square-mile section at the heart of the city [Mileti and Fitzpatrick‚ 1993]. Even more disastrous was the Kwanto earthquake in Japan that devastated the cities of Yokohama and Tokyo on September 1‚ 1923 [Hodgson‚ 1993]. In Yokohama‚ over 50 percent of the buildings were destroyed [Bolt‚ 1993]‚ and as many as 208 fires broke out and spread through the city [Hodgson‚ 1964]. When the disaster was over‚ 33‚000 people were dead [Bolt‚ 1993]. In Tokyo‚ the damage from the earthquake was less‚ but the resulting
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Chemistry Ozone Depletion Ozone depletion describes two distinct but related phenomena observed since the late 1970s: a steady decline of about 4% per decade in the total volume of ozone in Earth’s stratosphere (the ozone layer)‚ and a much larger springtime decrease in stratospheric ozone over Earth’s polar regions. The latter phenomenon is referred to as theozone hole. In addition to these well-known stratospheric phenomena‚ there are also springtime polartropospheric ozone depletion events. The
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This process of punctuated equilibrium asserts that the political system “displays considerable stability with regard to the manner in which it processes issues‚ but the stability is punctuated with periods of volatile change” (Baumgartner & Jones 1993: 4). This change can be represented by an S-curve or a logistic growth curve illustrating a slow policy adoption at first‚ then a rapid push an enthusiastic support for it‚ then after it has saturated the national scene the process starts again.
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evidence being brought in from a ranging variety of fields. In the summer of 1993‚ J. William Schopf‚ a paleobiologist reportedly found fossilized imprints of microbial communities between layers of rock that were 3.5 billion years old. This‚ along with other evidence indicated that life was well established only a billion years after earth’s formation‚ which is a faster evolution than previously thought (Time‚ 1993‚ p.40). This belief that life evolved ever so quickly‚ induced scientists to attempt
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includes a 2% 10‚ net 30-credit term‚ which is consistent with competitors in the industry. Haefren Baum’s business to customer relation started to dwindle when consumer confidence and demand slipped due to negative percentage growth of real GDP in 1993. Consumer demand dropped‚ leading to slower furniture sales. Haefren Baum felt pressure to decrease prices in order to maintain sales volume. The on-set of this event forced Wiegandt to extend a more flexible credit term to Haefren Baum while attempting
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pp. 1-20. Knodel‚ J.‚ 1993. Design and Analysis of Focus Group Studies. In: D. L. Morgan‚ ed. 1993. Successful Focus Groups: Advancing the State of the Art. London: Sage‚ pp. 35-50. Kress V. E.‚ Shoffner M. F.‚ 2007. Focus Groups: A practical and Applied Research Approach for Counselors. Journal of Counseling & Development.‚ [online] Available at: [Accessed 10 May 2013] Kreuger R. A.‚ 1998. Moderating Focus Groups. London: Sage Morgan D. L.‚ Krueger R. A.‚ 1993. When to Use Focus Groups and
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raw electric current was applied externally to stimulate the heart as early as the mid-eighteenth century (Glen D. Nelson‚ 1993). Some of the most notable and effective early models from the 1920s and 1930s include a hand-crank devices and devices that required the use of electrical sockets. These devices required the “plunging of a needle into the ventricle” (Glen D. Nelson‚ 1993). These devices were not well-received by the public and seen as blasphemous. However‚ Dr. Paul Zoll developed an external
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else o’erleap‚ / For in may way lies.” (Shakespeare‚ 1993‚ 1.4. 54-55). Lady Macbeth insists on Macbeth to go ahead with his feeling to kill Duncan‚ so he will not be able to have Malcolm as king‚ but he would be king. Macbeth thinks long and hard about killing the king‚ and at first decides against killing him. In this quote‚ foreshadowing is used‚ “Bloody instructions which‚ being taught return / To plague th’inventor” (Shakespeare‚ 1993‚ 1.7.9-10). Macbeth thinks about that he may be tormented
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[(100-(10%*100))/10] • deprec. exp. from July 1‚ 1986-March 31‚ 1993: $6.00 [(100-(10%*100))/15] • deprec. exp. from April 1‚ 1993 to today: $4.75 [(100-(5%*100))/20] b) b)Singapore • deprec. exp. prior to April 1‚ 1989: $11.25 [(100-(10%*100))/8] • deprec. exp. from April 1‚ 1989 on: $8.00 [(100-(20%*100))/10] • deprec. exp for used aircraft more than 5 years old at the fiscal year 1993: $16.00 [(100-(20%*100))/5] Question Two
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Freire’s work is a well-structured analysis about the education system as he views it. Freire says that “Education is suffering from narration sickness.” (Freire‚ 1993‚ para. 3) This means that students are expected to learn what is taught to them and not open their minds to explore. Freire talks about the flaws of a banking concept in the education system and how it is failing to educate the students on showing them how to use creativity in order to become independent minds and be contributors to
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