The banana is a fruit surrounded by an enormous amount of history about its origin. The banana derives from Southeast Asia‚ specifically from the jungles of Malaysia‚ the Philippines and Indonesia‚ places where bananas are still produced today. The general belief is that in the middle ages Arabs brought the fruit to Africa’s oriental region via Madagascar. The fruit was later transported to the west coast by Portuguese missioners‚ where the fruit had great success due to the tropical humid environmental
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Sian Atkin-Smith 9DJM English and Humanities Haiti’s devastating earthquake of 2008 brought havoc upon many‚ buildings were obliterated‚ and the lifestyle of Haitians collapsed. The earthquake which dawned on Port-au-Prince (Capital of Haiti) at 4:52pm locally‚ and 9:52pm GMT on Tuesday 12th January‚ 2010 was so indescribably deadly due to these main points: The money/economy/leadership‚ Haiti’s geography‚ and lifestyles. Over the years‚ Haiti suffered many financial discomforts
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that our nature had brought upon us: foods‚ earthquakes‚ cyclones and much more. One of the countries that were devastated by the wrath of nature is Haiti when a 7.0 magnitude quake on January 12‚ 2010 destroyed its cities‚ ravaged buildings‚ streets and houses‚ and took the lives of over 220‚000 people on. This causes a lot of sufferings to the survivors especially that they had lose their source of living. Six weeks later‚ an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck South American nation leaving a long
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When designing earthquake safe structures the first consideration is to make the highest bit‚ the roof‚ as light as possible. This is best done with profiled steel cladding on light gauge steel Zed purlins. This can also have double skin with spacers and insulation. It can have a roof slope between 3 and 15 degrees. If it is required to have a ’flat’ roof‚ this could be made with a galvanised steel decking and solid insulation boards‚ and topped with a special membrane. Even a ’flat’ roof should
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com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/27/san_francisco_revises_death_toll_for_1906_earthquake/ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/casualties.php http://mceer.buffalo.edu/1906_Earthquake/social_turmoil/city-reeling.asp http://www.nps.gov/prsf/historyculture/1906-earthquake-relief-efforts-living-accommodations.htm http://1906earthquake.com/damage-effects/ http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html http://www.sfmuseum.org/perished/who17.html It was a rather cold morning while I was preparing
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miles of highway and 15 miles of railways were destroyed. What would someone say about this natural disaster who was there? It was a normal day for my grandma‚ but when she turns on the news it became very far from normal. She see’s that Mt. St Helens erupts. After that‚ she looks outside‚ but doesn’t see any ash yet. She then tells my grandpa about this. He was just outside working in his shop and is not surprised about this because of what he had heard before on the radio. He then goes outside and
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Plate Tectonics‚ Earthquakes‚ and Volcanoes Renee Kuraly 1. There are 13 tectonic plates. (several smaller ones) 2. Evidence for continental drift includes: coastline fit‚ alignment of mountain ranges‚ similar rock sequences‚ fossils‚ modern fauna‚ and ancient climates. 3. We know plate boundaries exist because their defined by earthquake data and the depths of earthquakes show what type of boundary they are. 4. Divergent Boundary- places where plates are moving apart. Convergent Boundary-
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Remembering as if it happened yesterday‚ waking up with my broken left ankle throbbing in pain. Limping out the door toward my SUV‚ I thought I should be on leave and enjoying the fresh snow in the mountains‚ but instead I am working today with a broken ankle. The base began a deployment exercise that day‚ and I did not want to report for duty. The day was gorgeous outside; the sun shining brightly and was a breathtaking day. Once I completed the deployment line‚ I reached the holding area‚ unexpectedly
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Manliness Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in India where he spent his early childhood before his family returned to England. He is most famous for his prose writing. The Jungle Book has had lasting popularity‚ both as a story and in film adaptations. Kipling travelled widely and wrote travel articles as well as poetry. In 1907 he was the first English writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and the youngest writer to receive it. Kipling composed the poem in 1909 while living in
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I know that studies are very important for students because it prepares then for real life. Many students now in college are taking advantage that they are away from their families‚ and instead of studying they prefer to hang out with friends even they have some little obligation to do. But not knowing that real life is when you graduated in college and start earning money. And soon it comes the problems‚ struggles. College students like me are experiencing such stressful nights of studying
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