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    Volcanoes and Earthquakes test Bew c. 1. Where do earthquakes occur? Earthquakes occur at breaks in the earth’s crust called the fault lines. 2. What causes Earthquakes? Tectonic plates pushing‚ pulling‚ slipping past each other increasing the stress and causes elastic rebound to happen. During elastic rebound‚ energy is released and some travel as seismic waves‚ which cause an earthquake. 3. How do earthquake waves travel and what are the various types of waves? Body waves

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    Constitutionality of an Obesity Mitigation Fee At issue is whether the potential bill containing an “obesity mitigation fee” on food producers whose revenue from the sale of unhealthy foods exceeding 20% of total revenue violates Congress’s taxing and spending powers.         Article I Section 8 gives Congress the “power to lay and collect taxes.” The taxing power may be used to tax activities that it does not have power to regulate under its other powers. Furthermore‚ the constitution contains

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    Hekla‚ Katla‚ and Laki are located in the south of Iceland. All of them have a distinct personality. Iceland has so many threating volcanoes as a result of its unique location. Iceland lies in the North Atlantic where two of the earth crustal plates are pulled apart. Below Iceland is a hot spot‚ where Molten material rises to Earth’s surface forming active volcanoes. Laki is well known to be a fissure volcano meaning that it erupts in a linear vent system. Laki does not erupt from a single crater

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    Within the past few decades‚ there has been no political or public discussion as heated and controversial as the debate over climate change. Climate disputes can be traced back all the way to 1837‚ when Louis Agassiz proposed a theory claiming that Switzerland had once been covered with large ice sheets‚ and have become a big part of the international scientific community since then (Archer and Rahmstorf 2010). Today‚ climate change is not only a scientific issue‚ but it has grown into an economic

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    The benefits man can reap from volcanoes are‚ the land around the volcano that erupted would having fertile soil for agriculture‚ it will also have valuable minerals found in the volcanic areas‚ examples are‚ copper‚ gold‚ sliver and more. The tourism rate of the volcanic areas will increase. And‚ there will also be a source of geothermal energy in the volcanic areas. The land around the volcanic areas will have fertile soil that is good for agriculture as‚ when there is a volcano eruption‚

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    fundamentals include four stages of planning: mitigation‚ preparedness‚ response‚ and recovery. Exploring these stages will help us understand the restrictions and adversities that are faced by emergency managers throughout each stage. Mitigation is the first phase in emergency planning. It is used to prevent‚ or reduce‚ the damage imposed by disasters. Since risk can never fully be eliminated‚ the important key to this stage is to reduce risk. Mitigation occurs and exists‚ even if a disaster is not

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    Robert Jones Unit 5 Discussion: Risk Mitigation Control 7/15/2014 IS3110 Mr. Jackson When it comes to risk management‚ risk mitigating controls are the key to reducing threats to the network infrastructure. These mitigating controls can be found within standards‚ such as ISO/IEC 27001‚ and suggest measures to take in order to reduce risk to an organization’s assets. It is important to understand what each of these controls are in regards to risk management as well as the types of assessments

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    through‚ causing pressure. When the pressure becomes too great‚ the crust bursts‚ allowing the lava to escape. The area where the lava resided becomes the caldera. There are more than 1900 active volcanoes in the world today according to National Geographic.com‚ but only a handful of them are super volcanoes. Many of them are in North America‚ the most famous being the Yellowstone Caldera. The Yellowstone Caldara has been active for about 2.1 million years according to NPR.

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    CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION AND RECLAMATION PLAN will be implemented to ensure populations of sensitive wildlife species are not affected. Keystone will contract a qualified biologist to conduct a survey of breeding bird habitat within 330 feet (100 meters) from proposed surface disturbance activities that would occur within the breeding season. The biologist will document active nests‚ bird species‚ and other evidence of nesting (e.g.‚ mated pairs‚ territorial defense‚ birds carrying nesting material

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