright‚ eyes focused straight ahead‚ hands clutching the chair. Completely nude‚ her skin consists
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is Free Will? Denise Dale What is Free Will? Free will is the driving force of human existence and individuality. It directs human actions‚ thoughts and desires. Free will is what distinguishes humankind from all other creations of existence. Animals do not have free will. Plants and flowers do not have free will. Humans live their lives. Out of all that there is of existence that depends on air for life‚ only humans truly have free will. As per the Merriam-Webster dictionary Free is
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(D30)2 / [D10 x D60] = 0.1252 / [0.55 x 0.078] = 0.36422 < 1 Cu = D60 / D10 = 0.55 / 0.078 =7.0513 > 6 If a soil is well-graded‚ it should satisfy 1 < Cc < 3 Cu > 4 (for gravels) Cu > 6 (for sand) Note that‚ from our result‚ Cc is much smaller than one. So by the constraints 1 < Cc < 3‚ we can conclude that the testing soil is not well-graded‚ but poorly graded. And the Cu obtained is 7.0513 > 6‚ which implies that the sample should be sand but not
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PE R SP EC TI V ES O N P SY CH O L O G I CA L S CIE N CE Free Will in Scientific Psychology Roy F. Baumeister Florida State University ABSTRACT—Some actions are freer than others‚ and the difference is palpably important in terms of inner process‚ subjective perception‚ and social consequences. Psychology can study the difference between freer and less free actions without making dubious metaphysical commitments. Human evolution seems to have created a relatively new‚ more complex form of
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