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Nostradamus ProPhecies

PROPHECIES CENTURY I 1 Sitting alone at night in secret study; it is placed on the brass tripod. A slight flame comes out of the emptiness and makes successful that which should not be believed in vain. 2 The wand in the hand is placed in the middle of the tripod's legs. With water he sprinkles both the hem of his garment and his foot. A voice, fear: he trembles in his robes. Divine splendor; the God sits nearby. 3 When the litters are overturned by the whirlwind and faces are covered by cloaks, the new republic will be troubled by its people. At this time the reds and the whites will rule wrongly. 4 In the world there will be made a king who will have little peace and a short life. At this time the ship of the Papacy will be lost, governed to its greatest detriment. 5 They will be driven away for a long drawn out fight. The countryside will be most grievously troubled. Town and country will have greater struggle. Carcas...

MAMMALS -RECORD BREATH HOLDERS

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Marine Iguana

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Komodo Dragon

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Disasters: Environmental Catastrophes and Human Tragedies

This encyclopedia is a descriptive, illustrated account of disasters, both natural and human-induced, that have occurred throughout the world at different times over the past two thousand years. They include experiences of earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, floods, extremes of weather, droughts, pandemic illnesses, land subsidence and landslides. Most troubling of all is a newcomer to the world of disasters, the terrorist attack. While terrorists have, from time to time in the past, wrought havoc on human environments, the expanded volume and brutality of their activities over the past thirty years has gone beyond all previous acts of violence. Terrorism is the type of disaster that may become increasingly destructive in the future. Challenger (space shuttle), Florida, fire/explosion, 1986 Chernobyl, Ukraine, nuclear accident, 1986 Armenia earthquake, 1988 Alaska oil spill, 1989 Tiananmen Square, China, massacre, 1989 Loma Prieta, California, earthquake, 1989 Persian Gulf oil i...