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The bombing of Dresden, Germany occurred during the Second World War between the 13th and 15th of February, 1949. The attack was done by Britain and the United States through the use of an aerial bombing. Within the four raids that the allies carried out, 3,900 tons of highly explosive bombs and incendiaries were dropped on the city by heavy bombers of the United States Army Air Forces and the British Royal Air Force. Dresden, Germany was the country’s seventh-largest city and the largest of the…

These trees also exhibit the misleading name of vampire squid which are in fact not true squid and are generally more related to octopuses (Yokobori et al., 2007). There is a current interest in squids because of their large geographical range and the increase in biomass of the Humboldt and Jumbo in the Pacific Ocean (Young et al., 2013). Squids appear to be on their way to becoming much more significant in their respective ecosystems and would be well worth studying. Squid also come in sizes as…

Feminism as an ideology is a difficult concept to define because it tends to shift and changes as conditions change and as more focus is placed on one approach or another, one objective or another, and one counter-attack or another. Despite the shifting, there is one idea that has provided a steady foundation for the various major and minor waves of feminism that have taken place through history. This is the idea that there should be greater equality between the genders in the home, at work, and…

Pale sea foam softly laps the waterlogged body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi in an image that crystallized the senseless suffering of thousands of Syrian refugees. Though the photo undoubtedly confronts its global audience with a reality that, oceans away, is easy to passively accept, could a single image really inspire viewers to take progressive action? As ocean levels rise, poverty ravages the third world, and both sexual and racial discrimination run rampant, it seems clear that something…

infrastructure, allowing more and more people from geographically diverse regions to travel and explore with greater ease and fewer restrictions. Many countries have utilised these opportunities to accelerate their own tourism industries and are seeing high levels of growth and…

Cast Away in Space A comparison of Cast Away and Gravity When thinking about which movies to compare, I thought about current releases. Which movie had an emotional and visual impact? Instantly Gravity came to mind. When stripping down the film and finding its bear essentials, I quickly realized what it reminded me of: Cast Away. Plot Comparison Cast Away and Gravity have a similar plot: a huge accident, which forces them out of the norm and into a state of distress - then a need to…

and cleaning farm equipment. Pollutants In wastewater pollutants like physical, chemical and biological pollutants, hazardous toxins which are dissolved, other particles, suspended matters and sediments of varying size at different concentration levels and composition are present. Chemical or physical pollutants • Heavy metals, including mercury, lead, and chromium • Organic particles such as feces, hairs, food, vomit, paper fibres, plant material, humus, etc.; • Soluble organic material such…

SOC 1620 - Globalization and Social Conflict Final Paper T.A. – Diana Graizbord Anant Ambani September 1, 2014 3) Globalization has created new opportunities and new challenges, including significant conflicts around issues such as labor, the environment, various rights and identities. Habermas develops a set of ideas about how dynamics associated with democracy and civil society might address these issues. Pick an instance of social, environmental or economic conflict and then apply…

Shale of the Appalachian Basin With various depositional environments and the understanding of sea level change, the Appalachian Basin formed by the collision of tectonic plates and sediment accumulation under the Earth’s surface. The Appalachian Mountains reveal subsidence belts, faulted marine sedimentary rocks and other geologic rocks in these tectonic settings. The Basin exists in the northeastern states of North America. This large rock formation exhibits collisional tectonics with modern…

To China’s east lay the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the Pacific Ocean. Mountain ranges and deserts dominate about two-thirds of China’s landmass. In west China lay the Taklimakan (TAH•kluh•muh•KAHN) Desert and the icy 15,000-foot Plateau of Tibet. To the southwest are the Himalayas. And to the north are the desolate Gobi Desert and the Mongolian Plateau. River Systems Two major river systems flow from the mountainous west to the Pacific Ocean. The Huang He (hwahng•HUH), also known as…