disseminated across computer screens and television sets‚ belied evidence of advancements in the sphere of Disaster Preparedness. Cases in point: The response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina‚ and the Haitian and Japanese earthquakes. The snail paced response to the former and the relative ad hoc protocols for recovery of the latter two events have left images which will not be easily expunged from my memory. These have served as confirmation
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http://twp.duke.edu/writing-studio How to Read and Review a Scientific Journal Article: Writing Summaries and Critiques Definition of Genre Summaries and critiques are two ways to write a review of a scientific journal article. Both types of writing ask you first to read and understand an article from the primary literature about your topic. The summary involves briefly but accurately stating the key points of the article for a reader who has not read the original article. The critique begins
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Five Not So Boring Facts About The Boring Company The Boring Company’s mission is to dig 3-D underground tunnels below cities to solve the problems related to traffic congestion and increase the speed of transport as a whole. Founded by Elon Musk‚ CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX‚ the company has already started digging tunnels in LA and has claimed approval for at least another project in Baltimore. Though digging tunnels may sound very boring‚ the aptly named company has some colorful and funny
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Carp are a family of fish native to Europe and Asia. The common carp has been in the US for over 100 years. The common carp is considered a nuisance fish‚ but it doesn’t seem to be doing too much harm to the lakes and rivers it lives in. The newest carp invaders‚ seem to be causing trouble in the Mississippi River and surrounding waters. Introduced to the U.S. in the 1970’s to control weed and parasite growth in aquatic farms‚ common carp eventually managed to get into the Mississippi River and
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I. Meaning of Estuary and Seashore * Estuaries - areas where fresh and saltwater mix - are made up of many different types of habitats. Eestuary is an area where fresh water from rivers flows into the salt water from an ocean. Though these areas can be biologically productive ecosystems that provide habitats for many animals and plants‚ they can also be a harsh environment for others because of their high salt content. * Seashore land by the sea. Seashore law ground lying between high-water
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LIQUID CRYSTALS Introduction What are Liquid crystals ? Its History & Discovery Any of various liquids in which molecules are regularly arrayed like a solid crystal along one or two dimensions‚ but are free in the other dimensions as with typical liquids. Liquid crystals often display unusual and often manipulable optical properties such as anisotropic scattering. They can be divided into two classes‚ Thermo tropic(nematic‚ chiral nematic‚ and smectic.) and Lyotropic. Transitions to thermotropic
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Adrian Thomas BIOL_115A_12-55 6/12/13 A population is consists of a group of the same species which occupy the same area. In order for a population to survive certain variables must be in place‚ making the biome ideal to support life for that and the other species within that community. There are some species that depends solely on the type of climate and food web that is available in a particular biome‚ these species would be considered to be specialists. Other species are able to adapt to
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Fahrenheit 451: A World With No Books Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 was an interesting Science fiction thriller that provided an odd view on the censorship of books. Not just some books‚ but all books. An entire distorted culture and civilization where all books are prohibited. And the penalty for being caught with books is that the books must be burned and in some cases the penalty may lead to death. In this tale of censorship and self discovery‚ Bradbury leads the reader through a short period
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Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century By: Neil Postman Neil Postman identifies himself as a "neo-Luddite". What bothers Postman most is the fact that the great innovators of this time have no frame of reference other than their own experience‚ and that experience is only that of the 20th century. Advocates of trends such as information superhighways and economic globalization appear to know nothing of history‚ philosophy and culture; they live digitally in the hollow present.
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Invasive Species have been described as an organism which is not native‚ and causes negative effects on the ecosystem‚ and to the health of humans. These organisms can be Fauna‚ Flora (Flora and Fauna refer to plant and wildlife‚ respectively)‚ a fungus or a bacterium. However‚ not all introduced species are invasive‚ but invasive Fauna and Flora‚ have been said to be the 2nd greatest threat to biodiversity post habitat loss. In his book‚ Invasive Species in a Changing World‚ Richard J. Hobbs (2013)
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