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    Doomsday Seed Vaults

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    The Doomsday Seed Vault: The Syrian War Prompts First Withdrawal There is a "doomsday" vault built in an Arctic mountainside to safeguard global food supplies. Now for the first time since the vault was opened on the Svalbard archipelago in 2008, seeds have been withdrawn. The original intent or charter if you will is designed to protect crop seeds such as beans, rice, and wheat against the worst cataclysms of nuclear war or disease (Doyle, 2015). Once you crack the seal, or pop the cork as the case maybe, it is easier to go back to the wine for a sip or two until the bottle is empty. The vault has more than 860,000 samples, from almost all nations and of course the seeds are stored so the world or a particular nation can recover from a catastrophe,…

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    Makeup Of Steel

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    The Molecular Makeup of Steel The planet Krypton, home to intellectual minds as well as technological advances, was once a strong imperialistic fortress thought to stand the test of time. In an era of expansion the Kryptonian race spread out through the stars seeking new planets upon which to settle. For 100,000 years the people of Krypton flourished using machines to reshape environments to suit their bodily needs. Eventually the Kryptonians exhausted their home planets natural resources.…

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    The Doomsday Plane The United States Air Force consists of an enormous fleet that includes all sorts of special use aircraft with broad mission capability. One of the most unique, and fear inspiring aircraft is the E-4B NAOC (National Airborne Operations Center) Nightwatch. These planes, four specially configured Boeing 747-200s, possess a unique and somewhat eerie job. It may not have impressive payload characteristics like the large bombers, or the advanced attack weaponry on nimble fighter…

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    Part 1: Sheffler comes to the conclusion that “the coming into existence of people we do not know and love matters more to us than our own survival”, because we face the deaths of ourselves and our loved ones without significance of valuing what we value, but when it comes to facing the death of humanity, much of what we value would cease to matter. Sheffler uses two scenarios, the doomsday scenario. The doomsday scenario states: that the earth and everything on it will be destroyed 30 days…

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    Doomsday is the best villain he kills heroes and does what he wants.A hero that he fights is superman and they are from the same planet.Doomsday and superman are both similar in strength and can both hurt each other.When they fight superman kills him but hes comes back stronger and cant be killed the same way.when this happens superman tries to figure out other ways to kill him.Something to note is that the more devastating the death the longer he takes to come back.Other villains cant to this…

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    The Last 13 Essay

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    The Last Thirteen Introduction- “I can’t run anymore.” The race is ending. Sam Williams makes a scandalous discovery about the last 13 that will change everything. This appalling discovery will bring out the worst in the last 13. This is a race which is more terrifying than Sam’s nightmares. With the world about to crumble, and their enemies approaching closer, it is up to the last 13 to carry through the prophecy. Whether the last 13 come back dead or alive, it is up to them to stop all this…

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    The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine is a book written by Michael Lewis, which was published back in 2010. The story is based on a few smart individuals around the country saw something that nobody else did. They detected a behavior with the financing of the housing market that would eventually hit critical mass. A few of the people ran into each other by mistake, where others were former neighbors. In the end, two sets of groups worked together to make a bet on the flip side of the…

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    The motion picture is a portrayal of the budgetary emergency, in view of Michael Lewis' top of the line book "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine." The fundamental characters are cash chiefs Michael Burry (Christian Bale) and Mark Baum (Steve Carell), who anticipated the emergency and discovered approaches to make over a billion dollars benefit from it. They predicted that the lodging market and the supporting subprime contracts would crash, and they found a way, utilizing credit default…

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    During the Fourteenth century, large percentages of populations in Europe were wiped out within a span of seven years due to the epidemic known as the Black Death. The Doomsday Book, written by Connie Willis, illustrates a collection of experiences and reactions of multiple characters during this time of widespread outbreak. The characters Agnes, Father Roche, and Imeye all reveal different viewpoint and thoughts of the plague during this time period. The Black death was a major historical…

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    Apocalyptic Manhood We have yet to discover when the apocalypse will occur, however, there are numerous individuals out there who prepare for this day. The man-pocalpyse: Doomsday Preppers and the rituals of apocalyptic manhood, is an article written by Casey Kelly, shedding light to those who meticulously prepare for the end of the world, as well as an analysis of how it’s displayed on reality television. Kelly’s article argues the masculinity associated in planning for an apocalypse and how it…

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