Three Gorges Dam Introduction: A computer simulated model of how the finished dam is supposed to look like A computer simulated model of how the finished dam is supposed to look like The three Gorges dam is the world’s largest dam with a total length of half a mile and 600 feet high. The construction of this massive dam took over 21 years starting from planning till the finished construction. The dam was built to stop the floorings that occurred and to cut down the greenhouse emissions of Chinas
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Mariela Rivera Luis Garavito “La Bestia” The World’s Worst Serial Killer Luis Garavito‚ who I will describe as a human animal on my research is the worst serial killer in the world. His full name is Luis Alfredo Garavito‚ born on January 25‚ 1957 Colombia‚ this animal serial killer was convicted of the horrible killing 189 boys in the 1990s. He is also known as “la bestia” the beast‚ this animal mainly focused on very poor neighborhoods and looks for kids at the age of six to
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LET’S MAKE A DEAL October 29‚ 1929‚ is more commonly referred to as ‘Black Tuesday.’ On this day‚ the United States stock market collapsed‚ leading to the sale of millions of shares of stock. In the ensuing months‚ various dominoes fell‚ resulting in banks‚ businesses‚ and other buildings closing and shutting down. One example rings clear. “A General Motors stock that sold for $91 before the Crash went for $30 the day after. By 1932 this stock would be selling for $7” (Schraff‚ 19).
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1945 in a remote section of an army base in Alamogordo New Mexico‚ the most destructive weapon known to man was tested‚ with a successful result of some of the world’s top scientists and years of a secret government project had started the nuclear age. On August sixth‚ 1945 during World War two‚ an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima and three days later‚ on August ninth‚ 1945 the second bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki‚ which forced the Japanese
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Computer technology during the 70’s 80’s and 90’s Computer technology took a great leap in development during the 70’s when schools‚ businesses‚ and universities began to use computers. The 70’s would have to be the beginning of the technology of computers‚ as we know it today. The personal computer became big in the 80’s. Now computers are being updated daily‚ if not hourly. During the 70’s computers and computer use began to become known by everyone. This period was a time for development and
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International Terrorism – The World’s Greatest Challenge Today Today the threat of terrorism is becoming more and more serious. Terrorism is considered the greatest threat against the safety of the world‚ and especially the USA‚ today. The extent of the terrorism has increased significantly over the last couple of years‚ since the terrorist attacks against the US on the 11th of September 2001. After these attacks former president of the US‚ George Bush declared a war against terrorism. There
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Analysis and Synthesis‚ over 40% of the world’s ocean at that time was being ’heavily’ affected by human activity‚ and there are very few untouched places. According to the newly created Ocean Health Index‚ a way to measure the status of the world’s oceans by country‚ the oceans averaged 60 out of 100‚ which is far from good. The scores ranged from 36 (at Sierra Leone’s coast) to 86 (in Jarvis island). In the analysis conducted in March‚ 2013‚ it was found that developed countries had much better
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H_2 The purpose of this experiment is to determine the mass % of through the Volumetric Analysis method. To attain this purpose‚ a decomposition reaction was performed‚ which can be separated into two steps. First‚ 2 mL of was reacted with approximately .5 g of KI in an Erlenmeyer flask to form and a hypoiodite species. The second step is the reaction between another molecule of and hypoiodite‚ which results in reformation of the catalyst‚ potassium iodide. The catalyst is used to speed up
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articles The value of the world’s ecosystem services and natural capital Robert Costanza*†‚ Ralph d’Arge‡‚ Rudolf de Groot§‚ Stephen Farberk‚ Monica Grasso†‚ Bruce Hannon¶‚ Karin Limburg#✩‚ Shahid Naeem**‚ Robert V. O’Neill††‚ Jose Paruelo‡‡‚ Robert G. Raskin§§‚ Paul Suttonkk & Marjan van den Belt¶¶ * Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies‚ Zoology Department‚ and † Insitute for Ecological Economics‚ University of Maryland‚ Box 38‚ Solomons‚ Maryland 20688‚ USA ‡ Economics Department
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the companies to own a seven-year monopoly for bringing a new treatment for a rare disease to the market. Marion Finkel‚ former head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Office of New Drug Evaluation said the Orphan drug law was aimed to make products available for patients who had rare diseases. The 1979 report wrote these treatments as “significant Drugs of Limited Commercial Value”. Marion Finkel also explained they did not refer to earn money at the beginning. However‚ with more and
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