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    Assignment 1 What Happened to Mayan Civilization Arthinia Thompson Professor Loftin Montgomery HUM 111 April 30‚ 2014 No one can say for sure why Mayan Civilization disappeared‚ it was truly remarkable. Around A.D. 900 Mayan civilization disintegrated and‚ many historians have questioned “how” or “why‚" but have not been a definite answer to this question. One possible theory is that the Mayan’s civilization grew to such an extent that they deforested so much of the area that

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    Something’s Rotten in Hondo The decision makers in the “Something’s Rotten in Hondo” are George the Plant Manager and Bill George’s boss. The Stakeholders are George‚ George’s family‚ the town of Hondo‚ Environmental Protection Agency‚ all who are affected by the plants pollution‚ the Mexican town‚ and the environment. George had moved from El Paso‚ Texas to Hondo‚ Texas with his family four years ago to assume the roll of the manager at Ardnak Plastic Inc. This plant manufactures plastic parts

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    Michael Jackson was born on August 29th‚ 1958 in Gary‚ Indiana. He started his professional performing career in 1964 as part of The Jackson 5 and began his solo career in 1971. Known internationally as The King of Pop he has been an icon in music‚ fashion and dance for over 4 decades. Michael Jackson had never taken traditional dance training; he learnt how to dance just by watching those around him and improving upon it. He was strongly influenced by James Brown‚ Fred Astaire‚ Sammy Davis Jr‚ Gene

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    After reading over the topics I immediately started to think back in my memory‚ as I am conditioned that way. I didn’t think of anything that could be described as "most important". A lot of people (adults) would answer‚ my marriage‚ the birth of my children‚ but nothing could be filtered out as the single most important moment. So I thought that it might come in the future‚ that I haven’t experienced the most important moment in my life yet. But how can I know when that will be everyone ask ?

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    ●Bearing Load Calculation 4. Bearing Load Calculation To compute bearing loads‚ the forces which act on the shaft being supported by the bearing must be determined. Loads which act on the shaft and its related parts include dead load of the rotator‚ load produced when the machine performs work‚ and load produced by transmission of dynamic force. These can theoretically be mathematically calculated‚ but calculation is difficult in many cases. Ks = Kt・tanα(Spur gear) ……(4.3a) tanα = Kt・cosβ

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    Many people to assume that once the Holocaust had ended‚ and survivors began to rebuild their lives‚ that their pain would disappear. Right? Wrong. The Holocaust was an appalling crime committed by the Nazis in Germany from 1933 to May of 1945. It was the mass execution of six million Jews by the Nazis and their supporters. The concentration camps set up by the Nazis‚ to house the many Jewish prisoners‚ were liberated in 1994 and 1945. Many of the prisoners were alive‚ but emaciated and disease

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    A candle (C25H52) is a solid block of wax with an embedded wick‚ which is lit to provide light‚ and sometimes heat‚ and historically as a method of keeping time. Candles have appeared as a source of fine and ultrafine particles in indoor air (e.g. Hussein et al. 2006). Fine et al. (1999)‚ found high Organic Carbon (OC) emissions connected to the extinction of the candle and high EC concentrations when the flame was burning unsteady. In the mid 1800s there were two major developments in the

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    the people then. Industrialization means the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale‚ which is exactly what it did. Now I’m going to talk about some advantages and disadvantages it had for us. There were many things that happened during The Industrial Revolution the helped us. For example the steam engine‚ railroads‚ electricity‚ plumbing‚ public education‚ child labor laws‚ and some new sports. Now those are all things that greatly impact my life and are very nice to have

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    A Description of Typical House Flood Damages and Cleanup Requirements: When your house floods‚ the water can wreak havoc on the structure of the house‚ your personal belongings‚ and the health of the inside environment. Flood waters contain many contaminants and lots of mud. High dollar items can get ruined all at once‚ even with just an inch of water‚ for example: carpeting‚ wallboard‚ appliances‚ and furniture. A more severe storm or deeper flood may add damage to even more expensive systems‚

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    On a fateful day an abandoned church in the town of Windrixville was engulfed in flames. Five unlucky children were trapped inside of flaming trap. Suddenly to heroic men jumped inside to save them a witness says that they were like angels sent from above. While no critical injuries suffered to the kids one of the men is in critical condition after he was not able to get out in time before the church collapsed. Dally a witness to this great mess rescued him before anything got worse. We later learned

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