Kingdom of Heaven is an interesting movie. It is about defending Jerusalem‚ and took place during the crusades. Although‚ there are some historical inaccuracies. One of the inaccuracies is the longbow being used in the movie. Another one is Balian being an only child. The last one is the steps to knighthood. Most of the movie is true‚ but there are several mistakes. I think Hollywood might have done this to make the movie more interesting and exciting. One of the inaccuracies is that they were
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Though there are many people that have summited Mount Everest‚ only a few have made it with the disability of Type 1 Diabetes. Two of these men are Will Cross and Sebastien Sasseville. Will Cross is the first person to ever summit Mount Everest with type one diabetes. He also has completed the 7 summits. Cross‚ though he was also the first American with to summit with T1D‚ grew up in England. Possibly‚ one of the ways how Cross was able to be in shape for the climb was because he used
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While reading chapter one "The Matthew Effect" of Outliers‚ readers are presented with the theory that fame and success may not be due to natural talent or ability‚ but more to being in the right place at the right time (and age). Gladwell supports his idea with data from various sports rosters‚ trying to prove his theory with a trend in professional hockey players birth months lead to their success rather than their natural talent. Readers are also given statistics from children’s math and science
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Imagine you’re one of the people that decide to ignore the officials warnings of an eruption on Mount St. Helens. It’s May 18‚ 1980‚ 8:32 a.m. and you hear a rumble and feel the earth move. Behind you‚ you hear a thunderous noise. When you turn around‚ you see a humongous landslide headed your way. Mount St. Helens in Washington State has erupted‚ immediately a cloud of gas‚ rock‚ and hot ash shot up in the air and race down the mountainside at an unimaginable speed. The eruption created a mass of
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Mount Fuji Imagine arriving home from a very long trip‚ waiting to go relax and sleep in your precious home. When the home sweet home you realize is covered in volcanic ash and half of your house is destroyed by lava. Many citizens living near Mount Fuji could have lived in constant fear hoping that Mount Fuji wouldn’t erupt. Its last eruption was December 16‚ 1707- January 1‚ 1708 still an active volcano today. Mount fuji was present about 10‚000 years ago. Mount Fuji is a symbol of
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Being so close to an active volcano poses many risks to communities. Even though Mount St. Helens erupted over 30 years ago we know that it is still an active volcano. Future eruptions can kill and injure entire communities. Since the eruption in May of 1980 of Mount St. Helens‚ geologists have come to a better understanding of both the mechanics of volcanoes and the dangers they present to the environment and communities. Did you know that volcanic ash is actually small glass particles? Or that
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explain themselves through. Since songs are meant to express people’s feelings the song that is often underrated is Matthew by John Denver. “Joy was just a thing he was raised with love just is just a way of live and die. Gold is just a windy Kansas wheat field. Blue is just a Kansas summer sky.” The song Matthew is truly a classic. The song expresses a song about John’s uncle Matthew and John just expresses all the great things his uncle had done for him. The song also explains the true joys of life
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I choose to bike up Mount Shasta is because it is located in Northern California. According to the website US Climate Data‚ the local high temperature of Mount Shasta during July is 83 degrees fahrenheit and the low average in Mount Shasta is 49 degrees fahrenheit‚ which limits the chances of snow in that area. This is because the website Answers.com states that it must be below 37 degrees fahrenheit.This is why I would choose July to mountain bike up Mount Shasta. Mount Shasta is also the youngest
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Mount. Vesuvius Vesuvius is the only active volcano in mainland Europe‚ and has produced some of the continent ’s largest volcanic eruptions. Vesuvius and other Italian volcanoes‚ are part of the Campanian volcanic arc. The Campanian arc sits on a tectonic boundary where the African plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian plate. Apparently‚ no one was aware that Vesuvius was an active volcano‚ even after an earthquake in February of the year 63. The towns’ people thought the soil
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11-06-2013 UNITED KINGDOM The United Kingdom is the sixth largest economy in the world‚ and the third largest in Europe after Germany and France. London is the world’s second largest financial center after New York. The most important industries of the economy of Great Britain are the aerospace industry and the pharmaceutical industry. This economy is boosted by its oil and gas reserves. The currency of the UK is the pound sterling‚ which is also
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