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Finding Our Way: The Importance of Culture One influential writer of the 20th century, Octavio Paz, once stated, “Every view of the world that becomes extinct, every culture that disappears, diminishes a possibility of life” (162). All cultures around the world teach us that different ways of understanding and interacting with our environment exist and that no one way is superior than the other. Cultural diversity in society exposes people to different ways of thinking and makes the world a…

It is midnight in an abandoned town somewhere is Russia; three men run inside an old toxic waste building. They are running from federal officials because they have a tablet which can cause great destruction if used properly. They race to the basement, running all over the place until they find a spot no one will look, where they hide the tablet. Then they surrender themselves to the authorities. They leave on a helicopter and in mid-air, the town blows up, no one will find the tablet now.…

area is 52,712 square miles, Maine is very small stat; the total area is 33,265 sq (State Climate Office of North Caroline,”50states.com”). Absolute location of North Carolina location is 33.5° / 37° north latitude and between 75° and 84.5° west longitude (State Climate Office of North Caroline). North Carolina lies on the Atlantic coast halfway between New York and Florida (419058/North-Carolina). North part boarding with Virginia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean(419058/North-Carolina).…

The used solar air collector is a single-glazed plate, we summarise the main components as follows:  A single transparent glass cover of dimensions 4 mm thick, transmits the heat flux to the absorber plate, ensures the reduction of thermal losses due to the heat exchange by convection and radiation and protects the absorber from the outside environment.  A thin copper absorber plate with a black chrome finish on it, which was 1.5 mm thick.  A polystyrene sheet with a thickness of 40 mm,…

Pulitzer Prize winner, and current writer for the New York Times foreign affairs column since 1995, is a famous journalist who took a closer look into Globalization. Covering the topic in his prologue “Globalization: The Super- Story,” from his book Longitudes and Attitudes, Thomas Friedman uses…

The Curious Little Bone Hunter Ernst Stromer was a determined man. He visited the Bahariya Oasis to look for mammal fossils with his pal Richard Markgraf, but he found some other intriguing fossils that captivated him for the rest of his life. Between 1940 and 1944, Stromer identified the bones of Aegyptosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, and the largest known carnivorous dinosaur, Spinosaurus. He also found 42 other types of dinosaurs, fish, crocodiles, and turtles. Ernst Stromer discoveries were…

was used to gather data on earthquake activity including depth, magnitude, date and location. Earthquake and volcano data were entered into Microsoft Excel for analysis. We created earthquake cross sections at two points along the ridge showing longitude vs. depth and earthquake and volcano activity plots using latitude vs. number of events. Eruption frequencies were calculated based on bulk deposit volume and using the equation:…

Essays for Final Exam Part A. II. The decline of the Ghaznavids and the rise of the Seljuk empire, 1040-1200 The sultan-caliph relationship was established when the Turks entered Islam. They did not abolish the Caliphate, by replaced it with a new institution, the Sultanate. It was in the second half of the eleventh century that a third nation was added to the Islam empire. The Turks first entered the Caliphate four hundred years earlier when they were brought in as slaves or adventurers…

is located in central Ethiopia, most part is the western margin of the Main Ethiopian Rift (MER) adjacent to Blue Nile River basin to the north. It is confined within the limits 8° 23' 25" to 9° 18' 42" N latitude and 37° 59' 9” to 39° 04' 12" E longitude. The main objective of the research is to evaluate the water supply systems for Addis Ababa city, which is situated at the right northern end of the basin that occupies around 550 km2. The challenge of providing enough water for the…

To Be Born and Make History Kukaniloko: Wahiawa’s Birthing Stones When one hears the word Hawai’i, the first image that appears in his or her mind would be a place of paradise with extravagant waters, calm breezes in the air, rays of sun streaming through the clouds. Most would envision a perfect vacation full of beaches, resorts, and hotels. However, there is so much more that Hawai’i has to offer besides getting a glimmering tan at the beach. There are gardens and Hawaii's national parks…