pyroclastic flows travel down slope from a volcano. The Mount St. Helens pyroclastic flow spread as far as five miles north of the crater. The hot lava flows and suffocating ash falls destroying plant and animal life. The eruptions are over‚ but consequences go on. What happens to the surrounding environment after such an eruption? The Earth repairs itself from the destructive effects of the lava‚ gases and ash spewed by the eruption of Mount St. Helens. It is the short-term hazards posed by volcanoes
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Mount Rushmore - America’s Greatest Sculpture The United States of America is the greatest nation in our world today. It is made up of 50 states with each state having its own unique history. South Dakota is well known for tourism mostly due to the beauty of the Black Hills and the Mount Rushmore National Memorial nestled in a granite mountain located by Keystone‚ South Dakota. Mount Rushmore started out as a dream which led to the reality of a monumental sculpture commemorating four outstanding
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Sermon of the Mount v Buddhism Doctrines Buddhism arose in the eastern part of central Asia‚ the Tibet region‚ round the fifth century before the born of Christ. Its founder‚ Buddha‚ was an Indian native known by the name of Siddhartha Gautama. In search of spiritual discipline‚ he sought until he achieved what he believed some kind of enlightenment. After which he dedicated his life to pass his Bohdi‚ perfect knowledge‚ to others. Many centuries on‚ Buddhism is widely spread among the highly
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ago. It was the only thing being talked about for weeks. September 11‚ 2001. “I was scared beyond belief”‚ states Tracy Whitmoyer‚ a current resident of Berks County‚ Pennsylvania. Tracy was vacationing in Mexico with her husband Bart while this tragedy happened‚ they had no idea what to do or what to think. She says that all she wanted to do was go home. Tracy Whitmoyer and her husband‚ Bart Whitmoyer were on vacation in Mexico as the disaster struck. Shocked‚ Tracy had no idea what to think. Two
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy Product - Brand name Sevin (Union Carbide) - Third most used insecticide in US - Not fatal to people Carbaryl - Does not cause cancer Chemistry TLV = 0.02 ppm Methyl isocyanate Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) Clear‚ colourless‚ b.p. 39oC‚ odour threshold 2.1 ppm Effects of 0.4 ppm - Coughing - Chest pain - Breathing pain (dyspnea) - Asthma - Eye irritation - Nose‚ throat‚ skin damage Effects of 21 ppm - Lung oedema - Emphysema (damage of lung tissue) - hemorrhaging - bronchial
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Pre-romanticism paintings like Volaire’s‚ The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius‚ displays images of sublimity through light‚ colors and movement. These Sublime images directly display the wildness and the magnitude of nature. While other artists of the pre-romanticism movement use sublimity none use sublimity quite like Volaire does. Volaire’s paintings are unique because they feature dynamic paintings of volcanoes‚ movement‚ and feature brilliant colors which are aesthetically different from his peers of
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Case Three 1. Earnings per share: Sales…………………………………45‚500‚000 Less:Fixed Costs…………………….12‚900‚000 Less: Variable Costs (58% of sales)…26‚390‚000 (45‚500‚000 x .58) Operating Income……………………6‚210‚000 Less: Interest…………………………1‚275‚000 Earnings before taxes………………...4‚935‚000 Less: Taxes (34%)……………………1‚677‚900 (4‚935‚000 x .34) Earnings after taxes…………………..3‚257‚100 Shares…………………………………2‚000‚000 Earnings per share…………………….$1.63 2. 1.63 = 104.48 % ‚ Earnings per share increased
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In an Aristotelian Tragedy‚ most characters error that causes his or her own downfall. Like in Antigone by Sophocles whose character‚ Antigone‚ is trying to bury her deceased brother. Her uncle‚ Creon‚ who is now the new ruler of Thebes has made a new law stating that traitors shall not be buried and he considers Polyneices‚ Antigone’s brother a traitor. Antigone then decides to bury him anyway but is caught and sent away to die‚ despite warnings from people. Antigone‚ Haimon who is Creon’s son
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In the book “ On Zion’s Mount : Mormons‚ Indians‚ and the American Landscape” Jared Farmers argument is that early pioneers not only displaced and misunderstood the native peoples living the in West‚ but they also displaced and replaced their sacred‚ essential symbols with others and made a false history to support the sacredness of their newly chosen emblems. For example‚ they replaced Native Americans vital‚ life-giving‚ Utah Lake with the lifeless‚ unimportant and unworthy emblems that reminded
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Mt ALEXANDER BUSHWALKING CAMP PROJECT 1. Provide a profile of Mt Alexander including: • The name of the park and which shire it is located in Mount Alexander Regional Park‚ Mount Alexander Shire • When was it made a state park? 1982 • The distance from Bendigo and Melbourne 120km to Melbourne and30 minutes away from Bendigo • What facilities does the park provide? Camping areas‚ walking tracks‚ picnicking areas‚ sightseeing spots‚ camp fire spots
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