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haley haegner

Top 10 Most Expensive Cars - 0 views

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cars expensive bond car

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  • and it was featured as the official James Bond car in one of his films.
  • This car will definitely turn heads and has a 6.5 liter engine.
  • ultra-luxurious car,
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  • 5.5, V8 engine.
  • .7 liter, V10 engine. It also boasts a 612 SAE horsepower.
  • t has a 32 valve V-8 engine that was based on the Ford Modular engine design.
  • and it took years to perfect.
Sylvia A

Bats - Defenders of Wildlife - 0 views

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defenders bat

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  • the bat’s wing anatomically resembles the human hand
  • Almost 1,000 bat species can be found worldwide.
  • 70% of bats consume insects.
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  • Some bats have evolved a highly sophisticated sense of hearing.
  • Gestation 40 days - 6 months
  • Litter Size Mostly one pupFor their size, bats are the slowest reproducing mammals on Earth.
  • Male bats do not help to raise the pups.
  • The greatest threat to bats is people.
Christina T

Japan: History, Geography, Government, & Culture - Infoplease.com - 0 views

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japan

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  • The Ryukyu chain to the southwest was U.S.-occupied from 1945 to 1972, when it reverted to Japanese control, and the Kurils to the northeast are Russian-occupied.
  • Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government.
  • Through the 700s Japan was much influenced by China, and the Yamato clan set up an imperial court similar to that of China.
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  • For the following 700 years, shoguns from a succession of clans ruled in Japan, while the imperial court existed in relative obscurity.
  • Suspicious of Christianity and of Portuguese support of a local Japanese revolt, the shoguns of the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) prohibited all trade with foreign countries; only a Dutch trading post at Nagasaki was permitted.
  • The Japanese began to take steps to extend their empire.
  • In World War I, Japan seized Germany's Pacific islands and leased areas in China.
  • At the Washington Conference of 1921–1922, Japan agreed to respect Chinese national integrity, but, in 1931, it invaded Manchuria.
  • The dropping of atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 by the United States finally brought the government to admit defeat. Japan surrendered formally on Sept. 2, 1945, aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
  • The U.S. and Japan signed a security treaty in 1951, allowing for U.S. troops to be stationed in Japan. In 1952, Japan regained full sovereignty, and, in 1972, the U.S. returned to Japan the Ryuku Islands, including Okinawa.
  • A shrewd trade policy gave Japan larger shares in many Western markets, an imbalance that caused some tensions with the U.S.
  • During the 1990s, Japan suffered an economic downturn prompted by scandals involving government officials, bankers, and leaders of industry. Japan succumbed to the Asian economic crisis in 1998, experiencing its worst recession since World War II.
  • The embattled Mori resigned in April 2001 and was replaced by Liberal Democrat Junichiro Koizumi—the country's 11th prime minister in 13 years.
  • Koizumi was overwhelmingly reelected in Sept. 2003 and promised to push ahead with tough economic reforms.
  • In April 2005, China protested the publication of Japanese textbooks that whitewashed the atrocities committed by Japan during World War II.
  • Princesss Kiko gave birth to a boy in September.
  • The child's birth spares Japan a controversial debate over whether women should be allowed to ascend to the throne.
  • He suffered a stunning blow in July 2007 parliamentary elections, however, when his Liberal Democratic Party lost control of the upper house to the opposition Democratic Party.
  • A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck in northwest Japan in July 2007, killing 10 people and injuring more than 900. The tremor caused skyscrapers in Tokyo to sway for almost a minute, buckled roads and bridges, and damaged a nuclear power plant. About 315 gallons of radioactive water leaked into the Sea of Japan.
  • he move followed a string of scandals and the stunning defeat of his Liberal Democratic Party in July's parliamentary elections
  • In June 2008, the upper house of Parliament, which is controlled by the opposition, censured Fukuda, citing his management of domestic issues.
  • The opposition Democratic Party of Japan, which won control of the upper house of Parliament in 2007, poses a viable threat to the Liberal Democrats who have been in control for more than 50 years.
Jilliane Velazco

The music industry | From major to minor | The Economist - 0 views

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economist music industry

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  • the results from 2007 confirm what EMI's focus group showed: that the record industry's main product, the CD, which in 2006 accounted for over 80% of total global sales, is rapidly fading away.
  • the volume of physical albums sold dropped by 19% in 2007
  • For the first half of 2007, sales of music on CD and other physical formats fell by 6% in Britain, by 9% in Japan, France and Spain, by 12% in Italy, 14% in Australia and 21% in Canada.
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  • “In 2007 it became clear that the recorded-music industry is contracting and that it will be a very different beast from what it was in the 20th century,”
  • Warner Music's share price has fallen to $4.75, 72% lower than its IPO price in 2005
  • They now want to move beyond Apple's iTunes and its paid-for downloads.
  • Jilliane Velazco on 03 Dec 08
     
    info about music industries; record labels; cd sales and how they have gone down
robert meeker

