platforms‚ like the name imply are platforms that are fixed to the sea bed. The legs of these platforms are made of concrete or steel or in some cases both concrete and steel. These legs extend all the way to the bottom of the sea. It could either be fixed or weighed down to the sea floor with heavy concrete structures. In the case where it is weighed down by concrete structures‚ the heavy concrete structures make the legs so heavy that it can just sit on the sea floor without necessarily being fixed
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their legs extended” (Pearce 55-56). Another problem with overcrowding animals is that diseases can be easily spread. Due to an abundance of livestock crammed together‚ leads to masses of animal waste. Having animals around waste can lead to them contracting many diseases that can be easily spread to other animals. An abundance of animal waste is not only harmful to the livestock‚ but to humans as well. Animal waste has been known to cause many pollution incidents. For example‚ “…a single 500-sow farm
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throughout the life of a cassowary. Two out of the three cassowary species have red wattles‚ which are two brightly colored folds of skin that hang from their neck‚ and may act as social signals in the dark forest. These birds also have very powerful legs and feet that allow them to run up to 30 miles and hour and jump up to 5 feet. The feet of the cassowaries have sharp claws and the inner middle toe is
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a sense of movement; They are extremely frontal and formal. The figure of Hatshepsut is standing with one foot forward and both her hands open and resting on the front of the kilt. Her back and hips are attached to a raised platform and one of her legs is protruding outwards‚ thus not syncing with the square like shape of her hips. Her hands are both level with one another‚ however one should be farther in front because it is placed on her thigh. Her movement is confined because she is attached to
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Jose Armenta Professor Threat MGMT 330 September 5‚ 2013 War’s Impact On The Prosthetic Industry The nation’s military hospitals are experiencing a surge of patients returning home from service in Iraq and Afghanistan in need of prosthetics. As of January 2012‚ more than 1‚400 service members required major limb amputations due to wounds sustained in combat. Nearly one in four service members incurred the loss of multiple limbs. The increase in on-the-ground operations and exposure to IEDs
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I loved the first leg beyond my current vocabulary‚ the dangling rope represents 500 ft of consecutive plummeting. The feeling rewarded to the adventurer when staring straight down at the ground‚ which is 600 ft away‚ while hanging on a single rope is exhilarating! I have to admit that at the time‚ I
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fit in‚ even though he was not the most successful student‚ or the best athlete. He was still very social due to his outgoing nature. This school had nearly everything needed for a successful student. The only issue was the annual tuition‚ which was 500 dollars. At the time‚ this was a very significant amount of money. It was about twice the amount of money that the average American family lived on in a single year‚ including food‚ clothing‚ and necessary accessories. The only way Roosevelt and the
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You might think of Australia as a calm and peaceful place with small cute animals but one and a half million years ago‚ a monster roamed Australia‚ it’s name‚ Megalania. At this time‚ Australia was full of gigantic animals such as the Procoptodon and the Diprotodon and feeding on these gigantic animals was Megalania. There were other hunters such as the Marsupial Lion‚ one of the best hunters in the world at that time‚ but they were no match for this monster lizard. Today‚ scientists observe other
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Essay 1: Narrative (500-750 words) Complete paper copy for peer review due in class on Wednesday‚ February 4 Final copy due in dropbox on eCampus by class time on Monday‚ February 9 For your Narrative Essay‚ you will be telling the story of how a specific experience changed the way you see the world. You may NOT use outside sources of any kind. If you feel like you need one‚ discuss it with your instructor. You will use a funnel introduction beginning with general statements about the topic and
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Opisthokonta: Metazoa II: Eumetazoa: Bilateria: Protostomia: Ecdysozoa Objectives: • Know the key features of the Phylum Nematoda. Know how they relate to other metazoan phyla. • List the key characteristics of the Phylum Arthropoda. Identify examples. List the four subphyla and their key distinguishing features. Identify examples of the subphyla Chelicerata‚ Crustacea‚ Myriapoda‚ and Hexapoda. • Be able to identify the different structures on these organisms and understand their function. • Understand
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