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    On December 26‚ 2004 the world experienced the most devastating natural disaster to hit the Indian Ocean. It was classified as a tsunami‚ a tsunami holding immense power equivalent to the destruction of three nuclear bombs. Tsunami waves can become more than 30 feet high as they come into shore and can rush miles inland across low-lying areas. The death tolls were astronomical causing much grief‚ pain and depression throughout the world. "Estimates of the total toll from the eleven countries hit

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    I analyzed “A Destructive Tsunami Builds a Relationship” Kaplan lesson plan for 4th grade AIG pull out students. In the lesson‚ students had to recognize how relationships have a purpose. Students had to evaluate and analysis similarities/differences between tortoises and hippos and the relationship in the Owen and Mzee book. The students had to correlate the relationship between the characters in the story with a purposeful relationship of children in Kenya with the Boxes of Hope project. Differentiated

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    What Are Tsunamis‚ and What Causes Them? Tsunamis are ocean waves produced by earthquakes or underwater landslides. The word is Japanese and means "harbor wave‚" because of the devastating effects these waves have had on low-lying Japanese coastal communities. A tsunami is a series of waves that can travel at speeds averaging 450 (and up to 600) miles per hour in the open ocean. As the waves approach the coast‚ their speed decreases and their amplitude increases. Tsunamis are most

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    presentation on TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM TO MOBILE PHONES ABSTRACT The term tsunami originates from Japanese and means “harbour wave” .It is a series of waves when a body of water‚ such as an ocean is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. Tsunamis cannot be prevented or precisely predicted‚ but there are many systems being developed to warn and save the people of regions with a high risk of tsunamis before the wave reaches land. Our paper focusses on the TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM TO

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    suggest about women status in this play? What other evidence can you find to support your view? Measure for Measure is a play written by William Shakespeare in the seventeenth century which crucially presents the role of women. Women were viewed as pure and were not expected to be promiscuous‚ but dependent on men with few options or choices. Shakespeare’s interpretation of women in Measure for Measure very much reflects society’s opinion of women at the time‚ where men had more freedom and should

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    Compare and contrast the ways in which power and corruption is presented in Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare and other texts. In the play Measure for Measure‚ considered to be a dark comedy‚ Shakespeare shows the power and corruption of the higher characters within the society of Vienna‚ almost representative of the period it was written in‚ 1904‚ during the reign of King James I. The corruption of power can be shown through various manipulative techniques such as the female form‚ through

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    Theme: Male/Female relationships and the role of women * Look at the way Shakespeare explores relationships between men and women in Measure for Measure. Consider how the male characters treat the female characters and in particular‚ how Isabella reacts to Angelo’s proposition When Shakespeare wrote Measure for Measure in approximately 1604‚ society was very sexist towards females and men were seen as the stronger sex‚ however Shakespeare included lots of strong female characters in his plays

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    First Analysis - Obama’s 2004 DNC Cpeech This is the first entry in this site looking at great speeches in history‚ in movies‚ in business – wherever they can be found. Suggest some speeches‚ and if they’re great I’ll analyse them. The purpose of this blog is to try and give you some insight into why speeches work and how you can craft a speech that will win the argument‚ win the business‚ or maybe even win the heart of a loved one. In each case I’ll give some history to place the speech into context

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    Japan Earthquake and Tsunami 2011 After doing research on significant events that occurred in the past 12 months within the Pacific Rim‚ the topic I finally decided to do my research report on was the recent earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan’s many cities. I chose this topic because I was really interested about learning more about the issue and how significant

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    4038600-137160How Are Tsunami’s Made -Initiation The sea floor rises and drops suddenly creating large columns of water -Split ddsddsThe initial tsunami then splits into two‚ one heads further into sea another heads towards shore -Amplification As the wave appdsroaches shore‚ the height of the wave is amplified as the wave gathers energy as approaches shore -Run Up The leading wave is steepened‚ the wave does not break at this point‚ instead it acts like a wall of water smashing everything

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