Skydiving-Guide.com - History of skydiving - 0 views

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skydiving-guide.com

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    • robert meeker
      robert meeker on 04 Dec 08
       
      best site yet!!!!!!
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      robert meeker on 04 Dec 08
       
      very good web site
  • Eventhough parachutes seem to have been used in China since the 1100s and that Leonardo da Vinci of Italy had invented devices similar to parachutes nowadays, worldwide skydivers state that the French inventor André-Jacques Garnerin is the one to make the first parachute. In 1797 he jumped from a balloon over Paris using a parachute and kept on making other jumps in France and also in England.
  • In World War I , that is between 1914 and 1918, the military began using parachutes in their missions
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  • Barnstormers, who were in fact aerial showmen, fired the imagination of aviators and skydivers after World War I. The barnstormers showed airborne performances and parachute jumps and travelled every year throughout the United States. Competitions began as a result of the increase of parachuting awareness. The first contest of accuracy landing was held in 1930 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
  • The military used paratroopers in World War II , that is between 1939 and 1945. The paratroopers were parachute-equipped soldiers and had the most famous use on D-Day, the invasion of Normandy (Normandie), France, on June 6, 1944
  • The surplus of nylon parachute equipment after World War II and the fact that the U.S. Army had started the first military sport parachuting clubs, set the grounds of skydiving in the United Dtates, as a pleasant and relaxing activity. The same thing happened in many other countries, and thus , the first parachuting world championships were organized in 1951 in Yugoslavia.
  • Little by little, in the mid 1960, systems specially made for sport parachutes took the place of the military surplus systems. Parachutists started to call this activity skydiving and calling themselves skydivers. In order to improve the opening characteristics and to make them more maneuverable, there were a few sport modifications to military parachutes. A French Canadian kite builder, Domina Jalbert, developed in 1964 the the ram-air design, that has set the tendencies for parachutes in skydiving from then on.
  • Sport skydivers constantly tested new and revolutionary designs and materials. Apart from sport uses , there have also been designed sport-generated designs like military HAHO (high altitude, high opening) designs, smoke jumping designs and many types of equipment for two-person and four-person tandem jumping. The military HAHO designs allowed soldiers to silently fly over large areas. The smoke jumping designs aimed to put firefighters into remote forest fires from low altitude.
  • Skydiving has kept on becoming more and more popular after the late 1980s, and this is because the equipment, that is reliable, lightweight, and easy-to-operate, picture this sport as accesible to many people. The U.S. president George H. W. Bush also jumped , thus increasing the popularity of skydiving.
Diana Davis

Grolier Online - 0 views

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  • only living member of the family Phascolarctidae, in the order Diprodontia, class Mammalia.
  • eastern Australia
  • skull is flattened on the sides
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  • one offspring
  • live more than 10 years in the wild
  • slow moving and defenseless
  • Of the 350 species of eucalyptus, moreover, koalas will eat the leaves of only 20 and prefer those of just 5 species.
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      lora ardoin on 04 Dec 08
       
      hihi
  • its headquarters is in New York City.
  • The Montreal Canadiens have been the NHL's most successful team, winning the Stanley Cup 22 times through 2004.
  • the Edmonton Oilers, New England Whalers (now the Carolina Hurricanes), Quebec Nordiques (now the Colorado Avalanche), and Winnipeg Jets (now the Phoenix Coyotes). The NHL now has 30 teams.
  • The NHL was founded in 1917.
  • The most common type of ovarian cancer is epithelial, accounting for approximately 90% of all ovarian cancers. Epithelial ovarian cancers appear to arise from the surface of the ovary and spread by shedding cancer cells, which are then implanted throughout the lower abdomen. The disease usually spreads without notable symptoms, accounting for the fact that over 70% of epithelial ovarian cancers are diagnosed after the tumor has already spread beyond the ovaries. The other types of ovarian cancer are germ cell and sex cord–stromal tumors.
  • Epidemiologic studies have shown that risk factors for developing this cancer include increased age, never giving birth, infertility, a history of breast cancer or endometrial cancer, and a family history of ovarian cancer.
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      Kristine Abiera on 05 Dec 08
       
      ppl decorate with evergreen trees, mistle toe
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      Kristine Abiera on 05 Dec 08
       
      Western church-December 25 Eastern church-January 6 celebrated in a twelve-day festival
    • Kristine Abiera
      Kristine Abiera on 05 Dec 08
       
      Old English Christes Maesse history of christmas
  • Rap music is a combination of rhymed lyrics spoken over rhythm tracks and pieces of recorded music and sounds called samples, taken from older records.
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      Ariel Bonnee' on 09 Dec 08
       
      rap is rhymed lyrics spoken over rhythm tracks mixed together
  • Rap music is a combination of rhymed lyrics spoken over rhythm tracks and pieces of recorded music and sounds called samples, taken from older records.
  • Sara Espinosa on 03 Dec 08
     
    grolier
  • Beau Wells on 03 Dec 08
     
    the NFL's first superbowl winner
  • Diana Davis on 04 Dec 08
     
    telling about the most common ovarian cancerand how you might have a chance of getting it
Sara Espinosa

