help of seismometers. The moment magnitude is the most common scale on which earthquakes larger than approximately 5 are reported for the entire globe. The more numerous earthquakes smaller than magnitude 5 reported by national seismological observatories are measured mostly on the local magnitude scale‚ also referred to as the Richter scale. Magnitude of concern: Magnitude of 3 or lower earthquakes are mostly almost imperceptible and magnitude 7 and over potentially cause serious damage over
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According to CNN‚ the Yazidi religion is considered a pre-Islamic sect who is now being referred to as devil worshippers by many Muslims. The ISIS has captured and holds about 3‚500 of these people as slaves. US Military officials and a UK based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights have confirmed that the captives are being moved to Raqqa. These people have undergone persecution since 2014 without any means of communication to the outside world. Moreover‚ ISIS has killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people
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ninth-hottest years in Hong Kong Observatory’s records.| | | |The past decade has been the hottest decade in the city’s history. The Observatory attributed this to global warming| |and dense urban development. | |The past decade has also seen hot weather occurring more frequently than the previous one
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and industries to lead youth towards sustainable development of social and economic aspects of a Nation. Even more as mentioned by the UNESCO the social responsibility of the Higher Educational Institutions is to take the anticipatory role of “Observatories and Think Tanks” in order to foresee the future trends through research and theoretical frameworks to predict and control major crisis in the world. The Social Accountability of Higher Educational Institutions will justify the public investment
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http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/documentation/pdf/about_the%20Eiffel_Tower.pdf?id=4_11 • “He was responsible for the metal structures of the Bon Marché department store and the Crédit Lyonnais bank in Paris‚ the cupola of the Nice observatory‚ and‚ above all‚ the very impressive internal structure of the Statue of Liberty.” • “The construction of the Eiffel Tower in 1889 was his crowning achievement.” http://www.bookrags.com/biography/alexandre-gustave-eiffel/ •
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The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Marsin Paris. Built in 1889‚ it has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest building in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world; millions of people ascend it every year. Named after its designer‚ engineer Gustave Eiffel‚ the tower was built as the entrance arch to the 1889 World’s Fair. The tower stands 324 metres tall‚ about
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prevention. To illustrate‚ the building has a triangular base but morphing into circle gradually after 300m. The triangular base boosts the stability of the tower to resist typhoons and earthquakes whereas the circular shape is ideal for both observatories‚ namely Tembo Deck and Tembo Galleria‚ which are situated at 350m and 450m respectively. The changes in shape also demonstrate the “warp” and “camber” which are traditional shapes in Japanese culture. The colour design is ‘skytree white’‚ a mixture
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hundreds of years since Stonehenge was rediscovered from a three thousand year rest after its abandonment. Numerous theories have arisen over who built Stonehenge including the Druids and Merlin‚ and about what it was built for such as a calendar‚ an observatory and a ritual burial ground. My theory‚ however‚ is that Stonehenge was built by Early Britons for religious purposes. Some of the theories about why Stonehenge was built are not supported by substantial evidence. However‚ even theories about Stonehenge
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History of Telescopes We have all heard about telescopes and how useful they are in our present time. We also generally associate telescopes to astronomy like the Hubble Space Telescope. There is a rich history behind its invention and its further progression which we will now discuss. The first type of telescope invented was an optical telescope. This telescope has three designs‚ namely‚ refracting telescopes‚ reflecting telescopes and catadioptric telescopes (refracting and reflecting combined)
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course of 3 hours. Eris was discovered in July‚ 2005 by Mike Brown of CalTech and his team. Eris was originally named Xena or UB313 but re-named Eris by the IAU (International Astronomical Union). On 10th September 2005‚ astronomers at the Keck Observatory took a look at Eris with a new instrument that allows them to see details as precise as those seen from the Hubble Space Telescope. The images quickly revealed that it has a faint moon in orbit around it! They named Eris’ moon Dysnomia‚ the daughter
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