using a laser lens in order to burn pits into the surface of the CD. The surface of the disk‚ called land‚ reflects light back to the lens which is read as 1. The pits in the CD absorb the light and reads to be 0. A CD can store up to 700 megabytes of data. In addition to a CD-Rom‚ there is also a DVD (digital video disk) Rom which can store up to seventeen gigabytes of information. A DVD is different from a CD because the disk is denser due to the fact that the pits are packed
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in Ecuador has fined US oil giant Chevron $8.6bn (£5.3bn) for polluting a large part of the country’s Amazon region. The oil firm Texaco‚ which merged with Chevron in 2001‚ was accused of dumping billions of gallons of toxic materials into unlined pits and Amazon rivers. Campaigners say crops were damaged and farm animals killed‚ and that local cancer rates increased. Condemning the ruling as fraudulent‚ Chevron said it would appeal. The company will also have to pay a 10% legally mandated reparations
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How to Plant & Grow Moringa The Moringa is a fast growing tree that can reach up to 3 meters in its first year. Moringa is an ideal plant to grow in your own backyard. Get a little Moringa in your diet‚ you can grow your own multivitamin! The Moringa tree grows to about 10 tall‚ with drooping branches. It thrives in subtropical and tropical climates‚ giving fruit and flowers continually. However Moringa grows best in dry‚ sandy soil. This makes it an ideal tree to grow in semi-desert conditions
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burns against them‚ their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared‚ the fire is made ready‚ the furnace is now hot‚ ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow" (Paragraph 10). Pathos is present as he descriptively characterizes hell and the pit in great detail. The audience is terrified by the reality of his words and are driven out of fear to listen to what he is saying. Jonathan Edwards compares this banishment and pit to a snake: "The old serpent is gaping for them; hell opens
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theatre held 1500 people while another 1500 could crowd in the courtyard. Above the main entrance of the theatre the words “The Whole World is a Playhouse” are inscribed. There were no bathrooms on site. The 20-sided structure had an open-air central pit‚ which the 5ft high stage
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right in front of me. childhood memories were a lot of them too many to write. important invents in my life right now are school and home no girls anymore because their a pain in the neck. previous pets were all dogs i have two right now one is a guy pit bull his name is Champzilla and a girl chamerian her name is Luna. Ive taken trips to california and alberqurqe. former friends are some from elementary but some of them went to heights with me. former teachers are ms johnson‚mr Erickson‚ ms. conley
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Testing (PIT) is a nondestructive low strain method used to determine the either the integrity or the length of the pile based on a known or assumed wave speedfor testing pile integrity in concrete piles. This method involves mounting an accelerometer on the pile top and sending a force wave through the pile using a set ofsmall hammers varying from 1 lb to 8 lb. When the hammer impact sendsprovides the stress impact wave through the pile‚ the accelerometer response is recorded on the PIT. Usually
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On April 25‚ 2007‚ agents raided the Surry County‚ Virginia home owned by Michael Vick‚ NFL’s Atlanta Falcons quarterback. The authorities reportedly discovered 66 dogs‚ 55 of them being pit bulls‚ blood stained carpet‚ a dog fighting pit‚ and equipment which is commonly used in dog fighting rings such as dog treadmills and scales‚ a pry bar used to open a dog ’s mouth and an instrument used for breeding. At the time of the raid‚ Vick was not present at his home but denied having knowledge of dog
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Two women‚ Karen Bell and Patricia M. Samford‚ studied the religious practices of the enslaved in the eighteenth century during the height of the transatlantic slave trade. Bell focuses on the enslaved Africans who arrived in Georgia‚ while Samford looks at those who came to Virginia‚ specifically to Williamsburg and the surrounding plantations. The transatlantic slave trade stole men and women away from their families‚ communities‚ and way of life. It forced them through a brutal passage across
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Human Society In media-reported animal cruelty cases‚ dogs—and pit bull-type dogs‚ in particular—are the most common victims of animal cruelty. Of 1‚880 cruelty cases* reported in the media in 2007: • 64.5% (1‚212) involved dogs • 18% (337) involved cats • 25% (470) involved other animals • Reported abuse against pit bull-type dogs appears to be on the rise: in 2000–2001‚ pit bull-type dogs were involved in 13% of reported dog-abuse cases; in 2007‚ they were involved in 25% of reported
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