Ground Zero It was 1945‚ and after years of grueling fighting in the most devastating war in history‚ Nazi Germany surrendered to the Western Allies. This was not the end‚ however‚ as both the condition and attitude of Japan showed they were still ready to fight. Military action needed to be taken against them. Luckily‚ the United States had been working on a secret plan called “The Manhattan Project‚” in which they were constructing a military weapon unlike anything the world had ever seen. When
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El Niño & La Niña It should be recognized that the strong weather pattern called El-Nino-Southern Oscillation‚ or ENSO‚ is unfortunately an unavoidable occurrence. This weather formation is known as an essential process for maintaining long-term global climate stability throughout the year. El Nino and La Nina‚ two phenomenal and impacting events‚ generally occur in the ocean surface temperature across the central and eastern tropical Pacific. However these two weather extremes are two entirely
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Eric Perinotti Professor Sachdev Writing and Thinking The Woman Warrior Argumentative Essay Maxine Hong Kingston’s novel The Woman Warrior is a series of narrations‚ vividly recalling stories she has heard throughout her life. These stories clearly depict the oppression of woman in Chinese society. Even though women in Chinese Society traditionally might be considered subservient to men‚ Kingston viewed them in a different light. She sees women as being equivalent to men‚ both strong and
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Zero Dark Thirty Zero Dark Thirty depicts the story of history’s greatest manhunt for the world’s most dangerous man. It begins with a black display with emergency dispatch calls from the terrorist attack on September 11‚ 2001. The main character‚ Maya‚ joined the CIA after high school and was committed to finding Osama Bin Laden. Maya was in search of Bin Laden before 911‚ and his attacks on home soil that sparked a much grander effort by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and from the assist
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Period Hi my name is Lydia Delgado and the hero I’ve chosen to present to y’all is Wonder Woman. Wonder woman is easily recognized by her unique patriotic styled outfit and beautiful looks. At the end of my presentation all of you will have some knowledge on how Wonder Woman’s character came to be‚ her background‚ and her weapons. Firstly‚ here are some important facts and information on her creator. Wonder woman was invented by William Moulton Marston who was an American psychologist‚ lawyer‚ inventor
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In 1981‚ El Salvador was engaged in a brutal Civil war between the right-wing government supported army and several tiny left-wing “reformist” groups‚ or the guerrillas. The right wing is the conservative or reactionary section of a political party or system and the left wing is the liberal‚ socialist‚ or radical section of a political party or system. The rightist leaders‚ at the time of this war were in charge of the government‚ the “reformists” felt that they were not given a voice in their society
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for the volcano name‚ El Chichon only means ¨THE BUMP¨. El Chichon‚ one of many volcanoes that have been deadly to this world. The famous caldera has an elevation of 3‚773 feet‚ located on a convergent boundary. The volcano was considered quiet until 1982‚ which is now an explosive volcano. It has been said to erupt every 300 years‚ but there has been times when it has been overdue. Even though this volcano isn’t going to erupt for another 300 years‚ I would not live near El Chichon because it´s dangerous
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The municipality of El Salto is located in the central region of the state of Jalisco‚ Mexico. According to a 2010 census‚ the population reached 138‚226 residents (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI)‚ 2010). The fertility rate reached a 2.4 which is slightly above the 2.1 replacement fertility rate (INEGI‚ 2010). In that same year‚ the census noted that there were approximately 32‚230 houses in the region; however‚ only around 31‚723 houses had electricity service‚ 26‚499 had water
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around us‚ it is time that the country joins hands together to realize that – ‘Women are NOT SAFE in any means in India’. There have many cases that have been reported and many unreported for the torture a woman undergoes‚ yet there has been nothing done to change the law or the system to the way a woman is being looked at. The condition of women in India has always been a matter of grave concern. Since the past several centuries‚ the women of India were never given equal status and opportunities as compared
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transportation vehicles in El Salvador is deteriorating and there is no standard set for them. So many people depend on the use of public transportation that buses are usually overcrowded and since nobody regulates the number of people who get into them‚ this is an actual risk for the passengers. Needless to say‚ there are no norms that regulate the behavior of passengers when using public transportation. Because of the gang issue‚ buses are a common place for violent crimes to occur. In El Salvador‚ buses
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