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    “These choking billows of dust – called "black blizzards" or "black rollers" – traveled cross country, reaching as far as the East Coast and striking such cities as New York City and Washington, D.C. On the Plains, they often reduced visibility to 1 metre (3.3 ft) or less.”"Dust Bowl"The black skies caused people who lived in the plains to only be able to see 3.3 feet in front of them.The topsoil is what was causing this.As the wind was picking the unanchored soil up it was making the skies dark…

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    Within the past three decades the world of sports has developed into multi-billion dollar business, with franchises and individual athlete’s signing sponsorship deals and TV rights contracts worth millions. This has put immense pressure onto the shoulders of athlete’s, sports clubs and national sporting federations to succeed, win major titles and gold medals. This increase in pressure has caused coaches, and athlete’s to make the decision to take performance enhancing drugs to attempt to…

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    Islands, just south of the main port of Giglio Island. A touristic nagivation should have went off parallel to the coast signalling islanders and sounding the horn of the ship. But, Costa Concodia got as close as 100 meters from the furthermost point taken, hitting an underwater rock with 7.3 metres depth (Schroder-Hinrichs et al.,…

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    1. Short summary of the history At 145 ± 4 to 66 million years (Ma) ago, Cretaceous period was the last period of the Mesozoic Era, right after Jurassic period and followed by the Paleogene period of the Cenozoic Era (International Commission Chart, 2014). 'Creta' in Latin means chalk and this is due to the large amount of calcium carbonate deposited by shells of marine animals thus resulting in large quantities of chalk (American Geological Institute, 1972). The shifting of continents as the…

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    INTRODUCTION In today’s world, the industries require employees that are highly skilled and have a high set of knowledge. The employees cannot expect maximum output, while they are reluctant to offer appropriate salary. With easy and quick accessibility to internet, clicking onto unlimited and wide range of information through the world, people are able to compare their current job scope, salaries with the rest of the world and other enterprises or companies that would offer . It is very…

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    Malaria Global Patterns

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    cycle. For example Nigeria is a third world country with a lot of its population living in poverty. 97% of Nigeria’s population is at risk of contracting Malaria; this puts Nigeria as one of the most at risk countries worldwide. Nigeria has around 100 million malaria cases each year and over 300,000 deaths. These extremely high statistics could be one reason why Nigeria’s GDP was as low as 3,005 USD in 2013 and much of its population are unable to escape the poverty cycle. Countries like…

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    have a someone with a Ph.D endorsing my product meaning this a huge achievement and success. Public Relations/Social Media Advisor - The role of the public relations mentor or social media advisor is extremely vital as my company is relying on being 100% online therefore I need to have a very good social media presence. They could help me gain followers and drum up hype for the brand, the…

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    Gustav Holst, born in Cheltenham in September 1847, is still today considered to be one of the greatest music composers of all time.He didn’t start out as the great composer that we know and love. His path to success wasn’t the smoothest. Holst was born to Adolph von Holst and Clara Cox Lediard. His father was a professional pianist who practiced many hours a day leaving very few to his wife Clara and their children. Clara was a student of Adolph when they first met. She was also a talented…

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    heaped up sand. (100% pure New Zealand, (n.d)). The spit is thought to have started forming 14,000 years ago at the end of the ice age. The spit originally started from the sediments in the fast short flowing rivers of the Southern Alps. These sediments, in times of flood, stain the Tasman Sea by dropping the denser sediment. The sparse sediment continues to the Cook Straight where it comes to rest at the tip of the South Island. It is estimated, in 1947, that 3.4 million cubic metres of sand…

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    Mac’s Brewbra Function Centre Question 1a) Mac’s Function Centre is located on Wellington’s waterfront, on the Corner of Taranaki St, and Cable St. just south of Te Papa. This function centre offers 3 different sized rooms of which can hold many styles of conferences. Each room comes with a different view. The biggest room is the Te Aro room which is located on the second floor. The smallest of the 3, the waterfront room has view of Te Papa and the waterfront. On the ground floor sits the Cable…

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