(Based on the December 26th attack) 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
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No Second Troy Analysis The poem seems to be divided into two parts: lines 1 through 5 deal more in the empirical realm (from emotional pain to political defiance and out rage)‚ while lines 6 through 12 veer off into the ethereal- and apocalyptic- world of ancient Troy and its Helen. WHY should I blame her that she filled my days / With misery describes the pain of Yeats’ unrequited love. … that she would of late / Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways refers to Irish nationalists
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use to communicate in different countries. As I read thoroughly the two articles‚ which are called “ English seen as a Co-star among Global Language” and “Can English be Dethroned”‚ I’ve found out that people more commonly accept using English as a second language in the 21st century. We all understand the fact that English has been growing in popularity largely as economic globalization is getting bigger. The benefits of English as a common language for communication and interaction far outweigh any
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September 25‚ 2012 Dr. Rosalind Blackwell Program Director Centers for Disease Control www.cdc.gov Dear Dr. Blackwell The five second rule which claims that food can be safely eaten within five seconds of being dropped on the floor. It is important for the safety of the people to find out if this myth is true or not. The experiment was tested in my biology class where I monitored the growth of bacteria on food dropped on the floor and food not dropped on the floor. My experiment included
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Shark Attack (Summarizing and Note-taking) Read the story on this website: http://www.sciencecases.org/shark/shark.asp Answer the following questions: 1. Identify at least five organ systems in this region of the arm that the surgeon would have marked for reattachment. Cardiovascular‚ Muscular‚ Skeletal‚ Nervous‚ and Integumentary 2. List the names of the specific structures that had to be reattached. The axillary arteries had to be reattached. Bicep and tricep muscle
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rThe second Vatican council was initiated by Pope John XXIII to renew the church as being an instrument for God’s peace to all people of good will. John XXIII’s fruitfulness led him to bring the church to become less insular to the whole world. During the time period before Vatican II‚ the world was experiencing changes that affected how the church was seen to the rest of the world. In hopefulness to maintain aggiornamento‚ the main reasons for the councils initiation was due to the influences occurring
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A few weeks before the attack‚ "Lyla!" I hear my mother shout as I run down the halls. I hurry down the halls and outside to my secret garden. I reach the secret door behind the tall mirror and I look around. No one is looking so I quietly pull on the mirror and open the door behind it. I slip through and shut the mirror and door behind me. I take my uncomfortable shoes off and let my toes dig into the cool grass. I walk back to the bench swing between the trees and sit down. I listen to the small
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The book I read was Second Stringer by Thomas J. Dygard. The lexile is 900. The genre of the book is Fiction. The main idea of the story is that When Warren High’s star quarterback is injured during the season opener‚ Kevin Taylor takes over the position. The main characters are The main character of the book is Kevin Taylor. The setting of the book the Second Stringer is October 1999‚ most of the book is at a football game. The story has a lot of drama in it because like when the first stringer
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The Second American Revolution Thesis Statement “The Civil War may also be termed as the second American Revolution in terms of the political‚ social and economic changes that occurred during the war” Introduction American Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865. The war began because President Abraham Lincoln‚ elected in 1860‚ was very persistent on preserving the Union‚ which was threatened by the issue of slavery. The North was growing rapidly in wealth and population‚ and it was clear
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What Effect Has the Euro had to the EU? The introduction of a single monetary currency in the EU has had different effects on each individual state choosing to adopt the Euro. On the 1st of January 2002‚ 12 member states were introduced to the Euro‚ rendering currencies such as the Deutschmark‚ Lire and Franc illegal tender. To understand the full impact of the Euro‚ one has to discuss the reasons behind the introduction‚ and understand the effects and impact a single currency would have on the
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