times‚ for an earthquake death toll to reach 20‚000 to 20‚000 people with hundreds of thousands left homeless. There are four factors that affect the casualty rate and economic impact of earthquake: magnitude‚ location‚ quality of construction of building‚ and timing. Magnitude The magnitude‚ or strength‚ of an earthquake is measured on the Richer scale‚ ragging from 1to 10‚ with 10 being the greatest. Earthquake over 6 on the Richter scale are often deadly‚ and those over 8 are generally catastrophic
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In Pyrmont‚ high rise buildings are everywhere and they are still being built continuously‚ even though the area is packed with buildings and the spaces between the buildings are very narrow. My focus questions relating to the spatial dimension concentrates on why the area is so dense and why high rise buildings were built. The results I have acquired are from local newspapers‚ which had reported about the history of Pyrmont and how it started developing into a high rise area‚ and from my observations
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Green Computing: An approach towards e-waste reduction & energy management Sugandha Arora1 ‚Mr. Kaushik R.Roy * 1College of Engineering ‚ Roorkee‚ India 1Email: sughsarora@gmail.com * College of Engineering ‚ Roorkee‚ India *Email: kaushik.roy@rediffmail.com Abstract—Green computing is an innovative and emerging technology that aims at reducing carbon footprint. Just as walking on sand leaves a footprint‚ almost all our
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[pic] The Green Revolution The world’s worst recorded food disaster occurred in 1943 in British-ruled India. Known as the Bengal Famine‚ an estimated 4 million people died of hunger that year in eastern India (which included today’s Bangladesh). Initially‚ this catastrophe was attributed to an acute shortfall in food production in the area. However‚ Indian economist Amartya Sen (recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics‚ 1998) has established that while food shortage was a contributor to the
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Green revolution has been one of the most visible forms of globalisation. This has brought about some kind of interconnectedness amongst countries. With this interconnectedness comes a form of contradiction within the Green Revolution strategy. This essay will consider important aspects such as the impact that Green revolution has had on the world as a whole‚ specifically Asia. This essay will also critically discuss the dominant tenets and power relations involved in the process of the green revolution
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construct monuments and memorials for the sake of honoring the past and teaching the future. When agencies and governments act upon this duty for memorialize‚ two main factors stand for consideration: the practical and the emotional. When considering building a monument and memorializing a person or event‚ agencies must first think practically. What is to be built? How much will it cost? Where shall it be placed? Clearly‚ if an agency is to honor the past‚ they must plan carefully and build respectfully
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owe a death‚ there are no exceptions but‚ oh God‚ sometimes the Green Mile seems so long" said Paul Edgecombe after his friend died and he understood that his Green Mile doesn’t have end. Paul Edgecombe is one of the main characters in "The Green Mile" movie. This film is a drama and it was nominated to an Academy Award in 1999. "The Green MIle" was directed bvy Frank Darabont and adapted by him from the Stephen King novel "The Green Mile". The main characters in this movie Paul Edgecombe played by
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Green Revolution AN INTRODUCTION TO THE “GREEN REVOLUTION” Green Revolution refers to a series of research‚ development‚ and technology transfer initiatives‚ occurring between the 1940s and the late 1960s‚ that increased agriculture production worldwide‚ particularly in the developing world‚ beginning most markedly in the late 1960s. The initiatives‚ led by Norman Borlaug‚ the "Father of the Green Revolution" credited with saving over a billion people from starvation and the dangerous outcomes
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masses’ current favorite is the new Soylent Green. With Green‚ the Soylent Corporation has branched out a bit‚ turning‚ according to its advertising literature‚ to the vastness of the oceans for its raw materials— whereas Soylents Yellow and Red are soybean derivatives‚ Soylent Green is made from oceanic plankton‚ the closest thing to an infinite nutritional resource that the hard-pressed Earth still has to offer. Unfortunately‚ the very newness of Soylent Green means that it is in chronically short supply
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is also known for making videos on the internet while letting his voice be heard and teaching society history in his website known as “Crash Course”. The author‚ John Green‚ has made an impact on his readers by expressing life changing themes in his works along with how his life impacted his work and lasting contributions. John Green‚ an awe-inspiring author born on August 24th‚ 1977. He was primarily raised in walking distance of Disney World in Orlando‚ Florida. After high school‚ John resided
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