deadliest and most destructive natural disasters to ever hit the Great Lakes: killing more than 250 people‚ destroying 19 ships‚ and stranding 19 others. This storm was a blizzard with hurricane-force winds that devastated the Great Lakes Basin. The financial loss in vessels was almost $5 million‚ valued at about $116‚145‚00 in today’s dollars. This storm‚ an extra-tropical cyclone‚ originated as two major storm fronts‚ fueled by the lakes’ relatively warm waters- a seasonal process called “November gale”
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Boston‚ Baltimore‚ New York‚ Philadelphia‚ and San Francisco—was due to Chicago’s central geographic position. It was in many ways land-locked because although it sits on Lake Michigan‚ there was no water route to the city from the Atlantic Ocean until the Erie Canal opened in 1825‚ which provided access to the Great Lakes region for shipping and migration of people. Three years later came the first U.S. passenger train‚ the Baltimore & Ohio railroad‚ with a route from a mid-Atlantic city to
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England. It had brought Wordsworth and the other Lake poets into the poetic limelight. The Prelude was a semi-biography poem which he revised and expanded a number of times. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” was one of the poems in Poems in two Volumes. Wordsworth wrote it in 1804 and published in 1807. A revised version was published in 1815. The inspiration for the poem came from a walk he took with his sister Dorothy around Glecoyne Bay‚ in the Lake District. He felt the atmosphere and surrounding
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disease’‚ USC News‚ 15 May‚ p1‚ accessed 07/03/2013; Trinidad‚ A 2012‚ ‘Beijing Olympics experiment links air pollution exposure‚ cardiovascular disease’‚ USC News‚ 15 May‚ p1‚ accessed 07/03/2013; Environment110 ‘Pollution ’s Effects on the Great Lakes Ecosystem’ n.d.‚ lecture notes‚ accessed 07/03/2013‚ University of Michigan; Ewan‚ K.B & Pamphlett‚ R 1996‚ ‘Increased inorganic mercury in spinal motor neurons following chelating agents’‚ Neurotoxicology‚ vol.17‚ pp343‚ and Ratnaike‚ R.N 2003‚ ‘Acute
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The Great Water Debate Canada is a country that is well known for being a global competitor due to its vast natural resources. However‚ the trade of some resources has been a subject of argument for many years; specifically water. It is a well-known fact that Canada has a fifth of the world’s fresh water resources. Making Canada the target of many global and domestic arguments ranging from “No Way!” to “Without any doubt‚ certainly!” Beyond personal opinion‚ there is also the issue of whether‚ under
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state of Jammu & Kashmir has never failed to attract tourists from around the world. Those who have visited Kashmir have become its lovers and those who have not; J&K is their dream destination. The lush flower valley‚ snow clad mountains‚ natural lakes‚ the Moghul and Tulip Gardens have all added up to the untainted beauty of Jammu & Kashmir. This northern state of India is blessed with many well -known beautiful destinations and also with gems yet to be discovered by travellers and tourists. Kashmir
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memories‚ I also have been taught a lesson about God always being with me while on my trip to Lake Tahoe. It is known to be an amazing place where families enjoy themselves and vacation like there is no end. People have this perfect vision of beautiful green trees‚ skiing‚ camping‚ and great family memories when reflecting on Lake Tahoe. While I think about the holiday I spent there and listen to the words Lake Tahoe‚ I keep in mind a beautiful location; but also a regretful memory that in the long run
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Mountain Mushroom Farming Mountain Mushroom Farming will be a new entrant to vegetable cultivation .The mountain mushroom farming will be a milestone for the non vegetarian as well as vegetarian consumer. The 2 ropani land at Bhaktapur will be the venue where different kinds of mushroom spice will be in cultivated. Mushrooms are cultivated for their nutritive and medicinal values. In traditional Nepalese food mushroom has relatively low priority due to number of misbelieves and low level of
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The town I grew up in is located near Lake Ontario in a quickly growing town‚ Grimsby‚ Ontario‚ Canada. Grimsby was founded in 1790 and was originally called “Number 6” and then “The Forty”. The name “The Forty” was made by United Empire Loyalists who set up camp at the centre of Forty Mile Creek who traveled from New Jersey to Canada for a better life. Their camp was set up at the centre of Grimsby which later on became a part of the downtown core. Waterfalls were the power source for mills to saw
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A wedding at Splendido by Ladera is the premier wedding reception venue in one of the country’s most romantic destinations. Quietly nestled amidst the mountain ridges of the Gran Taal and offering a picturesque view of Taal Volcano and Taal Lake‚ the Splendido Taal Golf Clubhouse serves as a dramatic venue for your wedding reception. Situated on top of a small rise overlooking the majestic greens and fairways of the 18-hole‚ par 72 championship golf course of Splendido Taal Golf Club
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