Leiningen was an aging plantation owner. He ran his large‚ agricultural estate with the help of some four hundred workers. Leiningen was the type of man who took the bull by the horns‚ so to speak. He knew that within two days‚ a huge swarm of hungry‚ perilous ants would reach his plantation. He also knew that it was nearly impossible to stop them. Ants like these destroyed everything in their path. Leiningen believed that a man’s brain and his power to use it effectively made him virtually
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DISADVANATGES: 1. Dams are extremely expensive to build and must be built to a very high standard. 2. The high cost of dam construction means that they must operate for many decades to become profitable. 3. The flooding of large areas of land means that the natural environment is destroyed. 4. People living in villages and towns that are in the valley to be flooded‚ must move out. This means that they lose their farms and businesses. In some countries‚ people are forcibly removed so that
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The Spokane ice storm occurred on November 19th‚ 1996 in Spokane Washington. Many people‚ I’m sure if they live near Spokane have experienced this. This storm was the worst storm in 60 years. The ice storm caused many damages to the city‚ like fallen trees‚ frozen power lines costing a lot of money. All these damages totaled $22 million in 1996 money‚ now costing $33 million dollars in 2013 money. It started when freezing rain started to drizzle with fog and cover all the roads‚ trees and power
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“The Impact of a Tropical Storm depends on location” How far do you agree? Tropical storms formed 5-30 degrees north of the equator‚ so if there is a largely populated area or economic centre around this latitude‚ in an area vulnerable to hurricanes‚ the impact will be increased in comparison to the tropical storm running its course over unpopulated islands or the ocean. This can be seen when looking at Hurricane Sandy‚ a tropical storm of 2012 and its impact on Cuba. Cuba was located in the Hurricane’s
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Principles of Design Project; Trading Cards Theme: Music 1 - Radial Balance Radial Balance is where all elements in an artwork radiate out from a center point in a circular fashion. I incorporated radial balance into my card’s design by placing a paper flower on the page‚ with a music note in the center. The music note is the center point and the petals are the elements that radiate in a circular fashion. This card fit into my theme of music because I used a music note as the center point. 2
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1. Describe three factors that control how much water is flowing in a river. The rate of precipitation‚ the source of water (snow on mountains)‚ and slope of the river. 2. List the factors that produced the different flow conditions. Rillito Creek‚ Arizona- An increase in precipitation. Mississippi and Wisconsin Rivers- result of global climate change. Colorado River‚ Glen Canyon Dam- an increase in precipitation. 3. What do the spikes in the graph indicate? A big increase in the measured
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Female Musician Amanda Palmer is an American singer-song writer and she performs as a solo artist. She was member of former band‚ “Dresden Dolls” Amanda palmer’s music genre is alternative rock‚ punk‚ dark cabaret. She is better known for her shenanigans than for music‚ I chose Amanda Palmer because she talks about feminist and defines a true feminist. And her music is similar to the other artist and play we’ve discussed in this course. She is also very interesting to me because she is very open
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In his eloquent speech “Tear Down ‘Deadbeat’ Dams” in 2014‚ Yvon Chouinard employs a vast selection of oratory tools and discusses the importance of taking down non-effective dams‚ damaging all sorts of rivers and lakes all around the world. Published on May 7th‚ 2014 by the New York Times Company‚ his speech contains many evidences and statistics‚ he used in order to form his argument to the decision that policy-makers should do about removing these dams. Chouinard begins his address with introducing
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“The Year of the Flood” is an epic‚ sprawling novel that moves back and forth between past‚ present and future effortlessly. Though it is told from Ren and Toby’s point of view‚ the novel is really about the story of three women (Ren‚ Toby‚ and Amanda) and their will to survive in a cruel and harsh world. It is a story of hope‚ despite all odds and a story of the power of love. Fatefulness about the survival of the species is not new. Religious thinking has end-time built in‚ and most of our sentient
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Each individual is like a rain drop on the window; none of them are any more significant than another. There are the occasional droplets which are larger than the rest‚ the ones with a greater influence than the others. As time goes by‚ a droplet eventually collides with another‚ and another‚ and another...until they form a huge puddle and eventually roll away. The result is a chain reaction: the larger rain drops influence others‚ serving as catalysts in society. However‚ droplets alone‚ are fragile
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