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    Flood Monitoring System

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    and (3) the Test Process. Hardware Description Firmware Flow Test Process Figure 3.1 Development process 3.1. Hardware Description Figure 3.3 shows the flow of the system when water is detected. The whole unit is turned off when there is no flood detected‚ this can conserve power. When the water detected through the use of float switch that is located at the lower end of the stand‚ the whole unit will turn on. The ultrasonic sensor automatically measures the water level every 3 (three) minutes

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    Johnstown Flood Analysis

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    Mariah Wolford History 202 “The Johnstown Flood” Johnstown Flood Having taken classes about Pennsylvania history in high school and being familiar with this horrible flood‚ I was very happy with this book. The author‚ David McCullough‚ does a masterful job setting the scene‚ the politics surrounding the dam and the subsequent failure of that dam. Johnstown was a typical American town for that day and time. People worked hard and earned little. The environment was polluted to some extent‚

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    Mythology The word myth on this century is used to identify a story of some sort. Which usually is a fiction story stating it is not real? “It’s a myth” means that it is not a fictional story‚ it is sort of like a rumor no one really knows if it truly happened or not. In contrast‚ the word myth in academic context is used as follows; a myth is a form of story that did or did not happened in ancient times. To me a myth is a story that is told to children to either scare them or make them feel like

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    Greek Mythology in Astronomy The creatures and deities in Greek mythology are said to have connection with the astronomy and the star constellations. In this fragment of Hesiod’s poem “Nymphs like the Graces‚ Phaesyle and Coronis and rich-crowned Cleeia and lovely Phaeo and long-robed Eudora‚ whom the tribes of men upon the earth call Hyades.” (Hesiod‚ Homeric Hymns‚ Epic Cycle‚ Homerica.  1922) titled Astronomy‚ he mentioned and catalogued many of the constellations based on creatures and gods

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    Noah's Apocalyptic Flood

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    God saw that the world had become an evil and corrupt place‚ so he decided to destroy mankind by creating an apocalyptic flood. However‚ God saw that one man‚ Noah‚ who was worthy among all of mankind to live. God told Noah to build an ark for him and his wife‚ three sons and his three sons wives‚ so that they could survive and prosper among the earth. God also told Noah to gather animals of all kinds but they had to be male and female of each kind. After building the ark ‚ Noah and his

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    Bibliography: Chadwick‚ Nora K. The Druids. Cardiff: University of Wales‚ 1966. Print. Cunliffe‚ Barry W. The Ancient Celts. Oxford: Oxford UP‚ 1997. Print. Mac‚ Cana Proinsias. Celtic Mythology. Feltham: Hamlyn‚ 1970. Print. Sjoestedt‚ Marie-Louise. Gods and Heroes of the Celts. Kill Lane‚ Blackrock‚ Co. Dublin‚ Ireland: Four Courts‚ 1994. Print. "The Triads of Ireland." SMO. Web. 26 Oct. 2011. .

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    Do ancient myths have any impact on modern society? I’ve never really understood the appeal of mythology‚ not even after all the hype about books like Percy Jackson or Harry Potter and the movies that followed. All myths sounded a bit like the same to me‚ some poor fellow having to confront his destiny while fighting off ridiculous monsters in exquisite and exotic environments.They were like fairy-tales‚ existing in a world that my young self couldn’t possibly connect with. As a young person

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    Greek Mythology

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    and his father was Peleus‚ was the king of the Myrmidons. Most stories of Achilles revolved around war‚ where either his gift was at his greatest or worst. Every Greek sought him for battle so his skills would tip the balance to their favor. No myth exemplified this more than that of the ten-year Trojan War. An excerpt from a translation written by Apollodorus that accounts this time state‚ “He also took Lesbos and Phocaea‚ then Colophon‚ and Smyrna‚ and Clazomenae‚ and Cyme; and afterwards Aegialus

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    The Flood I sat in class‚ the music blaring in my ears. It was very noisy in the classroom‚ the music was turned up as loud as it could be‚ there was multiple conversations going on in the background. Sophie and I were sitting on the cold floor of the health room. Burgie sat directly above me on a mat watching a video on how to make yogurt out of only a coconut. Coach Wood was sitting at her desk‚ she was telling us a story about her son Shep. Just then like a volcano erupting it began. The rain

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    of the mega flood was solved using the scientific method. Geologist Jeff Harlem hypothesized The scablands. Throughout the video you see that ripples are left by the sea in which he noticed that a large vast of water may have been the cause. But just by observing the scab lands they knew they must have formed over a long period of time. The video informs that on January 12‚ 1957 Brett’s proposed a body of water over thousands of years that traveled in ferocious speed causing a flood‚ but the problem

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