Upward Bound First‚ the opportunities Upward Bound provides is stunning. A lot of students that have been in Upward Bound are in college or have already graduated from college. To be one of those students would be amazing because not only will I be the first one in my family to go to college but also‚ I would have a lot more opportunities for a job in the future. I also‚ want to be the person in my family to in courage a family member in the future to go to college. There are many opportunities
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ESSAY ON HURRICANES Hurricanes get their start over the warm tropical waters of the North Atlantic Ocean near the equator. Most hurricanes appear in late summer or early fall‚ when sea temperatures are at their highest. Hurricanes only form over really warm ocean water of 80°F or warmer. The atmosphere (the air) must cool off very quickly the higher you go. Also‚ the wind must be blowing in the same direction and at the same speed to force air upward from the ocean surface. Winds flow outward
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Short Report – Hurricanes I. Introduction “The term hurricane has its origin in the indigenous religions of past civilizations. The Mayan storm god was named Hunraken. A god considered evil by the Taino people of the Caribbean was called Huracan” (noaa.gov 2005). Ready.gov describes a hurricane as “a type of tropical cyclone or severe tropical storm that forms in the southern Atlantic Ocean‚ Caribbean Sea‚ Gulf of Mexico‚ and in the eastern Pacific Ocean.” It further
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the hurricane and the tornado which both cause heavy amounts of damage and are uncontrollable. There are many similarities in how hurricanes and tornadoes are formed. Although they are distinct disasters‚ hurricanes‚ and tornadoes pose similar threats to resources because of high winds which can destroy properties and affect the economy along with people’s lives. Both the hurricane‚ and the tornado are rated on a category scale. First‚ devastating‚ and deadly natural disaster is a hurricane. In
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New York City leads North America in population‚ economics‚ corporate headquarters‚ culture‚ and international politics‚ resides on three islands where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean (Hawkinson‚ 2014). Access to this major shipping port offers New York City many economic opportunities‚ but expansion is putting the city at risk for disaster. Hurricane Sandy struck New York City with record-breaking force on October of 2012‚ claiming many lives and causing billions of dollars in damage
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Niue is located 1‚491 miles northeast of New Zealand between Tonga and Samoa and Cook Islands. It is 100 square miles in area and is an upraised coral atoll. The major land features are caves‚ a steep limestone central plateau‚ sea cliffs and tide pools along coast‚ mountains and rainforests. In Niue they have warm days and at night it is cold. It is mostly raining and stormy. They have stormy and sunny but mostly storming. Niue is unique because there are no endemic plants. All of the plants
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The great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is known to be the worst hurricane to ever hit the United States of America . The Galveston Hurricane was a category 4‚ with the storm surge of 8 - 15 feet. I am researching natural disasters‚ because I want to know how to help the people that are involved in a natural disaster.I was trying to find out how to help the environment and to donate money to fix up destroyed homes‚ building‚ and to help find placement for animals . We Can not stop the natural disasters
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During my time in Elementary and Jr. High I never really took school seriously. I would go to class‚ but I’d never really make it a priority until I got into a program called Upward Bound that changed the way I’d look at school forever. I was sitting in class around the middle of September when I was called down to the counseling office. I had no idea why I was called down‚ but I didn’t really care much. When I arrived to the office there waiting for me was a big fat Mexican (as he likes to describe
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Revenge should have no bounds 1) Laertes and Hamlet both have different approaches to revenge. Laertes basically says that he will not be messed with and just wants to get to the point of the revenge‚ and uses a lot of religious language to deal with the problem. He also mentions how he doesn’t care what happens to him after he sets revenge‚ he doesn’t care what’s right and what’s wrong and doesn’t want to hear anything but his own views on the story and especially not Hamlet’s. However hamlet
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Hurricanes are storms that form over tropical parts of oceans‚ once they hit land they can be disastrous and wipe out people‚ cars‚ and even buildings! Some hurricanes will form in the ocean and never actually hit land. Hurricanes are more common to occur during hurricane season which starts in June and ends in late November. If you live in a tropical area near an ocean then you will likely experience hurricanes more frequently even if it isn’t hurricane season. Hurricanes begin as tropical depressions
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