Largest Cities Through History - 0 views

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history

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  • Memphis, Egypt3100 BCEWell over 30,000 Akkad, Babylonia (Iraq)2240 Lagash, Babylonia (Iraq)2075 Ur, Babylonia (Iraq)203065,000 Thebes, Egypt1980 Babylon, Babylonia (Iraq)1770 Avaris, Egypt1670 Memphis, Egypt1557 Thebes, Egypt1400 Nineveh, Assyria (Iraq)668 Babylon, Babylonia (Iraq)612First above 200,000 Alexandria320 Pataliputra (Patna), India300 Changan (Xi'an), China195400,000 Rome25450,000 (100 CE) Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey340 CE400,000 (500) Ctesiphon, Iraq570 Changan (Xi'an), China637400,000 (622); 600,000 (800) Baghdad, Iraq775First over 1 million; 700,000 (800) Cordova, Spain935 Kaifeng, China1013400,000 (1000); 442,000 (1100) Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey1127 Merv (Mary), Turkmenistan1145200,000 (1150) Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey1153 Fez (Fes), Morocco1170 Hangzhou, China1180255,000 (1200); 320,000 (1250) Cairo, Egypt1315 Hangzhou, China1348432,000 (1350) Nanking, China1358487,000 (1400) Beijing, China1425600,000 (1450); 672,000 (1500) Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey1650700,000 (1650 & 1700) Beijing, China1710900,000 (1750); 1.1 million (1800) London, United Kingdom1825First over 5 million; 1.35 million (1825); 2.32 million (1850); 4.241 million (1875); 6.480 million (1900) New York1925First over 10 million; 7.774 million (1925), 12.463 million (1950) Tokyo1965First over 20 million; 23 million (1975)
  • Chandler utilized a plethora of historical sources to locate approximate populations for the world's largest cities since 3100 BCE.
  • Sara Espinosa on 03 Dec 08
     
    largest cities in history
Diana Davis

Colon and Rectal Cancer Home Page - National Cancer Institute - 0 views

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  • Cancer that forms in the tissues of the colon (the longest part of the large intestine). Most colon cancers are adenocarcinomas (cancers that begin in cells that make and release mucus and other fluids).
  • Cancer that forms in the tissues of the rectum (the last several inches of the large intestine closest to the anus).
  • Diana Davis on 04 Dec 08
     
    cancer that forms in the tissue of the colon or the rectum
Patrick Wan

List of breakdance moves - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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moves

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  • The Top Rock is a combination of steps done while standing up. This is the entry dance that Bboys and Bgirls use to start their set. These steps are done before you do a power set or before you go down to the floor. This is the breaker's chance to show how well he or she can rock the beat and/or make gestures to intimidate their opponent
  • The foundational footwork sequence. Although many variations exist that either add or subtract steps in the sequence, the 6-step is the most basic form of downrock.
  • A Power Move is any type of move in Bboying which requires spinning and/or rotating in a way that can be done so in multiple rounds. All Power Moves (or series of a type of Power Move) can be connected in combos to form a "Power Combo". Breakers that use mostly Power combos in there sets are commonly known as "Power Heads". Example: Flare-Air Flare-Elbow Air Flare-Air Flare-1990...etc Or-Air Flare 1.5-Babymill-Windmill-Swipe-Windmill-Halo-Headspin...etc The possible number of combinations are endless and only limited by stamina, strength and imagination. In 2002 The Guinness Book of World Records began tracking number of power move rotations for their world record standings. At that time Canadian Gregory Burbidge broke records for Air Flare, Headspins, and Elbow Airflares. American Lauren Jacob held the record for Chair Flares. American Laura Derrick held the record for Tappingmills. Nicole Jones (nationality unknown) held the record for Munch Airflares. In 2004 Guinness removed these titles from their records. At the time Gregory Burbidge was the only one who still held records from the original group.
Cassie Gonzales

gynastics injury - 0 views

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  • I could easily have broken my neck.
  • latest findings on young gymnasts: Nearly 426,000 kids ages 6 to 17 were treated for gymnastics-related injuries in U.S. emergency rooms between 1990 and 2005,
  • fractures and dislocations were most common among the younger set
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  • 17-year-olds typically strained or sprained their lower limbs
  • . But in terms of catastrophic injuries like neck breaks, it ranks right up there with ice hockey
Christina Sanchez

Hong Kong's population crisis deepens as fewer women have children | Visitbulgaria.info - 0 views

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Hong Kong reason why population

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  • Hong Kong's population crisis is likely to worsen as a survey showed Thursday that nearly four in 10 women want only one child or no children at all.
  • world's lowest birth rates.
  • Twenty-six per cent of 1,500 women interviewed said they wanted only one child
    • Christina Sanchez
      Christina Sanchez on 03 Dec 08
       
      Reason why Hong Kong population is the way it is
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  • Almost one in three women aged 35 to 39 in the city of 6.9 million said they had fewer children than they wanted but many said they did not want to risk a late pregnancy.
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