Education & Reference - 27 September 2006

2006-09-27 10:10:53 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Education

"There is only one thing in this world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."

2006-09-27 10:09:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Quotations

2006-09-27 10:08:47 · 4 answers · asked by bodyman 2 in Trivia

2006-09-27 10:07:51 · 8 answers · asked by Leslie P 1 in Quotations

Been googling for an hour!
What I'm looking for is some eye catching graphs of interesting and generally thought provoking data. Only that some one else has already drawn for me!
The subject is not too important as long as it tells a story

2006-09-27 10:03:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Education

my daughter has been recognised under the "talented and gifted" goverment scheme, but taking her out of school for an afternoon to have extra coaching (requested by her County coach) we have faced a negative response from her head at school, what can we do?

2006-09-27 10:02:27 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Primary & Secondary Education

Just askin....

2006-09-27 10:00:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Education

Hi, i am currently taking calculus class at community college. The problem is i failed the first of the 3 exams, which is pretty effective to my grade (exams are 35% of total grade). I don't know why i still feel like don't get the stuff even i studied a lot, but now i really lost the confidence. Of course i don't want to fail this class, so should i drop this class and get a " W " and take it again on the next semester instead or just stay and try my best to get the best grade ??

i really wanna hear some more opinions, thank you and your help will be

2006-09-27 10:00:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Higher Education (University +)

$20,795. what is the approximate precent of discount?

2006-09-27 09:59:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

2006-09-27 09:59:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Education

As in the Count of Monte Cristo. I dont need details, just a simple explaination.

2006-09-27 09:58:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

recipe for a salad in french
all help would be appicated
must include
5-10 sentences
at least 7 different verbs
ingredients
name of alad

2006-09-27 09:58:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

if you know,what is a:
1 language speaker
2 language speaker
3 language speaker
4 language speaker

And so on..........

how high can you go up to?

2006-09-27 09:56:24 · 15 answers · asked by luv_greenday_person 2 in Words & Wordplay

i have a report on hurricane floyd that is due on wednsday

there has got to be some teachers on this site:

you can put it on microsoft word to see it better


Hurricane Floyd



‘What is a hurricane?’ you might ask yourself. A hurricane is a violent storm of the Western North Atlantic and has wind speeds of up to 72 miles per hour. They form when the temperature is at least 26 degrees, as it slowly gets taller it releases latent heat which is a source of energy for a cyclone, there needs to be a lot of moisture in the air, there needs to be a low wind shear because if it had high wind shear the hurricane would break apart and it has to be 500 km away from the equator. The dangers a hurricane poses to human society is that causes a large amount of death, loss of housing, little to eat and billions of dollars in property damages. The people who issue warnings and watches are weathermen who tell us if the hurricane is mild or if its extremely bad you have to take shelter immediately.
Have you ever wondered what categories they place hurricanes and what they call the scale that classifies the devastation of a hurricane? The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scale classifies the most Western Hemisphere cyclones that range from either “tropical depression” to “tropical storms” wich eventually become hurricanes. Category 1 doesn’t really do much damage to houses and buildings but will do some damage to mobile homes and trees and some flooding. Category 2 would do some damages to houses, the flooding will damage some piers and the boats who aren’t well anchored be damaged. Category 3 there will be minor damage to some houses and buildings, any mobile homes will be completely destroyed, and the flooding would destroy smaller structure but will damage higher structures. Category 4 would destroy the roofs of houses, large erosion areas by the beach. Category 5 is the most devastating hurricane of them all. Houses would be destroyed, building structures would be either blown away or damaged, the flooding would cause extreme damage to all lower floors that are near the shoreline, and people would need to evacuate as soon as possible. Hurricane Floyd was a very strong category 4 and almost had a category 5 rating and was the largest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded.
Hurricane Floyd was formed off the coast of Africa and lasted from September 7th to September 19th and became a category 4 hurricane and almost became a category 5. It struck the Bahamas and caused heavy damage. It went to the East Coast of the U.S which enormous evacuations. Floyd was responsible for 57 deaths and $4.5 billion in damages and this was in North Carolina. While Floyd was crossing the Bahamas it was almost becoming a category 5 for 12 hours and was weakened to a category 3 and was soon had enough strength to become a category 4. As it went through Florida it slowly started to weaken because of all the dry air. As Floyd accelerated to the north it weakened so much that Floyd became a category 2 on September 16. As of the 17th the storm continued to the northeast and later disappeared in Newfoundland
After the devastation of hurricane Floyd came a lot of criticism saying that there was a very slow response. The runoff from the hurricane made problems for North Carolina’s rivers. One major concern was with all the freshwater in the ocean that people were afraid that fish and shrimp would die off killing the fishing and shrimp industries. Amazingly however, both industries were thriving because many marine animals moved to saltier waters so could become less vulnerable to Floyd’s effects. Pollution was also a scare because there were a ton of pesticides in river waters but unlike hurricane Fran the pesticides were lower because Floyd had more rain, which diluted the pesticides making them weaker. Child abuse was also a problem near the hardest hit areas in North Carolina which was probably caused by the aftermath of Floyd which caused parental stress because of all their losses and rebuilding.
The East Coast, Florida and Massachusetts were under a hurricane warning at one point. Even with those specific areas that were mentioned only half actually were hit by hurricane like winds. Hurricane trackers were afraid that Florida was going to be the worse hit with a category 4 hurricane. Because of the warning one million Florida residents were told to evacuate. As the storm went north more people evacuated and caused the largest peacetime evacuations ever in the U.S with 2.6 million evacuating Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas alone.
Hurricane Floyd was the deadliest U.S hurricane since hurricane Agnes. 57 people died and cost 4.5 billion dollars. In the Bahamas 1 person died, in North Carolina 35 people died, in Virginia 3 people died, in Delaware 2 people died, in Pennsylvania 6 people died, in New Jersey 6 people died. In New York 2 people died, in Connecticut I person died and in Vermont one person died as well. In the Bahamas the hurricane knocked out power and communication lines. Abaco Island, Cat Island, San Salvador Island, and Eleuthera Island was where the most damage had occurred where Floyd had uprooted trees and destroyed houses, restaurants, hotels and shops. Despite all the damage Bahamian citizens felt really lucky because only one person died and only a small number of injuries had occurred.
North Carolina received most of the storms impact and had 35 deaths and caused billions in damage. Floyd also created some tornados but only caused minimal damage. 500,000 costumers were left without electricity due to the damage of the power lines. The rainfall and strong winds affected many homes across North Carolina destroying 7,000 houses, due to the storm 17,000 houses were in a state of disrepair and damaged 56,000 houses and made ten thousand people to live in shelters.

