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However, some translations (for example TEV and NEB) choose to add his name in here for the sake of clarity. The word θάλασσα simply means a large body of water and could be either translated as sea or lake.” "This Lake is about 20 kilometres long by 13 kilometres wide"— which isn't that big, especially in comparison to the 'Great Lakes' here in North America.” 7 However, due to the familiarity of the phrase being translated "the Sea of Galilee" in many popular translations I chose to go with…

If you like the look of Victorian-era houses, you’ll love the architecture Redfern offers. This inner-city suburb is one of Sydney’s oldest and is less than three kilometres from the central business district of Sydney, making it close to the airport, public transportation, and the best beaches in New South Wales. Its residents consider it a perfectly positioned suburb. Lifestyle This popular Sydney suburb neighbours the popular area of Surry Hills and it is home to a diverse Australian…

block 11, this is where the main gas chamber was located. After inmates were gassed and killed, the bodies were burned in open pits that were dug in the Earth. When the camp was liberated the nazi soldiers forced the inmates to march across 60 kilometres to other Polish towns. This was known as “The Death March”. Auschwitz was originally built in 1940. Conditions in Auschwitz worsened massively over time due to the lack of sanitation and overall cleanliness throughout the camp. The constant…

a flight of around 480 kilometres. Apart from Scottish destinations, Loganair also operates flights to Leeds Bradford and Manchester from Glasgow. At a route level, Loganair’s 31 weekly flights between Aberdeen and Sumburgh are its most frequently served market, with six other routes served with at least twice-daily flights. The highest frequency service involving a point outside of Scotland is the airline’s 17 weekly flights between Edinburgh and Norwich. At 549 kilometres, the Dundee to London…

The Bombing of Darwin holds extraordinary significance in the Australian history due to its impact on the Australian war effort during the 1940’s and its shaping of the nation identity. There were issues that triggered the Japanese to bomb Darwin including key events throughout the war effort. There were also many short and long term effects after the bombings. Darwin was a key defensive position that was in the way of the aggressive Japanese forces in their push to claim as much land as…

POMPEII Pompeii was a town 220 kilometres south east of Rome. Many people moved to Pompeii for its fertile soil and volcanic ash. 17 years before the eruption a staggering earthquake hit Pompeii and Herculaneum. On the 24h of August 79ce, the volcano Vesuvius erupted. It was an eruption that lasted 24 hours. The eruption was cast into 2 stages. The first part was were the volcano released debris into the air almost twice the height of Mount Everest. The second part was when all of the debris…

exploration well. The well 2/4-2 which before known as well 2/4-1AX, was started drilling near blow out 2/4-1 well with the same drilling rig, drilling supervisor and well site geologist. These two wells (well 2/4-1 and well 2/4-2) were located one kilometre from each other (Carstens H., 2011). The drilling was continued for more than a month, and the well did not found any oil under high pressure at shallow depth as the first well had done. The shaly limestones that was containing full of oil…

Nepal is located in South Asia between China in the north and India in the south, east and west. While the total land area is 147,181 square kilometres (56, 827 square mi) ( including water area of the country that is 3,830 square kilometres). The geographical coordinates are 28°00’N 84°00’E. For a small country, Nepal has tremendous geographic diversity. It rises from as low as 59 metres (194 ft) elevation in the tropical Terai—the northern…

Shark culling is a state government implemented policy in which sharks within the vicinity of a beach can be legally killed through shark nets or drumlines or a combination of the two. Drumlines are unmanned buoyant drums anchored one kilometre of a beach's shoreline. In between the drums are ropes with hooks. Drumlines are baited so that if a shark is swimming in the vicinity of a beach it would be attracted to the bait and not humans. Each state has different policies on drumlines depending on…

Thunderstorms range in intensity from those that bring fresh rain after a blazing summer's day, to severe storms so powerful that large trees and sometimes houses cannot stand in their path. Of all the major types of natural disaster which can occur in Australia, severe thunderstorms have probably the lowest profile in the public mind. Yet thunderstorm activity is common in Australia and it is undeniable that storms are both expensive and dangerous. Severe storms are a constant natural disaster…