Earthquake Resistant Bridges Jacqueline Stoy 4/24/2013 Geography of Cultural Diversity 3350:275 Tuesday/Thursday 12:05-12:55 Throughout history‚ bridges have been a primary means of transportation. Unfortunately‚ natural disasters have come to destroy such bridges on many occasions. One of the most deadly natural disasters to face the bridges is earthquakes. The movement of the ground causes the supporting beams and columns to twist and collapse‚ often resulting in injury or death for
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Chile Earthquake Script Earthquake On February 27th 2010 at 3:34 an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 occurred in Chile. The earthquake lasted 90 seconds and affected a total of 6 Chilean regions but the earthquake mainly occurred offshore of Maule region. The earthquake left 93% of Chile’s population with no electricity. This earthquake not only damaged Chile but it has permanently shortened the length of our days by 1.26 microseconds and moved the earth’s axis by 8 centimetres. Tsunami
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Describe the government and domestic environment of the country where your company is headquartered‚ then describe the international environment. Outline what organizations you may be associated with. (Example; WTO‚ OPEC‚ etc.) Examine the 1st country of International growth you outlined in your 10 year vision. Why did you strategically select that country? In what ways will your company contribute to the foreign country’s economic development? Are there any political concerns associated with
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A powerful character in The Crucible is Reverend Hale. Reverend John Hale of Beverly‚ first appears answering the call of witchcraft at the Parris household. Hale is considered to be one of the good characters in The Crucible‚ and the most developed. He is a very kind man who feels himself allied with some of the best intellectuals. Reverend Hale often is portrayed as a well groomed young man‚ this might have to do with symbolism‚ as the youth are usually the ones that are able to change their ways
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In 1994 Kevin Carter won the Pulitzer Prize for Photography thanks to a photograph that he took in the village of Ayod in Sudan of a child crawling towards a feeding center. Whether it was morally right for him to have captured that moment instead of helping the child is a debate with many people. Some people believe that it was right because it helped stop the famine in Africa‚ others believe it was wrong because he did not aid the child after taking the picture. It is understood that there was
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When many people think of Howard Carter they think of an Indiana Jones type of figure; brave‚ fearless‚ personable and suave. After all‚ this man discovered the last great treasure trove of the modern age‚ King Tutankhamun’s final resting place. The massive implications and grandeur of his find however may have rubbed off on him‚ as some claim Carter is not at all worthy of the fame and praise lavished upon him. So‚ was Carter a hero of modern archeology? Or was he a lying‚ cheating rather smelly
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Reverend Hale is a character that changes as the play goes though. Mr.Hale thinks he has one intention and one only but later he changes opinion and understanding throughout the entire play. When Mr.Hale arrives he is excited and looking forward in uncovering witchery in salem. He was prideful of his studies as well and had many books to bring with him to Salem. He greets the people and he even says “I had not expected such distinguished company” on page 1149. Then he hears about the child trying
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SOC 100 13 September 2013 Coach Carter and Sociology What is the study of sociology and why is it important? Sociology is the study of the development‚ structure‚ and functioning of human society. The study of sociology allows a person to become well informed citizens who are aware of the very complex nature of social life and differences in society (plashet.newham.sch.uk). In the study of sociology there are three different sociological perspectives that allow a person to look at society and
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Concept Paper: The 1996 Lijiang Earthquake Lijiang is a prefecture-level city located northwest in the province of Yunnan‚ People’s Republic of China. It has a population of about 1.2M as of the 2010 census. The Old City of Lijiang is not so famous unlike the other well-known cities in China like Beijing‚ Shanghai‚ or Macau‚ but this city is known for having earthquakes throughout years. There have been around three to four recorded earthquakes in Lijiang and the one that I am going to talk about
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on operation only in Globus Stores Pvt. Ltd. That is “Store operation”. In retail there are so many fields like Apparel‚ Electronic (White products)‚ Grocery‚ confectionary‚ Pharmaceutical etc. Globus has started its journey as a chain of Departmental store but as soon as it launched its first store in Indore‚ they found an innovative idea to cover the next market with the specialty store instead of departmental store. So they open there next store as a specialty store of apparel segment. This story
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