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    What if you were trapped in a hurricane and you were really worried because you knew nothing about hurricanes? Well‚ This essay will teach you some cool facts about hurricanes and what they can do. Hurricanes are big‚ rainy‚ and windy storms that usually happen in places around the world on the coast. Hurricanes are exciting‚ dangerous‚ and interesting all at the same time but there are many things that are included with them that we never could have guessed‚ similar to the things that they explain

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    The Georgia colony was founded the for the poor people in England. Living in the colony helped poor people stay out of prison in England. Georgia does not allow slaves bed cause it is a free colony. It does also allow freedom of religion. The colony was found by James Oglethorpe. Georgia was founded in 1732. People from Georgia came from England. Georgia’s specialty was agriculture. They could grow indigo‚ rice‚ and sugar. In 1732‚ England found the the last of the American colonies. After Oglethorpe

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    Doberge Cake after Katrina Amy Cryrex Sins‚ in Doberge Cake after Katrina‚ communicates apropos the recipes lost during the horrific Hurricane Katrina. Sins writes about her dreadful experience‚ as she watched “in horror” as the levee on the 17th Street Canal broke‚ “sending tons of water and debris down [her] street” (Sins 45). Although she had not lost any people to the flooding‚ she had lost much of her collection of recipes that she had been gathering since her move to New Orleans. Sins discusses

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    What is Blue Ocean Strategy? by Nattida Sae-Iw MBA Student What is Blue Ocean Strategy? Let’s start with the metaphors To understand the term of Blue Ocean‚ imagine a market universe composed of two sorts of oceans: Red Oceans and Blue Oceans. Red Oceans represent the existing market space which is known market. Companies in red oceans are competitive-base; they are fighting each other and aim to get a bigger market share

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    Galveston hurricane took place. It is considered to be the deadliest hurricane in united states history. As of September 3‚ 1990 the hurricane began as a tropical storm over Cuba‚ the storm was first organized in the Mid-Atlantic Ocean near the Cape Verde Islands. Once the storm reached the Florida Keys it became stronger and formed the hurricane. As the hurricane reached the Gulf of Mexico‚ the hurricane gained its great intensity that caused it to become a category 4 hurricane. This was a great and

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    The actions and decisions Napoleon made during his rule over France give evidence that he was a tyrant. A tyrant is defined as a ruler who uses power unjustly or oppressively. Napoleon used his power in both of those ways. He not only limited who had power in society‚ but also controlled the church. By trying to monopolize all of Europe‚ it is shown how harsh Napoleon’s rule was and how tyrannical he really was. Napoleon limited who had power and rights in society in a few ways. Napoleon created the

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    In July 1982 Jose Rizal was exiled as prisoner in Dapitan. When he arrived in Dapitan‚ he found it to be a sleepy little town. He thought of ways and means to make it clean‚ beautiful‚ and modern. With the help of his friend‚ father Sanchez‚ he made a map of Mindanao in front of the church. The map was made up of stones‚ earth‚ and grass and it serves as adornment that makes the town plaza beautiful. He and Father Sanchez‚ together with the citizens‚ had erected a lamp post in every corner of Dapitan

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    Operation Market Garden‚ a massive airborne assault on the Dutch town of Arnhem. The attack failed‚ and the Allied advance slowed down. Antwerp was one of the biggest ports of Europe. But the river from Antwerp to the sea was still held by the Germans. The task of clearing the estuary of enemy forces was called the First Canadian Army. The Battle of

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    The Middle Passage was the name for the route across the Atlantic Ocean‚ where African people had been captured and were taken as slaves to the Americas in the 1500s. It lasted for more than 400 years. The slaves were taken to work in sugar‚ coffee and cotton plantations. This essay is about the living conditions that the slaves suffered on the journey‚ the food they were given‚ the punishments that were used to control them‚ and the death and diseases on the boats. There were two types of ways

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    Being a survivor of a hurricane must be one of the most emotionally and physically tasking situations. Many individuals lose countless belonging‚ but also family members and friends. Depending on the damage that occurred and various other factors‚ everyone that was affected by the hurricane is going to react differently. Some individuals might not have a strong reaction‚ while others may have a severe reaction to the situation. Individuals may even develop a psychological disorder after experiencing

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