A 2.5-acre area may contain as many as 280 or more species of trees and hundreds more plant species making every square inch as valuable as the next (Amazon 402). ... This natural cycle occurring in the Amazon produces a vital 1/5 of the world's oxygen (Ghitis). ... In Brazil alone 5.4 million acres are lost every year. ... Critics of this concept state that thousands of acres are still being cut down every day and there is little that the governments can do to stop these events. ... How long can this go on before these countries realize that they are choosing wealth over the longevity o...

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In every great society there is a burial ritual, or a "death culture-. ... Mound City and Newark date to around A.D. 1-50, while Seip dates to A.D. 100-200. ... The oblong mound at the center of the earthwork is 240 feet by 160 feet by 30 feet. ... Covering 4 ½ square miles, most of the site lies underneath golf courses and the city of Newark. ... A large crematory was discovered within the mound, near the northeast entrance0, measuring 6 feet by 8 feet (Mills 1917). ...

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Its base covers 13.6 acres (equal to seven midtown Manhattan city blocks), each side being greater than five acres in area. A highway lane eight feet wide and four inches thick could be built from San Francisco to New York and put inside the Great Pyramid. ... On bright mornings and late afternoons, sunlight reflected by this vast mirrored surface of 5-1/4 acres distinguished the Pyramid as being visible from the moon. ... So the Pyramid is a square circle, and thus pi was designed into it 4,600 years ago. Pi is demonstrated many times throughout the Pyramid. ...

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The paper concludes that there are encouraging aspects of the master plans that appear to be consistent with classic urban design theory. However, there remain some overriding concerns that could well undermine such positive elements. In particular there are some ingrained issues that appear to characterise much of contemporary development for various reasons. ... In modern cities, there is often little difference between important public facilities such as public administration buildings and even railway stations, from private office buildings. ... A focussed examination of how well modern de...

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By 1970, Sears Roebuck & Company still had no idea how their building would look or where it would be located. ... The conclusion that Environetics came to was Sears needed about 2 million square feet of space, and that in thirty years they would need double the space. (Pridemore p.7) Now, they knew how much space they needed the next decision to be made was the location. ... (DOHERTY p.10) The Sears building went through several different designs; one of the first considered was two forty-story buildings with a hundred and ten thousand square feet per floor, which would be connected by a brid...

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The nation has lost 117 million acres of wetlands, which is more than 50% of what we started with and the number is quickly rising (Peters and Reed 16). ... In 1947, President Truman declared the Everglades a National Park, making about 1/7 of the 1.4 million acres of the Everglades the 3rd largest National Park ("The Everglades/Sanibel Island"). ... Some may stand over 100 feet tall and some in different locations will not get half as tall (Sand 55). ... The Cypress National Preserve is a 2,400 square mile basin to the west of the glades and is separated from the glades drainage by a hamm...

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Many people are surprised and intrigued by the fact that there are thousands of submerged logs in the large Wisconsin bay. ... The majority of the logs, most averaging about 16 feet long, can be found in 30-40 foot of water. ... Superior Water-Logged Lumber began after raising more than $1 million from private investors. ... And as these customers will testify, there is no comparable lumber on the market. ... Many people may wonder why it is such quality wood, and there are several reasons. ...

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The fields are small (about ¼ acre) and there will be a couple of fields that make up a farm. ... When you look at the "developed countries- and see where agriculture is and then look at "developing countries- and how far they are behind in adoption of modern techniques it really brings home the reason that so many people are starving every day. ... The average land holding per farmer is about 1 acre. 95% of all Malawians depend upon some part of their income from agriculture. ... AIDS is estimated to impact about 40% of the farmers in the country today (many of those are also impacte...

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The drought of this proportion has not been seen in California for twelve hundred years and there seems to be no end in sight. ... There are experts that are calling this dry spell a megadrought. ... It has been reported that the Center Valley groundwater has been depleted of eight million-acre feet since 1962 and twenty million of that has occurred in the past decade (Boxall, 2015). ... If twenty million acre-feet water was used just in the past year, this number may triple in the next twenty year, especially due to higher demands caused by the drought. ... Macdonald (2015) explains that the ...

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Explosive effects from the 1200-pound bomb caused a crater 180 feet deep, 100 feet long, and 200 feet wide in the underground parking garage. ... According to Fred Holliday, approximately 400,000 square feet of space required complete structural demolition and reconstruction. Half of this area rests in the newly renovated Wedge 1 section of the Pentagon and the other half falls in the un-renovated Wedge 2. The Phoenix Project scope of work includes rebuilding the core and shell of Wedge 1 and the shell of Wedge 2. ... They ride past 200 acres of lawn to park approximately 8,770 cars in 16 par...

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Although it is very sad, it is the highest respect and honor we can give, as a nation, to show all those who fought in America's wars how much we appreciate all they have done for our country and for freedom. ... Iwo Jima is an eight square mile island made of volcanic rock, which was part of the Japanese Empire. It's highest point, at 550 feet, is Mt. ... Each bronze figure is 32 feet high, and the total monument stands 78 feet tall. ... Originally there were supposed to be 38 soldiers on patrol that would represent the 38th parallel where the war began (and most of the fighting ...

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O'Leary's cow kicked over a lantern in the barn and sparked a fire that spread quickly and destroyed 17,420 buildings and over 2,100 acres.1 Being completely destroyed, Chicago quickly rebuilt itself into one of the most popular and economically important cities in the United States. ... First, it is important to understand the original outline of the city to get a better understanding of how the fire spread so quickly. ... "The pine-block paving of several downtown streets was by no means fireproof, and the sidewalks were an even greater menace. "5 The sidewalks were raised between...

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People today still have no idea how to duplicate some of the achievements of Ancient Egyptians. Egypt became a great civilization due to many things, but there were three that seem to stand out above the rest. ... There are few oases, and the region is sparsely populated. ... For many centuries they could develop their own way of life without fear of invasion by foreign armies. ... They could also cure many illnesses and set broken bones. ...

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There were bodies on the ground around it that looked to Ragsdale like "midgets." According to "McKenzie" there were five bodies, two outside the craft and three inside. ... The pieces of metal were reported that no matter how it would crumple, it would always return to the original shape. ... Project Mogul was such a highly classified operation, that it carried a national security rating of "Top-Secret A-1". ... If Project MOGUL did indeed crash in Foster Ranch, which it did not, there would have to be at least 4 of these weather balloons to cover the size of the debris scattered along a 15 a...

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How many people can say that they could do without a car or a phone? ... Some of the technology is so pervasive that we tend to forget it is even there. ... There he was stricken by a very mysterious illness. ... He installed rubber cushions on the feet of his bed to decrease vibrations from people walking nearby, which shook him terribly. ... At the time Edison was working to construct DC power plants in many cities around the country. ...

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This pyramid, almost 136 m (446 ft) high, was built without the use of cranes, pulleys, or lifting tackle, and archaeologists are still not certain how this was accomplished. ... It was originally 481 feet high, and its base covered over 13 acres. ... The pharaohs of Egypt were buried with many objects, because the Egyptian belief was that the kings would bring the items with them to the afterlife. ... The Lion Gate is now virtually a symbol of the land and its past and it is one of many examples of the skills of Mycenaean architects. ...

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Based on this policy, there are many low cost houses projects going on in the country, especially in cities like Penang, Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur and others. As these particular cities are the leading cities for various sectors such as industrialization, tourism and many more, the amount of people migrating there is unstoppable. ... However many of the low cost house residential area faces a lot of facility problems too. ... Based on the problem statement above, the researcher has derived few questions for the research purpose in order to achieve the research objectives. 1. ... Specific Objec...

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