Cascadia Subduction Zone: A Summary of History Marcellina MacArthur Washington State University Abstract Research shows that there is a pattern of quakes that range from 8.7 to 9.2 that occur every 240 years or so‚ and we know this because Oregon State University has done a 13 year study on the margin stretching from southern Vancouver Island to the Oregon-California border. The last mega-earthquake in the Pacific-Northwest being on January 26‚ 1700; We know this because written
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practice. The Exclusive Economic Zone (Hereinafter EEZ) is a major innovation in the law of the sea. The concept finds codification in Article 55 of the United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea. Articles 55 to 75 of the UNCLOS deal broadly with various aspects of the EEZ. The present paper traces the evolution and the development of the concept of the Exclusive Economic Zones. The author will also analyze the development of the concept. EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONES Article 55 defines the EEZ
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Social Accountability in Central America Governments and businesses interact to generate wealth. The quality and transparency of a government influence on competitiveness and growth. Political institutions go farther than the legal environment‚ their attitudes and efficiency impact economic costs to businesses and the economic development. The government and businesses are more honest in some countries than others. The 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index ranks 183 countries based on how corrupt
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Contact Zones Within Collegiate Sports The definition of sports is physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. However to fully understand sports‚ especially collegiate sports‚ you must acknowledge the existence of contact zones. Contact zone is a term used to "refer to social spaces (teams) where cultures (players and coaches) meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in the contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power (coaches
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sexism is a defining role in the choices that are made concerning who can and cannot perform a certain task the most efficient and safe. Fighting on the front line‚ in a Combat Unit‚ is one of those tasks that certainly takes special skills and integrity that not many people possess. Throughout reading and analyzing Coed Combat Units—A Bad Idea on All Counts‚ many informative‚ thought-provoking‚ and straight forward points were addressed concerning women working along-side of men on the front line
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lot of people would argue against women in combat. Women should be allowed in combat because men and women are equal as is everyone else‚ they have the right to serve and protect our nation just as much as men do‚ and any woman is capable to do so. Women are just as equal as men as is everyone else. Women shouldn’t be called out just because they’re not strong‚ or don’t have as much mentality as men. Women should have the right to serve in combat. Only women with really good training and strength
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Beach to follow my dreams is one of the biggest risks I had to. I came to CSULB knowing little to nothing about film and I wrote and directed a short film called Comfort Zone‚ which is one of my biggest accomplishments that has affected me as an artist and student. The biggest challenge I had to overcome in order to complete Comfort Zone was my fear of telling a story that was personal. I felt exposed and was terrified people would not like or connect to the film. On top of that I did not feel truly confident
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In The Hot Zone by Richard Preston and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot‚ both authors suggest that globalization is both powerful and dangerous‚ so dangerous that it can sometimes cause irreplaceable damage‚ but can also do good things. The Hot Zone shows that Ebola can spread worldwide and have devastating effects. Preston states that if Ebola manages to spread beyond central Africa‚ then it will be all over the world‚ from New York to Paris‚ but “we never knew it.”(99)
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ordinary thing. Therefore‚ writing a response to Pratt’s essay in a language that is comprehendible by regular people can be very helpful to those struggling students. In "Arts of the Contact Zone" Pratt discusses the mix of two different cultures in one area. Where one person is born and lives in a "contact zone" he/she is surrounded by two different conflicting cultures‚ and there are two different languages. She also introduces us with a new word "autoethnography"‚ which means the way in which subordinate
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Independent Evaluation report: Mid term Evaluation: ILO Combating Forced Labour and Trafficking of Indonesian Migrant Workers (INS/06/M10/NOR) NORAD COLLECTED REVIEWS 10/2008 Donna Leigh Holden‚ Independent Evaluator Commissioned by the Royal Norwegian Embassy‚ Jakarta Norad collected reviews The report is presented in a series‚ compiled by Norad to disseminate and share analyses of development cooperation. The views and interpretations are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent
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