Spanning from Cape Mendocino California to Vancouver Island‚ Canada‚ the Cascadia Subduction Zone is a 1000 km long fault line that exists between the North American continental and Juan de Fuca oceanic plates. The danger of the this tremendous fault line is that the Juan De Fuca plate is being forced into the western side of the North American tectonic plate. Instead of sliding underneath‚ the Juan de Fuca has been stuck‚ forcing itself into the side of North America. This subduction zone is an
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Bhavna Sharma EST 330 TA Notes Week 2 Predictions of Natural Disasters Most disasters are unpredicted 99% of the time With earthquakes‚ history will tell us that one is possible‚ but it can’t say when one will occur‚ or at what time‚ or at what magnitude With tropical cyclones we know of the existence of a storm about 7 or 8 days in advance‚ but there is still great uncertainty about exact location of landfall until 24 hours before. Useful tools: satellites- ability to see where tropical
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May 8‚ 2013 LUMBINI ‚ THE BIRTH LAND OF THE BUDDHA‚ FROM THE MAGAR HISTORICAL LINGUISTIC STANDPOINT Posted by The Himalayan Voice: [The Lumbini Ashokan Pillar standing by the ‘Maya Devi Temple’ in Lumbini Garden speaks the fact. The writing on the pillar‚- ‘hida bhagabvam jateti Lummnigame’ – exclusively provides a proof that the Buddha was born in present Nepal’s Lumbini some 2600 years ago. It is therefore worth the time discussing lexical importance of – ‘Lummini+game’ i.e. ‘Lumbini’ also
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her. He kept looking for words in his game that spelled out something that had to do with death. He began to notice a pattern with how whatever word he played on the board‚ something relevant happened. He experimented his theory and played the word “quake.” Just as the room began to shake‚ his wife played the word “death.” He choked on the tile he was chewing on in his mouth‚ and he died. As he did‚ his wife just sat there and watched. Fish had an underlying theme that seemed to be telling the reader
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SEVERE THUDERSTORMS – OBSERVATIONAL AND REGIONAL MODELING (STORM) OVER NORTH-EASTERN REGION (NER) OF INDIA [STORM‐2010 OVER GUWAHATI] OBSERVATIONAL REPORT SUBMITTED TO MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BLOCK 12‚ CGO COMPLEX‚ LODHI ROAD NEW DELHI 110003 By Department of Physics Yogi Vemana University Vemanapuram Kadapa – 516 003 (in Collaboration with India Meteorological Department‚ RMC Guwahati) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The technical supports extended by the India
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plate margin consist or two plates oceanic and continental. The topographic elements that are formed here are due to three occurrence‚ oceanic-oceanic plates colliding‚ continental – oceanic plates and continental-continental plates colliding (Muller‚ 2005‚ 140). When a continental and an oceanic plate meet a major topographic feature that will form is a volcano‚ this is an upward mountain that usually have an opening (vent)
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that might form rocks that are intermediate between two of the major rock families? The rock would be igneous‚ igneous rocks are formed from the solidification of molten rocks. Rocks can be formed in numerous ways a few examples are erosion and earth quakes. I think that metamorphic rocks are the perfect example for combining all the three different rocks together because‚ metamorphic rocks were originally igneous or sedimentary rocks that simply changed over time. 4. Identify which of the following
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* Hajost‚ W. T. (2002)’ Reinsurance After September 11: New Realities and Old Verities’ Halloran & Sage‚ available: http://www.halloran-sage.com/Knowledge/articleDetail.aspx?storyid=2079 [accessed 15 Nov 2012]. * Holzheu‚ T. and Lechner‚ R. 2005. ‘The Global Reinsurance Market’‚ Handbook of International Business: Huebner International Series on Risk‚ Insurance‚ and Economic Security‚ p 877-902.. * Irukwu‚O.J. (1982) Reinsurance in The Third World‚ 2nd ed.‚ London: Witherby & Co. Ltd
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DISATER MANAGEMENT-ROLE OF STUDENTS In a lot of nations late teenagers are part of ’emergency rescue teams’ - mostly the training goes side by side along with ’compulsory military training’ programs. I would like to negate student community from search and rescue since that is a highly specialized job and should be left to professionals. The basic role of the student‚ in my opinion‚ is AWARENESS of what to do during and after disasters. This would lessen panicking‚ paranoid and uncontrollable people
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multinational conglomerate “Sony Corporation”‚ according to their history “Sony” that is a small group of young people and the unlimited innovative ideas with their passion and energy (Sony History). It also be called “Head of Electronic” (Dina‚ Lo. 2005)‚ most of various high quality innovative technology products are manufactured by “Sony”. The old good days has gone. Some new technology firm‚ such as Apple or Samsung‚ which produce electronic device and revolutionized of running business and the
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