2006-09-27 09:56:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

2006-09-27 09:56:02 · 1 answers · asked by marilyn b 1 in Homework Help

Iam doing a survey on people who are not against guns. And if your are not against guns tell me why?

2006-09-27 09:55:53 · 8 answers · asked by nese2223 1 in Other - Education

2006-09-27 09:55:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

I am 19 yo and I just received my AA degree from a Junior College. I plan on transferring to a University this Spring but I have always been interested in law school. Are there any law schools that accept students with only an AA degree?

2006-09-27 09:54:39 · 2 answers · asked by Kev 1 in Higher Education (University +)

i've heard that since it is a four year professional course in india n a five year course there,theres not much scope for indians there...so wat cud possibly be done about the pass outs of pharmacy who wanna study abroad?

2006-09-27 09:54:22 · 6 answers · asked by devil 1 in Studying Abroad

2006-09-27 09:53:16 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

Of all religions, the Christian ought doubtless to inspire the most tolerance, although hitherto the Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

Its a statement by French philosopher Voltaire. help if u can. thanx!

2006-09-27 09:51:58 · 10 answers · asked by Hopeicouldhelp 4 in Quotations

Studying for professional exams this Dec have failed the papers previously, finding it extreamely difficult to find the motivation to open books, especially after being at work all day?

2006-09-27 09:51:42 · 5 answers · asked by Cheeky 1 in Higher Education (University +)

2006-09-27 09:48:10 · 5 answers · asked by Sunny B 1 in Primary & Secondary Education

I actually know where it comes from. :) But it seems like when I tell someone, who doesn't already know, where the material comes from that's used to make corks (natural, not synthetic), they are often surprised.

So, just for fun, I thought I'd see if this is common, or not-so-common, knowledge. Please don't Google it first -- that's cheating! ;) Also please try not to "peek" at the answers below before you reply. Thanks! (If you don't know the answer, that's OK).

2006-09-27 09:47:16 · 15 answers · asked by scary shari 5 in Trivia

Polynomials (x2)(x-3)(x-2)
my choices are 1) -12
2) x7
3) 1/3x
4) 1/13-x

2006-09-27 09:45:36 · 4 answers · asked by terryrileyjr 1 in Homework Help

2006-09-27 09:44:53 · 5 answers · asked by terell o 1 in Homework Help

I just received my scores for the GRE test that I took this summer and I am having trouble interpreting it. How do you tell what a descent score is? Do you just add the verbal and quantitative scores for your total? What is the number range for a good score?So confused...I would appreciate any knowledge that someone could share? Thanks so much!

2006-09-27 09:44:37 · 5 answers · asked by butterball 3 in Higher Education (University +)

In Mexico and Chile ( Democracies ) There are several Top International rated Universities, Colleges, and Techs', and many other good schools like the Hebrew Institute of Mexico.
IPN or UNAM

In Cuba the Literacy rate is 100% thanks to Fidel Castro and his system.
Everybody in Cuba knows how to read and write in Spanish.

But why some pirivileged citizens of first class countries refuse to recieve education and they hang out with gangs and junkies ending on criminal activities?
Why they don't go to the public libraries that are free, or enroll to Schools ( free most of them )?

2006-09-27 09:43:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Education

2006-09-27 09:43:09 · 34 answers · asked by oonie 1 in Other - Education

in sports we pronounce it 'deefence'
in military terms it is 'difense'

2006-09-27 09:43:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Words & Wordplay