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    around -28°C while extremes can dip to -70°C. The arctic tundra biome has a relatively low biodiversity. There are around 1700 species of plants that live in this zone. There are very few reptiles and amphibians. There are only 48 land mammals that make this habitat their home. Desert Deserts are found around the globe, generally around a belt between 30 degrees north and southern latitudes where wind patterns carry down dry air from the upper atmosphere. Rain shadow effect deserts are formed on the leeward side of large mountain ranges. An example is the desert of Nevada caused by the Sierra Nevadas. As the air carries this moisture up and over these ranges, it quickly cools, depositing its moisture load on the range. By the time the air comes down, this air has very little to almost no moisture in it causing a dessert. Another good example of this can be found in most island ecosystems where there is a strong wind direction. Hawaii is a great example. The islands of Waikiki and Diamond Head receive only about 13 inches of rain a year nearly a desert! Boreal Forest The boreal forest is found in a nearly continuous abundance across North America and Eurasia. The boreal forest corresponds with regions such as the subarctic and cold continental climate. There are long, severe winters with temperatures as low as freezing and very short summers. (50 to 100 frost-free days), as is a wide range of temperatures between the low temperatures in winter and high temperatures in…

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    in the room is the lampstand on Michael’s left side, and the color of it is dim yellow. By using warm color yellow instead of cold color white, it better created the feeling of family, which is warm and safe. But when it comes to be the only main lighting source in the room, it created an apparent shadow in between Michael’s and Tom’s faces. It is like a metaphor that everything they said in this conversation is just like the shadow between them, dark and private. In this film, there are some…

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    the block again and said to herself she will not be scared, she came back to the house and saw 2 ghost in the window. This time 1 of the ghost looked at her. Mya ran home screaming. When she got home she told her mom and dad. Mya didn’t go to the house for a long time. The next few weeks Mya decided to go back to the scary haunted house. When she got there she saw a little girl as a ghost it said a name, Mapple. Mapple is the name of Mya’s little sister. Mapple disappeared Mya got scared but she…

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    Where did my monster go? When I went to bed my monster was missing. I looked around my room and found a note that said he went fishing. I can't sleep without my monster, so I had to find a subsitute. None of the sub monsters were working. I hope Gabe comes back soon. I walked in my room to go to bed, but my monster was not there to scare me into bed. I noticed a note on my bed and it said that my monster went fishing. I was so frustrated and disapointed because I can not sleep without him.…

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    your Beauty Routine Sweat proof and Water proof A walk in the rain could be apparently lovable and romantic. However, the rain ruins your makeup. Frizzed hair, eye shadow and eyeliner gliding on the cheeks, raccoon eyes etc can be the outcome of your incredible romance with rain! Okay, it is not about the rain, but some accidental exposure to water or even sweat. There could be nothing quite horrible like drizzling rain ruins your makeup or the teary eyes spoils it all the way! Summer is almost…

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    revealed. There was a figure was sleeping soundly, when a shadow came in and tied them up. The shadow put Duct Tape on this figure 's mouth as they struggled against the shadow. What was going on here? The shadow held up a knife and made a surgical cut on the figure 's arms and legs. Blood began spurting everywhere. The figure struggled to escape from the shadow, running out of the room into the living room, but was easily caught. The shadow let out a bone chilling laugh. "He 's coming."…

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    could give away to please God. That is why she thanks him for burning her house. We learn that she needed something to get rid of her corrupting possessions in order for her to please God. Similarly, in the book of Deuteronomy, a passage called Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, the author describes the actions that Anne Bradstreet feels, “But the foolish children of men miserably delude themselves in their own schemes, and in confidence in their own strength and wisdom; they trust to nothing…

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    I asked, picking up a random stick and poking him with it. "Hello?" "Hello." He responded, causing for me to scream and hit him with the stick. "Don 't do that!" "Don 't do what? Respond?" He sarcastically told me, lifting himself off the ground; I finally got a better look at him. "Who are you?! And why did you take me here?!" I questioned, pointing the stick at him. "Well doll, if you didn 't notice that creepy shadow chasing you down the hall, I was kinda your savior." He explained,…

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    In the nursing field there are over 100 areas to specialize in. This large quantity of options makes it difficult for a young adult to know what he or she would like to specialize in and work with. There are two major ways to explore and find out where one’s calling may be, clinical experience and shadowing. The shadow opportunity was very enlightening. I was able to learn about a new floor of medicine I was not very familiar with; while shadowing a nationally recognized award winning nurse. …

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    project throughout the weathered down house, eventually leading to Blairs room. As Blair sits up on the broken mattress, he peers outside the broad window only to be presented with a desolated field covered with puddles, a sky full of ominous clouds, harsh showers of rain and no sign of sunlight. He’s curiously alive, intrigued by the source of the sound, wanting to find the source.…

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