The Day the Earth Stopped

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    Mount Elgon Diffusion

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    9) The humans could have spread more viruses through the environment causing people encountering it spread it even further. 10) An airborne strain could circle the world in a couple of days. 11) Marburg has a 24% death rate, Ebola sudan has a 50% rate, and Ebola Zaire has a 90% death rate. 12) Because they probably couldn’t afford more. 13) The burial practices of central Africa contributed to the spread of Ebola viruses, because…

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    Prometheus Myths

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    mountain called Mount Caucasus, and sent a great vulture every day to feed upon his liver, which was consumed by day, and by night grew again. Zeus said he must stay in this torment until he returned the fire to heaven. Undoubtedly, Prometheus definitely did not do so. He love his people and he felt…

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    for the level of oxygen in the atmosphere to begin to run out or for us to begin to be starved. To stop this we could simply stop deforestation taking its inevitable course of killing wildlife and killing trees and plants in general. This can be stopped by setting up protected area of wood lands and forests and after every tree that ‘must’ be cut down for building houses etc. you must re plant trees for the future so they can replace the ones which are cut…

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    In the fourteen years I have been on this earth, there have been many times I should have shown respect, but this one time rivals every other time by a long shot. This particular time I should have shown respect happened when I was younger. The consequences of this time had snapped me out of the little stage of disrespecting everyone. It was a crisp Autumn day in Dierks, Arkansas when my family and I were cleaning the house and the yard. My grandma had told me the consequences of not finishing,…

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    Humanity has tainted Earth with its constant production of carbon emissions. Many people do not acknowledge the effects of carbon emissions on Earth, even though they are clear. In recent years, the frequency of forest fires, hurricanes, and other natural disasters has increased. This increased frequency of natural disasters will inflict mass damage to coastal cities. Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim reflects this observation of climate change by comparing the film’s antagonists to natural…

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    It was almost noon when Charlotte and her family began preparing for their annual Thanksgiving feast. I can’t wait to start eating all of the yummy food! Charlotte thought. The crinkling of the turkey being roasted in the oven rang the bell in Charlotte’s ears. The excited ten-year-old girl spoke to herself, “I think I can feel my mouth starting to water!” Just then, Charlotte remembered that she had to check on her dog, Rufous, in the backyard. As she walked past a room in the house, Charlotte…

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    “One day, in the backwoods near Floyd, which if your ever near make the greatest Possum pie south of Arkansas”, he exclaimed breaking character, “But lets get back to jack, he found a nice old couple, which the only thing that stood out to him was a gray polished horn of some type on the wall behind them, who offered to sell him a couple of Blue eggs, which they called Blue horned eggs for only a buck each. He snatched these up, as even one of these could fetch a pretty penny.” He stopped…

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    Myth Of Orion Essay

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    and Poseidon stopped by Hyrieu’s house and Hyrieu’s -without knowing they were gods- was so generous with with them that he killed the only animal he had. The gods wanted to reward Hyrieu’s generosity by granting him a wish. The gods told him to bury the hide of the animal he had sacrificed to them and to pee on it. After a time a baby was born in that place. The boy became a very good hunter and he was hired by the king Oenopion to kill all kind of beasts. Happy for his success,…

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    major issue being people feel that there other pressing matters that need scientist need to pay attention to rather than focusing on trying to get to Mars. An example, some feel that the scientist should focus on observing Earth, because due to neglect an aging fleet of Earth orbiting satellites is leading to a significant degradation of human ability to measure changes in Earth’s climate. However, some believe that if NASA diverts its attention and resources not to a mission to Mars, but a…

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    adoration for their way of life when he took time to understand the culture. Spender read their books, looked at their artforms, read the old writings, and translated the Martian language when he stayed in a valley on Mars. Instead of being like the Earth men who would not take the time to learn the proper names of places, like Spender mentions to Wilder in the book. Rather they would make Mars into a place that is comfortable and familiar, they will never grasp the wonders that Mars has to…

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