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    Faults in Badminton

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    Chesca Loriel Decena Faults The rules of badminton consider the following as faults: - If the shuttle lands outside the boundaries of the court‚ passes through or under the net‚ fail to pass the net‚ touches the ceiling or side walls‚ touches the person or dress of a player or touches any other object or person. - If the initial point of contact with the shuttle is not on the striker’s side of the net. (The striker may‚ however‚ follow the shuttle over the net with the racket in the course

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    Hati Earthquake

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    Haiti devastated by massive earthquake "All of a sudden everything was falling apart... there was no place to hide" A massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The extent of the devastation is still unclear but there are fears thousands of people may have died. Haiti’s worst quake in two centuries hit south of the capital Port-au-Prince on Tuesday‚ wrecking the presidential palace‚ UN HQ and other buildings. A "large number" of UN personnel were reported missing

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    or villages. Japan faces these types natural disasters very often. In Japan Earthquakes and Tsunamis are very common. There is a tremor or mini earthquake in Japan every 5 minutes. There are over 2000 recorded earthquakes every year. The reason for this is Japan is located on three different tectonic plates: Eurasian plate‚ Pacific plate‚ and Philippine plate. Each time these tectonic plates shift‚ an earthquake

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    assignment: List of major earthquakes in Haiti • 1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake (18 October): According to French historian Moreau de Saint-Méry‚ "only one masonry building had not collapsed" in Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti’s capital city. • 1770 Port-au-Prince earthquake (3 June): The city was leveled in this magnitude 7.5 quake‚ which killed over 200 people. • 1783: A strong quake partially destroyed the church in Santiago.[1] • 1842 Cap-Haitien earthquake (7 May): An earthquake destroyed the city of

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    Macbeths Faults

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    These impulsive deaths‚ however‚ are the fault of both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth‚ and cannot be blamed on fate or the Witches. The Witches merely make suggestions about Macbeth ’s road to kingship; they did not make spells that would make all of their predictions true. These interpretations led‚ but did not force‚ Lady Macbeth and Macbeth to kill Duncan and secure his title of “Thane of Cawdor”. Later on‚ Macbeth chooses to kill Banquo; this again was not the fault of the witches. Thus‚ the witches cannot

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    Examination of Bacterial Plates Objective: 1. To examine bacteria pigmentation‚ colony‚ margin characteristics‚ elevation properties‚ broth characteristics and agar stroke properties. 2. To examine bacteria growth characteristics on different culture media. Introduction: Bacterial species can sometimes be identified on the basis of how they appear on or in the different media. The pigmentation‚ size and shape of bacterial colonies as they grow on and in agar plates can provide identifying

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    Loyal to a Fault

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    Loyal to a Fault When you hear the word loyal; moral‚ ethical and committed are the traits that come to mind. These are positive attributes that are encouraged in a person. But if you are true to your loyalty‚ to another person or your beliefs at what point does loyalty cross the line and you compromise your morals‚ ethics and commitments or are blind to the truth. In the novel Kidnapped‚ by Robert Louis Stevenson‚ there are many examples of loyalty through family‚ friendship and your obligations

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    Sociology LO

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    The student should be able to demonstrate an understanding of basic concepts of sociology and the social environment. 1. Sociology is the scientific study of human activity. also the study of the development‚ organization‚ functioning‚ and classification of human societies. 2. The term sociology was coined by the french philosopher known as Auguste Comte (1798-1857) He gave the name in 1839 because sociology is a science and only the sociologist who follow the scientific method can have a voice

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    Bay Area Fault System

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    The most dangerous fault in the U.S. is home to the complicates bay area fault system; the Hayward fault. The area surrounding the Hayward fault has a very high population density and a major earthquake along this fault could have deviating results. Since the 1868 Hayward fault earthquake‚ evidence of creeping has become very apparent along different areas on the fault. This evidence is proof that stress and energy is building in the fault and is ready to be released at any moment. They San Francisco

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    Earthquake Resistant Building Construction - 1 A short Research Paper on Affordable Solution for Earthquake Resistant Building Construction in Haiti by Dawang Sherpa Submitted to Southern Alberta Institute of Technology-SAIT Calgary‚ Alberta February 24‚ 2010 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Some Concepts on Earthquake Resistant Construction 2.1 2.2 2.3 3.1 Adobe Buildings with Earthquake Resistant Components 3.2 Rice Straw/Wheat Straw Buildings 3.3 Bamboo & Wooden Houses 3.4

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