The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all. It is an immense lake‚ a body of fresh water‚ although that particular description of its contents might now be more a figure of speech than practical fact. In the last 30 years‚ more than 60 percent of the lake has disappeared. The sequence of images above‚ acquired by Landsat satellites‚ shows the dramatic changes to the Aral Sea between 1973 and 2000. Beginning in the 1960s‚ farmers and state offices in Uzbekistan‚ Kazakhstan‚ and Central Asian states
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Sea urchins are members of the phylum Echinodermata‚ which also includes sea stars‚ sea cucumbers‚ brittle stars‚ and crinoids. Like other echinoderms‚ they have five-fold symmetry (called pentamerism) and move by means of hundreds of tiny‚ transparent‚ adhesive "tube feet". The symmetry is not obvious in the living animal‚ but is easily visible in the dried test. Echinodermate means "spiny skin" in Greek. Specifically‚ the term "sea urchin" refers to the "regular echinoids"‚ which are symmetrical
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Nicole Hart HIST 2300- Christopher Trobridge Writing Assignment One October 16‚ 2010 “In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whale ship Essex” In order to understand the ramifications of an event such as the sinking of the Essex one needs too understand the community that produces the crew. Nantucket was an island community much more than the literal sense of word. The islanders of Nantucket saw themselves differently than the rest of the word. They learned the skills of whaling from
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State and Local Government 2/21/12 The structure of county government There are three basic forms of county government. These are commission council-executive‚ and commission administrator. These three are different based on their degree of separation between legislative and executive powers and who is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the executive side of government. The most common form of county government is the commission. The commission concentrates legislative and
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Identify Controls 18 points (2 points each) What control or controls would you recommend in a computer processing system to prevent the following situations? A. Working through the main control console‚ the night shift computer operator made a change in a payroll program to alter his rate of pay in his favor. -operator should not have access to program documentation (source code) -use password -console log should be reviewed for unauthorized activity B. A customer payment recorded
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a tragic love story. The story concerns the love between two young people‚ Romeo and Juliet. This is set against a feud between their two families: the Montagues and the Capulets. This feud develops the themes of conflict‚ deception and dignity in the play. The play includes a lot of themes‚ love‚ family‚ hate‚ deception and revenge. In the Elizabethan period‚ women were subordinate to men. They were considered to be inferior’ beings who were controlled
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On His Arrival At The Age Of Twenty-Three Poem Analysis Mr. Hodson Wyatt Grant English30H Friday April 12th‚ 2013 Grant-2 Grant-2 On his arrival at the age of twenty-three‚ written by John Milton was created during the puritan period. John Milton was born in cheapside‚ London‚ in 1608‚ he grew up in a wealthy family that gave Milton all the opportunity’s to be well educated and attend Cambridge University one of the most highly decorated schools in Europe and the World. Milton grew up during
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INTRO How does Alex survive in a world where he is being critiqued by everybody he walks by? Nobody will ever know. He is commonly looked upon as a standard 14 year old boy‚ that is completely wrong‚ take another look and learn his past and figure out why he survived a egyptian madman threatening to poison all of the british schoolchildren when all odds were against him. He now has to face a mad scientist that can clone more than just sheep. Now Alex has to stop him from stealing millionaires money
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Some poems have definite patterns and structures‚ one of the most common poems are sonnets. The structure of a sonnet helps explain what the sonnet is saying and might have underlying meaning in the sonnet. Three sonnets that are affected by their structure are‚ “Sonnet” written by Billy Collins‚ “A Wedding Sonnet for the Next Generation” by Judith Viorst‚ and “My Mistress’ Eyes are nothing Like the Sun” by William Shakespeare. Sonnets are fourteen line poems that‚ most regularly‚ are found with
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I was seeing red and I demanded answers. “Who are you?! Show yourself right this instance.” “Who am I you ask. Why don’t you figure that out Mari.” The voice took on an even more mocking tone‚ making me see nothing but the little red furies passing through my brains. “ How do you know my name? And when I find out who you are I am going to tell my father and we will sue you for harassing me!” The voiced had burst out laughing at my statement‚ then belted out in mock horror“ Oooohhhh! I am so
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