Keyanna Raihani Speech 2 Group Communication Dr. Daniel Fox February 18‚ 2014 Beachcomber Project: Moss Landing Driving down highway 1 revealed an old metal sign reading‚ “Moss Landing”. The historic city sat on a vast harbor with fishing boats and sailboats. Tourists and residents succumbed to the town activities‚ enjoying the much-needed sunshine. The infamous Moss landing has an intriguing history and attracts a diverse range of people. The beach has encountered grave threats as well
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scientific or pseudoscientific. In the case of the Piltdown Man hoax there are several examples of pseudoscientific conduct independent of the fabrication of evidence. In 1913 Charles Dawson and Arthur Smith Woodward published a paper detailing a discovery of fossils at Piltdown‚ England thought to be a missing link between ape and man (Woodward and Dawson 1913). The study was accepted by mainstream science until it was proven a hoax 40 years after its publication. This relatively long period of acceptance
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Federal Department of the Environment‚ Transport‚ Energy and Communications DETEC Federal Office of Civil Aviation FOCA Aviation Policy and Strategy Environmental Affairs AIRCRAFT PISTON ENGINE EMISSIONS SUMMARY REPORT Purpose of this paper: This paper aims to inform interested parties about the development of aircraft piston engine emission factors. These have been measured and are provided by Swiss FOCA for the primary purpose of emission inventory calculations. Furthermore‚ FOCA presents
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| Global Warming: The Hoax of the 21st Century | Buena Vista University | | Bridget M. Brodie | | | . Abstract This essay takes a closer look into what “Global Warming” really consists of‚ or if it even exists at all. It will uncover proven scientific research that shows the truths behind the politics‚ provide data of the actual recorded climate changes‚ and explain why the Going Green policies are just a scam to make additional money off consumers as well as a scare tactic
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Warming Hoax or is it Our Fault? There has been talk about global warming for years. Global Warming is an increase in the earth’s average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect. Some of the “results” of global warming include‚ increase in temperatures‚ extreme weather patterns‚ rise in sea levels‚ massive crop failures‚ wide spread extinction of species‚ and Disappearance of coral reefs. So the question is‚ is it a hoax to
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The First Lunar Landing The first lunar landing ever to happen in the history of mankind may be one of the most inspiring events of all time. America and its people went through tremendous amounts of stress dealing with the rivalry between Americans and the Soviet Union on who would be the first to put a man on the moon. The men and women that contributed to making this idea‚ or even a fantasy come to life will be remembered for hundreds‚ or even thousands of years. On July 20th‚ 1969‚ the
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The important lesson that all should learn from the Eskimo snow hoax is that it is not sufficient to rely on one research‚ as renowned as the researcher would be (Whorf in our case). When we come across research findings‚ we need to cross reference them with other research findings and refrain from taking them for granted. Furthermore we should review our beliefs and check their validity from time to time (Like with “the truth about dinosaurs”). Despite the prominence of some claims‚ each hypothesis
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1947 by private pilot Kenneth Arnold. He claimed to observe ’flying saucer’ in the sky. This event led to the reporting of similar reports in different parts of the world at different times. According to a rough estimate‚ about 60% of such reports are hoax or due to some other reasons. While‚ some of the objects noticed in the sky were definitely astronomical in nature like comets‚ asteroids etc. But then some were also a result of disillusion like perhelia and lenticular clouds. There are certain natural
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The moon The moon is the only natural satellite of Earth. The moon orbits the Earth from 384‚400 km and has an average speed of 3700 km per hour. It has a diameter of 3476 km‚ which is about ¼ that of the Earth and has a mass of 7.35e22 kg. The moon is the second brightest object in the sky after the sun. The gravitational forces between the Earth and the moon cause some interesting effects; tides are the most obvious. The moon has no atmosphere‚ but there is evidence by the United States
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Earth’s Moon The Earth’s Moon is the most important moon in the solar system in regards to Earth and all of the living things within it. It is also the only Moon that Earth has‚ whereas other planets‚ like Mars‚ have multiple Moons. The Moon is the only other Moon that humans have set foot on‚ which helped us to understand the formation‚ internal structure‚ and history of it. The “moon’s face” is the second brightest thing in the solar system after the Sun‚ and has a dark surface in actuality
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