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    Ha Long Bay

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    HA LONG BAY Tran Lam Phuong Thi Class: E4205 Instructor: Jonathan W.Lankford Contents I. Introduction 2 II. The Legend of Ha Long. 3 III. Several elements contribute to the beauty of Ha Long 3 IV. Places to visit in Ha Long Bay 6 V. Halong’s Cuisine 7 VI. Conclusion 9 VII.Reference 9 I. Introduction It experienced a long history. Many places of the country have been associated with a dragon which was the first of four spiritual creatures. Image of the dragon is a familiar image

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    Who owns antiquity?

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    In the art world today‚ the question of whether antiquities should be returned to their country of origin is both controversial and crucial‚ because museums in Europe and America own many disputed items in its collections. The most glaring example is the British museum‚ where the refusal to return the Elgin Marble to Greece has brought the issue to international attention. In response to the problem‚ James Cuno in Who Owns Antiquity? argued that although antiquities should be protected from looting

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    Project 1: My Physical Geography My name is Thomas and I Study Journalism at Uconn. What makes me unique is that I play the didgeridoo. What I would like to get out of taking this class is a better understanding of what the world is made of and how people live in there part of the globe. I am from Bedford‚ New York. Bedford is about an hour north of New York City. 2. Weather and Climate: Bedford New York is located in North Eastern United States. The average temperature there is around

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    Predicting the compressive and tensile strength of rocks from indentation hardness index by S. Kahraman*‚ M. Fener†‚ and E. Kozman‡ Synopsis The prediction of rock properties from indirect testing methods is important‚ particularly for preliminary investigations since indirect tests are easier and cheaper than the direct tests. In this study‚ we investigate the predictability of the uniaxial compressive strength (UCS ) and Brazilian tensile strength (BTS ) of rocks from the indentation hardness

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    Geology Midterm Review

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    Introduction to Geology GEOL-101 Midterm 1 Review Based on the textbook: Understanding Earth‚ 6th Edition‚ by Grotzinger and Press CH 1: earth system Summary The human creative process‚ field and lab observations‚ and experiments help geoscientists formulate testable hypotheses (models) for how the Earth works and its history. A hypothesis is a tentative explanation focusing attention on plausible features and relationships of a working model. If a testable hypothesis is confirmed by a large

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    Geology of Yellowstone

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    Introduction It is believed that Native Americans inhabited the lands of what is now Yellowstone National Park for more than 11‚000 years‚ until approximately 200 years ago‚ when European settlers began to drive many of them from their homelands. In 1872 Yellowstone was declared the world’s first national park as a way to preserve and protect the land for the “benefit and enjoyment of future generations.” (National Park Service) Yellowstone National Park covers a vast area in the Northwestern

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    sun and 9 planets

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    The solar system consists of the Sun and 9 planets revolving around it in different orbits. The statistics of the sun and the planets are given below : SUN Age : About 5 Billion years Distance : 149.8 Million Kms Diameter : 1‚38‚400 Kms. Photosphere temperature : 5‚770 K Core temperature : 150‚000‚000 K Absolute visual magnitude : 4.75 Rotation (as seen from the earth at the equator) : 25.38 days Rotation (near the poles) : 33 days The sun consists of 71% of Hydrogen‚ 26.5% Helium and

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    The Immersing

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    Introduction  to  the  Arts   Spring  2013   Dofflemyer   Term  Paper  Assignment:  The  Draft  and  Final  Term  Paper     For  this  assignment  you  may  select  one  object  from  one  of  two  museums  in  San   Francisco:     1) Asian  Art  Museum     200  Larkin  St.     San  Francisco‚  CA  94102     Tel.  (415)  581-­‐3500     Hours:

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    Research on Metamorphism

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    Introduction Metamorphism is defined as the mineralogical‚ chemical and structural adjustments in solid rocks to physical and chemical conditions which have been imposed due to changes in pressure and temperature or both. Metamorphism occurs below the surface zones of weathering and cementation. Conditions of metamorphism differ from the conditions under which the rocks in question were originally formed. Metamorphism produced as a result of the progressive increase in temperature and pressure‚

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    ANTH 304: Prehistoric Europe Exam 1 Study Guide Peopling of Europe: Long vs short chronology Long chronology proponents argue for people (Homo erectus or heidelbergensis) in Europe before 1 million years ago. Short chronology proponents argue for colonization after 730‚000 years ago. This corresponds to the Brunhes-Matuyama boundary‚ when the Earth’s magnetic poles switched from a Reversed to Normal polarity. Sites such as Orce and Sima del Elefante in Spain are equivocal evidence

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