“The Impact of a Tropical Storm depends on location” How far do you agree? Tropical storms formed 5-30 degrees north of the equator‚ so if there is a largely populated area or economic centre around this latitude‚ in an area vulnerable to hurricanes‚ the impact will be increased in comparison to the tropical storm running its course over unpopulated islands or the ocean. This can be seen when looking at Hurricane Sandy‚ a tropical storm of 2012 and its impact on Cuba. Cuba was located in the Hurricane’s
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Principles of Design Project; Trading Cards Theme: Music 1 - Radial Balance Radial Balance is where all elements in an artwork radiate out from a center point in a circular fashion. I incorporated radial balance into my card’s design by placing a paper flower on the page‚ with a music note in the center. The music note is the center point and the petals are the elements that radiate in a circular fashion. This card fit into my theme of music because I used a music note as the center point. 2
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1. Describe three factors that control how much water is flowing in a river. The rate of precipitation‚ the source of water (snow on mountains)‚ and slope of the river. 2. List the factors that produced the different flow conditions. Rillito Creek‚ Arizona- An increase in precipitation. Mississippi and Wisconsin Rivers- result of global climate change. Colorado River‚ Glen Canyon Dam- an increase in precipitation. 3. What do the spikes in the graph indicate? A big increase in the measured
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Female Musician Amanda Palmer is an American singer-song writer and she performs as a solo artist. She was member of former band‚ “Dresden Dolls” Amanda palmer’s music genre is alternative rock‚ punk‚ dark cabaret. She is better known for her shenanigans than for music‚ I chose Amanda Palmer because she talks about feminist and defines a true feminist. And her music is similar to the other artist and play we’ve discussed in this course. She is also very interesting to me because she is very open
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In his eloquent speech “Tear Down ‘Deadbeat’ Dams” in 2014‚ Yvon Chouinard employs a vast selection of oratory tools and discusses the importance of taking down non-effective dams‚ damaging all sorts of rivers and lakes all around the world. Published on May 7th‚ 2014 by the New York Times Company‚ his speech contains many evidences and statistics‚ he used in order to form his argument to the decision that policy-makers should do about removing these dams. Chouinard begins his address with introducing
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“The Year of the Flood” is an epic‚ sprawling novel that moves back and forth between past‚ present and future effortlessly. Though it is told from Ren and Toby’s point of view‚ the novel is really about the story of three women (Ren‚ Toby‚ and Amanda) and their will to survive in a cruel and harsh world. It is a story of hope‚ despite all odds and a story of the power of love. Fatefulness about the survival of the species is not new. Religious thinking has end-time built in‚ and most of our sentient
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Each individual is like a rain drop on the window; none of them are any more significant than another. There are the occasional droplets which are larger than the rest‚ the ones with a greater influence than the others. As time goes by‚ a droplet eventually collides with another‚ and another‚ and another...until they form a huge puddle and eventually roll away. The result is a chain reaction: the larger rain drops influence others‚ serving as catalysts in society. However‚ droplets alone‚ are fragile
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As usual‚ of course‚ the fate of the universe rests on Master Chief’s long-dormant shoulders – the green-armored super-soldier has been on ice aboard the Forward Unto Dawn since Halo 3 faded to black five years ago – but this time our hero bears an even greater burden. Saving humanity is the easy part. In Halo 4‚ his more difficult task is rescuing Cortana from herself. She is slipping into rampancy – a condition that plagues all UNSC AI constructs after they’ve been in service more than seven years
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Hurricane Mitch was born 21 October 1998 in the warm waters near the equator. The sun heats the surface of the sea evaporating 1 trillion tons of water each day. Once in the air the water droplets cool transforming into clouds. Carried by the rising warm air‚ the clouds billow upwards. If the heat from the sea below is strong enough they turn into massive tropical storms. The storm spun towards Central America picking up vast amounts of water and increasing wind speed. On Thursday‚ October 29 1998
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Practice essay “Never trust the beautiful…” Why is this the key to Keller’s teaching and Paul’s learning in the novel? Throughout the novel Maestro‚ the key to Keller’s teaching and Paul’s learning revolves around Keller’s ideology to “never trust the beautiful...” Keller trusted and indulged in beauty in his past and it ultimately lead his family to Hitler and their horrific death. Keller doesn’t want Paul to play beautiful music because it reminds him of his traumatic past and makes Paul’s
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