At about 7.30 pm on 14 April 1999‚ a freak hailstormhit Sydney. It affected more houses andpeople than any other natural disaster in Australia’shistory. With a ferocity that shocked theunsuspecting residents and in the space of only45 minutes‚ more than 500 000 tonnes of hailstonesÐ some the size of cricket balls Ðdestroyed homes and property. One person waskilled. More than 24 000 buildings were damaged. About 60 000 cars were damaged‚ with onethirdso badly damaged they were written off bythe insurance
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control it. In the police business there is no telling what you run in to on a day by day schedule‚ there is not the same work day twice. One day you will by just giving people tickets to the next day dealing with someone being shot. Anyone can understand if you see someone being shot then it makes you a little stressed out. Stress plays a part in the lives of everyone. Some stress is not only inevitable‚ it can be good. For example‚ the physical stress of “working out” improves your cardiovascular system
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American Literature Irene Gomez-Leon ENG/301 December 8‚ 2011 Nora H. Barber African American Literature Historic stories of African American Writings are outstandingly interesting‚ and informative. The understanding from this assignment is remarkable in comparing and contrasting different texts. The writings exposed terms‚ equilibrium and difficulties that ascended from each second fleeting over the hurting senses of the writers. All black writings observe cultural dealings in related and diverse
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This essay will explore the many challenges facing families dealing with divorce and its negative impacts on children. For instance‚ I have a sister who went through divorce; she has a child and the divorce had after effects on my niece who was only two years old at the time. As research points out‚ there are different ways divorce impacts children’s lives such as emotional‚ physical‚ separation‚ isolation‚ lack of supervision‚ and loss of emotional bond with family members after the divorce.
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loves pigs. If not as pets‚ at least on a plate. Bacon is great‚ and many don’t even care where this bacon comes from as long as it ends up on the plate. Would you care if it came from black alien pigs? Pigs are well taken care of in the McCann farm Minnesota eats a lot of bacon. A farmer‚ Jack McCann is one of the many Minnesotans who own a pig farm. He mostly grows Berkshire breed pigs that are completely black. I’m sure many would even mistake them for aliens. Jack McCann gives the pigs a chance
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Dealing with Difficult Patients Over the past 15-20 years there have been changes in patient physician relationships and changes in the workloads given to nurses and other staff. Before‚ the doctor was always considered an authoritative source of information and treatment; patients had little dissatisfaction. Nurses were able to give more personalized attention. Now‚ with advertising‚ internet and self help groups patients are relying less on their doctor’s knowledge and
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Pig Cruelty Around 1.3 billion pigs are slaughtered annually for meat worldwide. The majority of these are in East Asia‚ particularly China‚ which rears around half of the world’s pigs. They are usually slaughtered after 4-7 months. Pigs intended for pork are usually slaughtered 1-2 months younger than pigs for bacon. I think that the way pigs are being raised and slaughtered is corrupt and barbaric. Mother pigs; spend most of their lives in individual “gestation” crates that are approximately
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not expecting to take care of a guinea pig. Two years after my mom died‚ my dad officially introduced his girlfriend- no‚ they are not dating anymore‚ to my brother‚ sister‚ and me. My dad’s ex-girlfriend‚ Jessica‚ had a son and a daughter. Her son‚ Robby‚ loves guinea pigs. Robby bought a guinea pig. As to this‚ after one year of dating‚ Jessica started to live with my family. Since Robby loves guinea pigs‚ he bought one. Robby was excited to have a guinea pig‚ while on the contrary‚ I was annoyed
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FLYING PIG LAB Jackson Fordham Procedure 1. Find the mass of the Pig 2. Attach pig to ceiling with string‚ measuring the length of string 3. Find the time it takes the pig to make one rotation 4. Find the circumference by finding θ from the length of the string and the height of the pig from the ceiling 5. Use θ to find the radius of the circle by inverse cosine 6. Use the radius to find the circumference 7. Find the velocity by dividing the circumference by the time it took the pig to
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The media of this artwork is a drawing using lead pencil. In the drawing there are pigs that are in cages with tags on their ears waiting anxiously to be slaughtered. The lines are straight all throughout the drawing as on the pig’s skin‚ the hair had to be sketched short and the roof and rails are only straight lines to make it look more realistic. The texture that the pencil looks is smooth as extensive amount of shading has been done to tone down the colour where the light is hitting the front
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