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  • Three Of The Modern Penguins
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    Evolution of penguins For this evolution project, I choose to research Penguins. The classification for this animal is as follows: K Neornithes, P Palaeognathae, C Neognathae, O Pelecaniformes, F Procellariformes, G Graviidae, S Spheniscidae. The first fossil penguin that was found, is today being held in the British Museum of Natural History. It was reportedly found by an anonymous Maori in New Zealand in 1859 and was named Palaeeudyptes Antarctic us despite the fact that the species was locate...
  • 2005 From Web Wynn Las Vegas
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    Steve Wynn's Nevada What better way to set off Nevada's centennial birthday than with the opening of the world's most highly anticipated resort. Steve Wynn is set to open the only hotel good enough to put his signature on, Wynn Las Vegas is set to open its doors on April 28th, Elaine Wynn's birthday. Already fully booked thru July, you will need more than an American Express black card to get a room there before Fall. At a mere $2.6 billion and counting, the classy fifty story bronze beast is ho...
  • Sandler's Previous Films
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    Adam Sandler is in control -- really The clout of a child-man Monday, April 14, 2003 Posted: 1: 07 PM EDT (1707 GMT) Adam Sandler accepts a Kids' Choice Award for best movie actor. Many adult movie critics would disagree. Story Tools RELATED o Review: Jack's back in 'Anger Management' o 'Anger' tops box office with $44.5 M LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Adam Sandler, who's become one of Hollywood's top box-office draws by playing infantile men prone to fisticuffs and tantrums, displays in real ...
  • 2 4 And 1 5 Million Years
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    Human EvolutionArdipithecus ramidusThis species was announced in September 1994. It is thought to be the oldest known hominid species. It was dated at 4.4 million years old. The majority of the fossils found were skull fragments. Other evidence suggests that this species was bipedal. The individuals were about four feet tall. Some fossils found indicate that may have been a forest dweller. The teeth resemble something between earlier apes and A... The fossils we rediscovered by a team led by Tim...
  • Human Beings And The Natural World
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    David Suzuki and Holly Dressel's book From Naked Ape to Super species provides an intriguing and shocking view into technology and culture in today's society. Their opinions, which are based on various experiences and observations made over the years, suggest that human beings will eventually lead to the destruction of the natural world. "Human beings and the natural world are on a collision course... Many of our current practices put at serious risk the future for human society... and may so al...
  • Sabic's Petrochemical Complexes
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    The Middle East is probably the most important influence on the global petrochemical industry today and will remain so for many years to come. However, prospects of a war in Iraq are raising concerns, and logistical and feedstock challenges could hem in the region's growth. Saudi Basic Industries Corp., or SABIC, the majority of which is owned by the Saudi Arabian government, has grown to 40.6 million metric tons of petrochemical production and sales of $9 billion in 2002 to become the 11th larg...
  • Engelstad Construction In Grand Forks
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    Indigenous to Minnesota and ex-goalie for the "Fighting Sioux", self-made millionaire Ralph Engelstad may have been one of the leading philanthropists in America. Ralph was most widely known for his numerous donations to his former college and for his devotion to the handicapped. Born January 28, 1930, he grew up in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, about 70 miles from Grand Forks. He was the grandson of a Norwegian immigrant farmer, second in line in a family of five children born to Christian and ...
  • Layers Of The Earth By The Fossils
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    There are two different beliefs of how everything came to be. One is creation. Creational ists believe in what the Bible says which is that God created everything. Another is evolution. Evolutionalists believe that there was a 'big bang' which brought forth everything. In this paper, I'm going to give the arguments that prove evolution wrong. One of the main things that evolutionalists have a problem with is time. They say that the world has existed for millions and billions of years. There is a...
  • Mary Leakey
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    Though technically defined as an archaeologist, Mary chose to follow a route of interesting research relating to physical anthropology. She is known mostly for the excavation of a two million-year-old fossilized human skull in 1959. She has also worked to help the world understand that the evolution of humans follows a principle rather than a theory. The name Leakey is synonymous in most people's minds with the successive dramatic discoveries of fossilized hominid bones and stone artifacts that ...
  • Ending Of The Depression
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    The Twenties have often been known as one of the most prosperous decades in our history. It was the decade of high times following the Great War's additions to our economy. But it was these additions that eventually led to the largest stock market crash in America. Millions were affected by the resulting depression, which eventually became so massive that the leaders of the time started referring to it as the Great Depression. The summation of these effects is a job best left to historians, but ...
  • Loch Ness Monster
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    Chris Stott Images of Nature Nearly 1000 feet deep and 24 miles long, Scotland's Loch Ness is believed by many to be home to the unidentified aquatic creature affectionately dubbed "Nessie". Since the larger public first became aware of the monster in 1933, the Loch Ness beastie has become an international media star, her most recent appearance on a commemorative stamp recently issued by the Maldive Islands. Nessie has attained the status of a classic phenomenon and her popularity endures. No ot...
  • Playboy's Movies And Records Losses Millions
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    Hugh Hefner was born in Chicago Illinois on April 9, 1926. As a child, Hugh Hefner attended Sayre Elementary School and Steinmetz High in Chicago. He didn't get the best grades but he was just an average student getting by in school. Hugh Hefner became scared of girls and was afraid to approach them. This was caused by his parents who were Methodist and very religious. At 18 he joined the army for two years up until 1946. Years later, Hefner started up Playboy in 1953. Playboy magazine featured ...
  • International Borders Between Indonesia And East Timor
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    East Timor had been the poorest "province" of Indonesia, with one of the highest rates of child mortality in the world. After centuries of underdevelopment, poverty is endemic. According to the National Planning Commission, 41% of East Timorese live in poverty and 48% are illiterate. Poverty in rural areas is 46%, and in urban areas it is 26%. Transitional Phase: 5/9/99: The UNTAET (UNITED NATIONS TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN EAST TIMOR) came with a mandate from the Security Council. There are...
  • Oldest Building Of Portland Stone
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    TOMBOLOS. an island or reef situated just offshore has a dramatic effect on the wave conditions along a beach. As consequence, material is swept into the sheltered area behind it forming either a salient in the beach plan shape into the beach plan shape or sometimes allowing a neck of sediments to deposit, connecting the island to the beach. This feature is referred to as a Tombolo, after a particularly impressive example on the Tuscany coast of Italy, (Tombolo di Orbello). In general, tombolos ...
  • Six Year Deal Worth 103 2 Million
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    InAthlete's Salaries Athlete Salaries In the past few decades, athlete salaries have escalated like that of a superb stock equity. Athletes are taking full advantage of their position, causing the average man to wonder how high will they go. Some feel that athletes are greedy people who have lost care for the true meaning of their salary, the love of the game. Others feel that if a person is able to earn that kind of money, why shouldn t they? Increases in athlete salaries will bring up the ques...
  • Accuracy Of The Carbon 14 Dating Method
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    Is carbon dating accurate? Carbon dating, used since 1948, is currently the main method of testing artifacts for age. My objective through this essay is to disprove the accuracy of the Carbon 14 dating method. William Libby invented carbon dating in 1948. It works on the principle that the carbon 14-C, is radioactive. It decays at a? known? rate called a half-life. This is balanced by the fact that 14-C is constantly produced in atmospheric reactions. Because of this, 14-C and it's breakdown pro...

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