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    The Dining Out Phenomenon

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    Introduction: The Dining Out Phenomenon It is no secret Americans love to eat‚ more importantly we love to eat out. Our fast paced society and never ending lists of daily demands makes the choice to eat out an easy one. Clearly Americans of all types‚ families‚ friends‚ young‚ old‚ everyone eats out.” The restaurant industry is projected to make $660 billion dollars in 2013‚ and there are almost a million restaurant locations” (National Restaurant Association‚ 2013). Society has become used to

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    Earthquakes in Japan The Japan is located in an area where several continental and oceanic plates meet and create a major fault line; this is the cause of frequent earthquakes and the presence of many volcanoes and hot springs across Japan. If earthquakes occur below or close to the ocean‚ they may trigger tidal waves known as tsunami. Historic earthquakes Here is a brief history of earthquake in Japan. Many parts of this country have experienced devastating earthquakes and tidal waves in the

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    The Natural

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    The Natural Review The Natural is a fantasy like story of a middle-aged pitcher trying to make one last comeback as a right fielder for the New York Knights. Directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs‚ The Natural is a feel good movie that is hardly believable at times‚ but does a lot to provide a worthwhile movie experience. In today’s movie review I will illustrate what I think this movie does well in terms of viewer enjoyment‚ while analyzing specific themes such as the

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    Izmit Earthquake 1999

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    After a long day at work‚ you eat dinner and retire to bed to do the same thing the next day. But what if tomorrow did not come? What if a natural disaster happened while you were sleeping? The house collapses‚ fire erupts‚ the town floods. Any of these things are possible. Do people ever really plan for them though? The common thought process is that that will never happen to me‚ not here. There is no guarantee in that though‚ and the people of Izmit Turkey figured this out the hard way. It took

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    Summary Like an infection that grows more and more virulent‚ the continent-size hole in Earth ’s ozone layer keeps getting bigger and bigger. Each year since the late 1970s‚ much of the protective layer of stratospheric ozone above Antarctica has disappeared during September‚ creating what is popularly known as the ozone hole. The Antarctic hole now measures about 9 million square miles‚ nearly the size of North America. Less dramatic‚ still significant‚ depletion of ozone levels has been recorded

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    Committee of Experts to examine the seismic problem and make appropriate recommendations. The Committee proposed a zoning map of Bangladesh in the same year. According to Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC‚ 1993)‚ Bangladesh is divided into 3 earthquake zones (Figure- 6): Zone –1: the less risky zone. The Zone-1 comprising the southwestern part of Bangladesh (Jessore‚ Khulna and Barisal Districts) is seismically quiet‚ with an estimated basic seismic co-efficient of 0.04. Zone–2: medium vulnerable

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    been struck by an earthquake. You are a scientist with the USGS and need to figure out all the specifics on the earthquake because an earthquake has never occurred here before. You have a few things to do as a person working for the USGS to keep your job as the seismologist on staff. 1. Using the 3 seismograms recorded‚ figure out the epicenter location using the data and the P/S wave time-travel graph. One of the seismograms has been done for you. 2. Determine if the earthquake came from a fault

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    1964 Alaska earthquake

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    Alaska earthquake http://www.iris.edu/hq/files/programs/education_and_outreach/aotm/31/Alaska1964EarthquakeCauses.mp4 A lot of excellent information is packed into this short video. 1. How many minutes did the shaking last? The shaking lasted 4.5 minutes. 2. What was the magnitude of the earthquake? The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.2. 3. This earthquake occurred just as geologists were figuring out plate tectonics. What principle of plate tectonics did the earthquake confirm

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    Earthquakes in GCC An Earthquake known also as tremor is resulted from a sudden release of energy ‚which takes place in the earths crust‚ which then creates seismic waves. They are vibrations triggered by movement of rocks that have been strained (deformed) beyond their elastic limit. This activity called seismicity or seismism of an area refers to type ‚ size and frequency over a time period. Earthquakes are measured using many instruments ( up to atleast 20 different types

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    creation of the rights and wrongs of sexual relations‚ suppressing people’s natural instincts. It is clear to see that the social body that is the religious culture of Santiago in The Earthquake in Chile epitomizes Freud’s idea that civilization suppresses human sexuality. In his book‚ Civilization and Its Discontents‚ Freud explores the different ways in which living together in a society strips away humans of their most natural

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