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    Bernie Sanders has lead the poll in New Hampshire and Iowa‚ according to CBS News polls Sanders has surpassed Clinton by 10% in Iowa‚ and 22% in New Hampshire. He claims to be a Democratic socialist‚ for some that’s a red flag in this “self-made” society. But apparently this is not the case anymore. There has been a lack of belief towards Sanders‚ even though he shows leading the polls‚ people believe he won’t make it to the White House. Although‚ Sanders supporters are extremely enthusiastic‚ with

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    cause numerous amounts of damage but the most dangerous parts of hurricanes are storm surges which also cause huge amounts of damages because of flooding. The flooding is caused by winds pushing ocean water toward sand. It is estimated that ten-thousand people die each year because of hurricanes. Many of human’s deaths are caused mainly by the flooding that occurs during a hurricane. For example‚ during hurricane Katrina in two-thousand and five it was devastating because much of the city of New

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    which rainfall exceeded 20 inches in multiple parishes causing catastrophic flooding that submerged over 100‚000 homes and businesses and killed 13 people. In portions of Baton Rouge and Lafayette accumulations peaked at 31.39 inches‚ which was more than during Hurricane Katrina and Isaac The National Weather Service rates it a 1-in-1000-year event! Governor John Edwards‚ called the disaster a “historic‚ unprecedented flooding event” and declared a state of emergency. Oh the wonderful‚ beautiful‚ loving

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    involves building a wall in the water and taking the water out of that area so it can be used as land for housing. The only problem with this it could hurt the fishing industry if too much land is taken. Another problem could be flooding of the Nile Delta causing flooding for the housing here. Sloot=ditch; molen=mill; gemaal= milling; kanaal= channel; dijk=dike Solution #2 • Egypt could build a sister city to Cairo across the Nile Delta like Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minnesota so that people

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    growth of many different crops and cause the polar ice caps to melt‚ thus increasing sea levels to rise up to several metres. If this rise in sea level was to occur many areas would be much more prone to flooding‚ and generally much deeper floods than would be expected nowadays . This flooding would happen paricularly around coastal regions worldwide‚ and also along many rivers that flow to or from coastal inlets.

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    -ambien-zombie-phenomenon STATE V. MARIN. (2010). Findlaw.com. Retrieved from http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ia-supreme-court/1539287.html Schulte‚ Grant. (2010‚ September). Iowa Supreme Court upholds Cedar Rapids murder convictions. Des Moines Register. Retrieved from http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2010/09/24/iowa-supreme-court-upholds-cedar-rapids-murder-conviction

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    looked on with prejudice; we had noticed how critics sometimes use for their chastisement the weapon of personality‚ and for their reward‚ a flattery‚ which is not true praise. ( Orel‚ Harold: The Brontës: Interviews and Recollections. University of Iowa Press‚ 1997; p.135) 5. Jane‘s story - is enclosed and escapes - struggles from imprisonment - overcomes and deals with: 1. oppression (at Gateshead)

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    Description of study In 1939 Mary Tudor a graduate student at the University of Iowa conducted a study directed by Dr. Wendell Johnson focusing on stuttering and possible relation to student’s self-perception of altered speech and the impact this could have. The study itself has multiple ethical concerns associated with it as well as resulting in speech disabilities for several children who had normal speech prior to the study. The original study was not published and did not surface until 62 years

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    The Huang He River is to the north of the Chang Jiang River and is also known as the Yellow River. The common flooding of the Huang He River has caused so much destruction throughout history. Because of the disaster it caused‚ the Huang He is also known as the River of Sorrow. Despite the destruction caused by its flooding‚ the Huang He also was a source of life for ancient China. The flooding river waters left behind silt that created rich soil‚ good for agriculture. The rivers also provided fresh

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    roofs‚ trees | 3 | 111-130 mph | 9-12 ft | Destroys mobile homes‚ trees‚ damage to small buildings | 4 | 131-155 mph | 13-18 ft | Completely destroys mobile homes‚ flooding | 5 | > 155 mph | >18 ft | Extensive damage to buildings‚ severe flooding | Hurricane Hazards * Massive destruction * Tornadoes and Flooding * Billions of dollars in damage

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