Read the following paragraphs introducing Portland‚ Oregon. Notice that each paragraph focuses on a different aspect of the city. Portland‚ Oregon is located in the northwest of the United States. Both the Columbia and the Willamette river run through Portland. It is the largest city in the state of Oregon. The city is famous for its proximity to the mountains and the ocean‚ as well as its relaxed‚ friendly inhabitants. Approximately 500‚000 people live in Portland while the Portland metro area
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Article Review 2 Memory Dilallo PHSC 210-A26 Liberty Online March 25‚ 2013 Introduction The East African Rift System is also referred to as the (EARS). This is a place where the earth’s tectonic forces are trying to create new plates by splitting old ones apart. A rift is defined as a fracture in the earth’s surface that widens over time. A more technical definition for a rift is an elongated basin bounded by opposed steeply dipping normal faults
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Liya Oganyan 3364/3 Describe a person you know well and say how he changed since you first met him. I firsr saw Edward when I graduated secondary school аnd moved up to high school. From the very beginning I could say that the guy had a great sence of humour. He was joking almost all the time. Although he wasn’t the best student‚ actually I should say that he was one of the worst ones in terms of marks I mean‚ teachers loved him for being able to get out of a difficulties with great ease
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Canada: The Defining Moments of a Nation A defining moment is the point at which‚ a situation is clearly seen to undergo a change. Canada‚ as a growing nation‚ has encountered many defining moments throughout it’s history. During the twentieth century women of Canada have undergone numerous moments that brought about significant changes for themselves. The most prominent moments‚ which brought about the most change and significance are: the persons case of 1928‚ the women’s liberation movement throughout
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It was a scorching hot summerâs day: perfect for a day at the fair. The sky was dotted with a few fluffy clouds that looked like candy floss. The entrance to the fair could be seen in the distance and the long queues edged forward slowly. Customers were becoming increasingly excited and impatient as they took a few steps forward every so often. Faint music could be heard from beyond the tall gates with the occasional happy scream suddenly piercing the air. Closer to the entrance and the massive
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Describing Places: Seoul Being the capital of Korea since the 14th century‚ Seoul (서울) is one of the most popular tourist destinations located in the west of its country. Packed with countless sights and places to visit‚ ranging from royal palaces to trendy shopping centre‚ Seoul is a city with so much to offer that tourists might not know where to begin. The streets of Seoul are always jammed with people as there are endless varieties of restaurants‚ cafes‚ shopping centres‚ discos available
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In August of 1983 Hurricane Alicia slammed into Texas coastline causing mass destruction. The hurricane formed near Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico before hitting Texas. Hurricane Alicia was responsible for the death of 21 people‚ along with nearly two billion dollars in damages. Alicia was the first ever billion dollar hurricane to destroy Texas. Hurricane Alicia tore through Galveston and Houston with wind speeds of 115 miles per hour destroying parts of the cities and created at least 23 reported
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DESCRIBING: AN OUTDOOR CONCERT At first parking seemed to be extremely overpriced; thirty dollars to park in a parking lot full of trucks with grills and coolers full of beer in their beds. The music from the speakers that were about a mile or two down the road traveled into my car as if it were a ghost and took over my CD player. Suddenly the rap music that was being played was taken over by Big and Rich‚ one of country music’s superstars. The blazing sun felt like an oven compared to
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though Hurricane Sandy was challenging to forecast‚ lack of proper and useful information confused the public along with a false sense of confidence‚ eventually leaving 70% of the population behind after evacuation orders. The National Hurricane Center could not label the storm a hurricane and because of NOAA rules‚ they could not even set out warnings for it. Between the absence of hurricane warnings‚ late evacuation orders‚ and citizen’s previous experience one year earlier with Hurricane Irene
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A quadratic equation is an equation that has a second-degree term and no higher terms. A second-degree term is a variable raised to the second power‚ like x2. When you graph a quadratic equation‚ you get a parabola‚ and the solutions to the quadratic equation represent where the parabola crosses the x-axis. A quadratic equation can be written in the form: quadratic equation‚ where a‚ b‚ and c are numbers (a ≠0)‚ and x is the variable. x is a solution (or a root) if it satisfies the equation
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