Landslides can be due to many different reasons. Firstly the pull of gravity on a slope is significant but several reasons can increase the risk of a landslide. Many countries experience landslides because of these reasons but amongst them New Zealand has a high number. The mountain ranges in New Zealand are still being uplifted. Rocks are often weakened by folding and faulting‚ and there is also continual earthquake activity. The most common landslides in New Zealand are shallow and fast. They flow
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September 8‚ 2009 M03 Some are More Equal than Others On August 5‚ 1997‚ Korean Airlines management received news that no airline wants to hear- one of their planes had crashed. Korean Airlines flight 801 crash-landed three miles away from Guam airport. Plane crashes are an unfortunate and rare occurrence in the airline industry‚ but Korean Airlines had a problem. Their planes were crashing at a rate many times higher than other airlines. In comparison‚ Korean Airlines’s crash rate was
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civilized society is to protect its members from acts of violence committed by others (Family Violence Prevention Taskforce 1994‚ p. iii) This discussion will look at the fundamental ways in which society attempts to protect its citizens from acts of violence in an Australian context. For the purposes of this paper I will focus on violence in the family context. It will explore these issues by discussing conceptualisation and social construction of the way in which we attempt to practice ‘protection’
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ANALYSE THE CAUSE AND EFFECTS OF THE NEW ZEALAND WARS There have been many New Zealand Wars which have impacted the Maori. Throughout the history of New Zealand there have been several wars and all of them having different causes and effects. The Wars starting after the treaty‚ with wars like the Wairau incident‚ Kingitanga movement these wars have affected the Maori for a long time. The most important reason being the cause of the wars was the treaty and the different interpretations of the treaty being
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word English derives from the eponym angle‚ the name of a Germanic tribe thought to have originated from the angeln area of Tutland‚ now in northern Germany. English is a West Germanic language that originated from Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Germanic invaders or settlers from various parts of what is now northwest Germany and the Netherlands. The English language belongs to Anglo-Frisian sub group of the West Germanic branch of the Germanic family‚ a member of the indo European
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The reading “A Crime by Any Other Name” by Jeffrey Reiman explored the biased nature of our criminal justice system‚ more specifically why we categorize acts as crime while others are labeled as tragic accidents. According to Reiman‚ in our current society‚ we generalize the idea that crime is a deviant action committed by an individual of color that usually male‚ poor and black. As a nation‚ we overestimate how these crimes impact our lives‚ when the truth of the matter is‚ more Americans die of
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changed New Zealand’s society slowly over time‚ however with significance. Although we take no notice of these changes‚ without feminism woman would not have the right to vote‚ have equal pay to men‚ or have the right to make there own decisions about pregnancy. Feminism once frowned upon‚ is now becoming more socially accepted by both men and woman. In 1893‚ New Zealand was the first country to give woman the right to vote. Woman had gained inspiration to fight for their voting rights from John
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The culture in Costa Rica differs greatly from the culture here in the United States. There are many ways it differs‚ such as cuisine‚ animals‚ weather‚ and clothing. The location of Costa Rica‚ being inside the tropics‚ has a lot to do with some of these things. Costa Rica is a country in Central America. Costa Rica has ingredients most people in the United States don’t use commonly. “Meals in Costa Rica often contain both rice and black beans‚ or at least one or the other.”(Frog) During the pre-Columbian
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McCollough Global Culture & Community: Ethnography 2 April 2014 Which Way Home Analysis After watching Which Way Home‚ I had to look at it from two completely different perspectives. Looking at it from my point of view it made realize what I had. It makes you take a step back and appreciate and be grateful for the things you do have because it could be a lot worse than what it actually is. In the grand scheme of things I‚ personally‚ do not have it as bad as I think I do at some points. When you
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Algonquian cultures were all building their own societies amongst the tribes. They were trying to live a life and take care of their own things and own taught the children how to perform tasks‚ such as how to fix a hole in a rope‚ how to hunt‚ and how to live together as people‚ all speaking different dialect but interacting and sharing the same resources. There were political conflicts and issues that were negotiated and taken care of too. They believed everything they had was a gift from their creator
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