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In the early hours of August 29th 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and surrounding areas of the United States. Whilst moving towards land in the form of Florida on the 25th of August 2005, Katrina started of as a tropical storm then slowly turned into a category one hurricane. After passing Florida, the hurricane gradually increased to category two and then three and then, when around 300 or so miles out from New Orleans(8), it reached a category five level when winds amounted to…

He is the reigning world and Olympic champion in these three events. Due to his unprecedented dominance and achievements in sprint competition, he is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time.An eight-time , Bolt won the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay at three consecutive Olympic Games, although he subsequently lost one of the gold medals (as well as the world record set therein) nine years after the fact due to teammate disqualification for doping offences. He gained…

energy is sent to a power grid. Eventually the energy is sent to homes where people use it to power their everyday needs. For Nova Scotia’s citizen this technology will be place in the tides of the Bay of Fundy where tides are averaged to be almost 14 metres high. There are many different perspectives on tidal energy but a lot can be said about the new technology. FORCE one of the leading researching group believes that tidal energy can be a new safe and reliable energy source that is very…

investigations have suggested other dates more than 100 years earlier. Spyridon Marinatos’s proposed theory is that the volcanic eruption that destroyed Thera was directly linked to the destruction of the Minoan civilisation, usually dated at around 1450 BC. He dated the eruption at 1500BC on the basis of pottery sequences. Marinatos’s two central arguments were that the volcanic eruption on Thera caused huge tsunamis that hit the northern and eastern coasts of Crete, 100 kilometres to the…

Castles of the Middle Ages Castles have been vital to history because they project power. Castles were vitally important in the way history was written, from tThe Middle Ages to World War II, castles have affected the way battles and other altercations have been decided. Castles are a major symbol of tThe mMiddle aAges, and maybe for an important reason. Castles would protect the village as a fort. Maybe more importantly, they would protect the king as they were homes for kings. Castles were…

is a living creature. Make sure you do not do anything that could inflict harm to it. (Risk assessment is referenced from Cleapps) Results table: Time (seconds) Number of woodlice in the light side (%) Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Average 0 100 100 100 100 10 70 60 60 63 20 50 50 40 46 30 40 50 40 43 40 30 40 30 36 50 20 30 30 26 60 20 30 20 23 Instead of measuring the distance and using a lamp I decided to count the time it takes the woodlice to go to the dark side. I used the range between 0…

Assessment of Artificial Reefs Brock49 assessed a Hawaiian AR by looking at its financial gains alone, to investigate whether it was as profitable as the natural reefs. This is a useful tool as it provides an idea of the amount of people visiting an artificial reef compared to a natural reef. It also provides the value of a reef. In 1994 the profits for the AR were $20,000 dollars, compared to a profit of $278,000 from natural reefs. This profit however is from four natural reef sites…

World War also known as the great war is the first war where so many people from all over the world died for their country. It is also the first war where such large-scale destruction came from man-made machinery. Technological developments during the First World War revolutionized combat and how we live everyday life. There were new weapons that were used to devastating effect, Developments in Artillery, tanks, poison gas, and planes brought a whole new perspective on how both warring parties…

Cottage, situated on a 32 hectare rural property in New South Wales known as Burra Station. The appellant, Mr Sidhu, lived in the main homestead on Burra Station. The respondent, Ms Van Dyke, and her husband lived in Oaks Cottage, approximately 100 metres away. Ms Van Dyke and her husband paid rent to Mr Sidhu’s wife in respect of Oaks Cottage. Both the main homestead and Oaks Cottage were located on an unsubdivided block of land owned by Mr Sidhu and his wife as joint tenants. Towards the end…

British Columbia, Idaho Plateau, Great Basin, Colorado and Mexico Plateau are situated from north to south in the region between the Rocky and the Central Mountains. 2.The Eastern Highlands : This highland covers Greenland. Island in the north, Labrador Plateau and New England highland at the middle and the Appalachian highland extending almost upto Florida Island in the south. 3.The Central Plain Region : This is the largest region. This area covers about three-fifth of the total area of…