FOREST FIRES A forestfire is any uncontrolled fire in combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or a wilderness area.[1][2] Other names such as brush fire‚ bushfire‚ forest fire‚ grass fire‚ hill fire‚ peat fire‚ vegetation fire‚ veldfire‚ and wildland fire may be used to describe the same phenomenon depending on the type of vegetation being burned. A wildfire differs from other fires by its extensive size‚ the speed at which it can spread out from its original source‚ its potential to
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Brush your teeth‚ I say! Here is a persuasive speech that I wrote for AP Language and Composition earlier this year. It’s about oral hygiene and has a humorous twang. A man with rotting‚ discolored teeth approached me on the streets of Boston yesterday. He approached me and ranted to me‚ for what seemed like hours‚ about “his cause‚” and why I should donate to it. I stood their dazed as his brown teeth‚ hanging from purple gums‚ spewed yellow saliva into my face. I did not recoil‚ I did not complain
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Thomas Cole David Jackson 8/2/04 Art Appreciation Maxwell Painting landscapes was very important during the 19th century. Thomas Cole was one of the most important figures in landscape painting in the United States. He went to many places searching for nature‚ which he painted to show the unmatchable beauty nature creates. His works of art helped people see and take pride in their great land‚ which was called America. Cole ’s works were often made people feel like they needed to go out in
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The Fire of Jubilee Santo Domingo. In 1799 two white guards were killed while transporting slaves through Nat’s hometown‚ Southampton County. The first attempted large scale insurrection on American soil was the Gabriel Prosser conspiracy in Richmond in 1800. Gabriel and his accomplices planned to burn Richmond‚ and take the governor hostage. His plans were spoiled before he had an opportunity to carry them out‚ but the event contributed dramatically to the uneasiness of many Southerners. Nat toiled
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of an immense number of consumers‚ companies‚ and taxpayers. Brush Wellman is a company that manufactures a multitude of products‚ but the material they produce that would cause the above to happen is a material called Beryllium. Beryllium is a high-melting‚ lightweight‚ corrosion-resistant‚ rigid‚ steel-gray metallic element that is used in the manufacturing of everything from satellites to commercial x-ray machines. Because Brush Wellman is the only miner and manufacturer of Beryllium in the
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Importance of Fire Prevention Bureau James Gabbard English 1020 Dr. David Auchter March 26‚ 2012 Importance of Fire Prevention Bureau James Gabbard Professor Auchler English Composition II 1020 Over the years‚ there have been thousands of lives lost due to fires. Fire Departments determined that something needed to happen to bring the number of fire related deaths down. They came up with a way to do so by creating a division within the fire department itself‚ fire departments called
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“Critical thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with the view of improving it” stated in the Critical Thinking concepts and tools guide ‚ written by Richard Paul and Linda Elder. Linda Elder ‚ an educational psychologist born in 1962 spent many years studying critical thinking and understanding. With her masters degree in psychology along with her years of experience‚ studying critical thinking ‚herself along with Richard Paul developed The Critical Thinking concept and tools guide
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What would Linda Parson say about Pippi Long Stocking? (Feb 21 2010) Parson states that “in our mass-media culture we are surrounded by the vestiges of fairy tales from marketing of Disney products to the perpetuation of romance ideology‚ the binary positioning women and men‚ and women’s and girls’ obsession to manifest socially defined beauty.” Pippi Longstocking challenges this idea since she is not obsessed with her looks; she is a freckled faced red hair nine year old girl who lives on the edge
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FIRE TRIANGLE In order to understand how fire extinguishers work‚ you first need to know a little bit about fire. Four things that must be present at the same time in order to produce a fire : * Enough oxygen to sustain combustion. * Enough heat to raise the material to its ignition temperature. * Some sort of fuel or combustible material. * The chemical‚ exothermic reaction that is fire. Take a look at the following diagram called the “Fire Triangle”. Oxygen‚ heat‚ and fuel
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Scientists have studied forests and fires to determine the secret of Nature’s success in attaining this necessary balance. They have learned that a "natural" fire results from a certain fuel condition. Some forest types produce and accumulate fuels faster than others; some decompose fuels more readily than others. However‚ at some point in time‚ every forest type has fuel of the right quantity and quality for that forest to be "ready" to burn. In the past‚ forest fires would benefit the whole forest
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