The Clovis were an ancient group of people who were believed to be the first to inhabit North America. They were believed to initially come down from the land bridge known as the Bering Strait around 1300 years ago. Some believe that this is not the case. Evidence of human existence in the Americas before this period has been few and far between until now. In a sinkhole about 30 miles west of Tallahassee‚ Florida‚ under 9 feet of murky water‚ divers found many artifacts‚ such as a stone knife and
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only 500 ships (Doc. 3). The fact that Dutch trade routes passed by England (Doc. 1) allowed the English ready access to seize Dutch merchant shipping. From documents one and three‚ evidently‚ the English naval power in the English Channel and the North Sea threatened Dutch merchant shipping from its origins and allowed it to seize many Dutch ships. Britain was not the only foreign nation to threaten the Dutch security. The military state of the Netherland continued to deteriorate when in 1670‚ The
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diatoms. Green algae is common in areas where light is abundant‚ such as shallow water or rock pools. They use their radular (tiny teeth) to scrape algae off of rocks. Green algae can range from single-celled organisms to multi-celled organisms‚ such as Sea lettuce (Ulva Lactuca). They live in large colonies ‚ close to water. Periwinkle’s diets consist mainly of green algae. On the day of our data collection‚ we noted that our transect on Broulee Island was facing south and was constantly exposed to sunlight
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Analysis of Satellite Derived Sea Surface Temperature Data for South China Sea and Java Sea Md. Monirul Islam*‚ Kimiteru Sado* and Chan Eng Soon** *Dept. of Civil Engineering‚ Kitami Institute of Technology‚ 165 Koen-cho‚ Kitami 090-8507‚ Japan e-mail:islam-m@mail.kitami-it.ac.jp‚ sado@mail.kitami-it.ac.jp **Director‚ Tropical Marine Science Institute‚ National University of Singapore‚ 14 Kent Ridge Road Singapore 119223 e-mail:tmsdir@nus.edu.sg Abstract Monthly time-series
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Introduction The Green Sea Turtle is endangered. They are also cold blooded. Green Sea Turtles have a scientific name called the Cheonia Mydas. Would you think the shell is green? It’s the fat it’s green if you were wondering. These turtles are types of turtles that eat meat and plants. They are called omnivores. Description Did you know these turtles have four flippers two in the front and two in back? They use the front two flippers to help them swim. They use the back two flippers to dig a
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North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (Federal Republic of Germany/Denmark‚ Federal Republic of Germany/Netherlands) I.C.J. Reports 1969 Netherlands and Denmark had drawn partial boundary lines based on the equidistance principle (A-B and C-D). An agreement on further prolongation of the boundary proved difficult because Denmark and Netherlands wished this prolongation to take place based on the equidistance principle (B-E and D-E) where as Germany was of the view that‚ together‚ these two boundaries
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Piper Alpha: Lessons Learnt‚ 2008 Piper Alpha was a large North Sea oil platform that started production in 1976. It produced oil from 24 wells and in its early life it had also produced gas from two wells. It was connected by an oil pipeline to Flotta and by gas pipelines to two other installations. In 1988‚ Piper Alpha was operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd ("OpCal")‚ a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. On 6 July 1988‚ there was a massive leakage of gas
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The North-South Divide (or Rich-Poor Divide[citation needed]) is a socio-economic and political division that exists between the wealthy developed countries‚ known collectively as "the North"‚ and the poorer developing countries (least developed countries)‚ or "the South."[1] Although most nations comprising the "North" are in fact located in the Northern Hemisphere (with the notable exceptions of Australia and New Zealand)‚ the divide is not wholly defined by geography. The North is home to four
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do not exist?(rhet) Well‚ in North Korea‚ millions live without knowing what it is like to live your kind of life where media is usually freely distributed and absorbed everywhere. The North Korean citizens are constantly being malnourished of information with the exception of the government’s propaganda. To clarify‚ the North Korean regime’s extreme media censorship should be suspended allowing the citizens free access to all kinds of media. To begin with‚ the North Korean government’s extreme
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North Korea and South Korea are similar but yet different in many ways‚ such as in economies. North Korea’s economy seems to need support from other countries to survive. South Korea’s seem too able to rebuild their economy even stronger than it was before from the Korean War. North Korea is under a strict communist dictatorship. N. Korea’s leader is Kim Jong II. He came to power in 1994 after his father died. North Korea has a large military and command economy. The average Korean person lives
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