FLASH FLOOD By aeoncraft Now I know what a flash flood is like. I "spoke" too soon at my last status update. Shortly after that‚ I got cut off from facebook because of a power outage. Barely an hour later‚ brown muddy water started creeping across the floor from under the closed door. I pulled down the main switches even if the power was out and ran to the back to get the piece of plywood which‚ according to my cousin’s instructions (this is his house)‚ I was supposed to place against the
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BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (ブレイブルー カラミティ トリガー Bureiburū: Karamiti Torigā?) is a fighting game developed by Arc System Works. The game’s name is a portmanteau of "blaze" and "blue‚" with the "z" sound omitted in the Japanese pronunciation‚ rendering it similar to the word "bray" in pronunciation.[10] The game is currently released for the Taito Type X2 arcade system board‚ with a 16:9 ratio and 768p resolution and was released on November 19‚ in Japan and November 20‚ 2008 in the United States.[11]
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P3 Draft -Factors which lead to abusive situations Certain groups of people appear to be more vulnerable and susceptible of abuse compared to others. The individuals may suffer from mental health problems or may have physical or learning disabilities‚ the older population tend to be more at risk of abuse as the elderly are weak and frail and cannot often defend themselves especially those with dementia. Any group of individuals who tends to be more at risk of abuse tend and just abide with the abuser
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there is very little evidence of this in the process of sleep onset. The purpose of this study was to compare cardiovascular and autonomic responses before and after falling asleep in eight insomniacs (who met DSM-IV criteria for primary insomnia) and eight normal sleepers. Non-invasive measures of heart rate (HR)‚ stroke volume (SV)‚ cardiac output (CO) and pre-ejection period (PEP) were collected by impedance cardiography during a night of polysomnographic recording. Frequency domain measures [low-frequency
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different names‚ but it is most commonly referred to as the Middle Ages. It was a tie after the collapse of Rome in which Barbarian invasions lead to the disruption of trade and when businesses began to collapse. It was also a time when there was a downfall in cities‚ population shift‚ cities were being abandoned‚ feudalism was necessary and there were crusades. The middle ages could have been called dark ages because the Barbarians broke though ramparts so there was no protection. They were no longer
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channels than cell B‚ which cell has the larger resting membrane potential? Explain. If the permeability to K is higher in A than in B‚ then the resting membrane potential (rmp) will be closer to the equilibrium potential in cell A‚ which means the rmp will be more negative in cell A than in cell B; or in other words‚ the potential difference will be LARGER in cell A. 2. Predict the effect of a reduced extracellular concentration of Na+ on the magnitude of the action potential in an electrically
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Essay – Course Work A point in which I feel strongly about: Racism Racism‚ what has it led us to do? Racism has done nothing but bring us to hate one another‚ fear and loathe one another. However the very idea of embracing our differences makes us feels too vulnerable for the majority to accept. Racism and slavery still unfortunately exist to this day‚ albeit we’ve come a long way‚ since the days of the Atlantic slave trade. Racism may be less blatant now in many cases‚ however its existence is
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Eduardo Porter in the essay What Happiness Is argues several viewpoints on the true meaning of happiness and how people strive to obtain it. After several descriptions of finding happiness‚ Porter claims “we pursue what we think makes us happy” (Porter1) and that most people “expend enormous amounts of time and energy pursuing more money” (Porter3)‚ claiming people get happiness out of material possessions. Cynical as Porter may seem by this statement he wrote earlier in his essay‚ “it remains generally
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Point of View: (Select a 50 word contiguous passage that shows the point of view used in narrating the story) a. Quote and page number for a passage of 50-75 words that illustrates the work’s point of view. “This is me when I was 10 years old. This was in 1980. And this is a class photo. I’m sitting on the far left so you don’t see me. From left to right: Golnaz‚ Mahshid‚ Narine‚ Minna. In 1979 a revolution took place. It was later called “the Islamic revolution.” Then came 1980:
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(U) The Flash is the fastest man alive. He once was a normal man‚ but after a freak accident he gained the ability to run at super-human speeds. He quickly began to unleash even more of his potential‚ and eventually began to master powers that humans could only dream of. At the surface The Flash may seem like a simple hero‚ but when his story and capabilities are examined in full‚ it can be seen that he truly is a force to be reckoned with. (U) The capabilities of The Flash go far beyond those of
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