moon when the moon comes the closest it will ever be to the Earth," said one of the students, Tonisha Forrest, in the video. "The closer it is, the harder its gravitational pull on the Earth's water, and the higher the high tide."

Koester said her students never heard about king tides before the project launched. Now they want to share what they learned.

"These kids are already coming up with ideas for hip-hop public service announcements," she said. "Those could help in warning about future flood events."

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KING TIDE PROJECT ORGANIZERS

Worldwide: King Tides Project

California: King Tides Project

Florida: Tampa Bay Estuary Program King Tides

North Carolina: King Tides Project

South Carolina: King Tides Initiative

Washington state: Witness King Tides

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Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.the manuscript is marked as having been written in 1449, but the watermarks on the paper indicate that the manuscript is from 1470/80.

Themes
Alpharts Tod is often read as a poem about youthful stupidity regarding heroism: the young Alphart, though brave, strong, and courteous, ignores all advice in order to prove his heroism and dies as a result. Moreover, Alphart is presented with multiple opportunities to save himself, yet each time he refuses. However, Heinzle notes that Alphart's behavior is never condemned, in contrast to his weak and cowardly opponents Witege and Heime: rather, it seems to glorify in his heroic aristeia and grow sentimental at his loss. Werner Hoffmann shares a similar opinion: the poem presents a genuine representation of the old heroic ethos, although its moral code