Kobe Earthquake An earthquake occurred on January 17th‚ 1995‚ at 5:46 am in the south-central part of Japan. This earthquake registered as 7.2 on the Richter scale and caused mass destruction. It was thus named The Great Hanshin Earthquake. It later earned the name as the Kobe Earthquake due to the amount of damage that Kobe‚ Japan suffered. Its focus was only 16 km below ground. Shock-waves splintered buildings‚ destroyed roads‚ and ruptured mains of gas‚ water‚ and electricity. Over 6‚400 people
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legend of the Earthquake Once upon a time‚ it was a dark and ominous day and trouble was arising in the underworld. Shiva the goddess of death and destruction had finally finished her mighty plans to take back what was rightfully hers. her plan was to swoop in from behind the city of peace ‚ and raid the museum of everything sweet and sour and steel the orb of tranquillity. Though to her surprise when she arose from the cavern of raw meat‚ Their awaited Johnny Mon Soony and Snoop Dogg. The most
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Andrew McCracken ENGL 101 College Writing Skills Professor Luciana Bohne 11 March 2013 Unhealthy Eating in America According to Lavinia Rodriquez‚ a clinical psychologist in Tampa‚ FL‚ almost 90% of those who attempt a diet will ultimately fail. This raises queries of why diets are inadequate and why most people are easily falling into unhealthy eating habits. Today nearly one-third of Americans are obese and are struggling to maintain a healthy weight. Many would blame the individual‚
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Name: Barthel Joseph Course: Translating Experience into Essay Prof: Rocco Topic: The health Care system in America is adequate. What is wrong with the American health care system? We spend more money on health care than any country in the whole world. Each year‚ the number of Americans without access to the affordable health care increased rapidly. People who have a productive life were the ones who work very hard; they are healthy and educated. It seemed that poor health in America
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Crucible can be defined as a severe test or a searching trial. The witch trials were a grueling and unnecessary process. The trials were finally kicked off when Reverend Parris found Abby‚ Betty‚ Ruth‚ Mary Warren‚ Mercy Lewis‚ and Tituba dancing in the woods and trying to conjure spirits. Betty fell ill the next day‚ almost all of Salem thought that the devil was in their small‚ conservative‚ intolerant town. To avoid being prosecuted as witches‚ the girls‚ with Abigail as their leader‚ would
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The Holocaust‚ a gruesome slaughter of what is estimated to be eleven million people‚ mainly Jews‚ is arguably the most influential event to occur in human history. This tragic event occurred in the modern day countries of Germany‚ Austria and Poland‚ which were all Nazi occupied countries at the time. Before Jews and other victims were murdered‚ they were often forced into physical labor. Victims were also killed in horrendous ways‚ such as being left without food and water for days‚ before being
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Discuss the causes and effects of Economic Growth Economic Growth Before discussing the causes and effects of economic growth‚ I will define what economic growth actually is and distinguish between the two types of growth in the economy; actual and potential. On the whole‚ economic growth may be defined as ‘a long-run increase in an economy’s productive capacity and trend output’. The long-run output growth trend an economy achieves is indicated by the path of trend Gross Domestic Profit
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The Effect of Divorce 50 percent of children in the United States watch their parents go through a divorce (Children-and-divorce.com). If you have 10 friends‚ 5 of those friends could have divorced parents. Do you know how it feels to have divorced parents? Maybe you do know‚ maybe you are a victim of divorce. Even though it might be for the best of the parents‚ the loss of stability that comes from a divorce affects children and even adults in many ways. Many children who suffer through their parents
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“Discuss the Causes and Effects of Economic Growth” Economic Growth is where goods and services maximise in value over a period of time. This is measured by Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is defined as “The total market value of all final goods and services produced in a country….equal to the total consumer‚ investment‚ and government spending‚ plus the value of exports minus the value of imports.”(www.Investorwords.com) In turn this is measured by the level of aggregate demand in the
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CNN: A special news report-This morning‚ there was an earthquake registering 7.6 on the Richter scale shaked Taiwan at 1:45am on September 21‚1999. The epicenter is a mile under the ground in Nantou near Puli. There are many buildings crushed‚ and even a twelve floor-high rise building suddenly became a two floor- high rise building (the first to the sixth floors dipped into the underground‚ and the seventh to the twelfth floors went diagonally down and damaged the road.) As of press time the Disaster
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