formed by small-fraction partial melting at the base of the lithosphere. The rock that comes from Mt. Nyiragongo is melilite nephelinite. The volcano is 2 miles high (or 3‚470 meters)‚ and is at a summit elevation of 11‚365 feet. The sides are sloped up to 50 degrees near the top‚ and the main crater (summit) is 1.3 miles wide (or 2 km). Mt. Nyiragongo is an immense volcano‚ and has an unusual composition in the magma‚ lava‚ and dried rock. In the last 130 years‚ Mt. Nyiragongo has been a very active
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flat plain. A fissure eruption occured at the Los Pilas volcano in Nicaragua in 1952. Cinder Cones: Cinder cones are simple volcanoes which have a bowl-shaped crater at the summit and steep sides. They only grow to about a thousand feet‚ the size of a hill. They usually are created of
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referred to in the extract is the casuarina tree. The creeper is said to be like a python because it climbs and winds around the tree tightly and is so thick that it appears to embrace the tree till the summit. Ans 2 The creeper is thick and quite old since it has reached the summit of the tree. It is quite strong and covers the tree completely. It looks like a huge python crushing the tree in its grasp. Ans 3 The extract serves as a background to the theme of the poem in that
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A worldview‚ in my opinion‚ is the way you look at the world and how you see God; a worldview is a set of beliefs that directs the way you act. To determine your worldview‚ you must ask yourself a few questions. Some of these questions include: Who is God? Where did I come from? Why do I exist? What is my purpose in life? Answers in Genesis defines a worldview as “the overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world. A worldview is a collection of beliefs about life and the universe
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We are the world Book Review: Three cups of tea Lost on the way to the summit of a mountain called K2 in Pakistan‚ Greg Mortenson felt depressed until he wandered into a poor village and was warmly treated. Reaching the summit of K2 to place a necklace in the honor of Christa‚ his sister was Greg’s original plan‚ but after he walked into the village’s everyday life he changed his mind. There‚ he gave a promise... to build a school. Eventually‚ not only one school was built but more than sixty
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Three insights that I learned from How to Read Literature Like a Professor are to look at the character’s internal reasons for completing a task‚ note the authors word choice in figurative language‚ and look for a deeper meaning tied to the setting or an image that the author is creating. The first insight was given in chapter one of How to Read Literature Like a Professor; “The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge” (3). This piece of information was very useful as I read the section
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imFugitive Denim- Reflection Statement and Discussion During last week’s group discussion‚ we provided a brief introduction to the book. Part 1- provides an interesting framework for understanding issues with strong economic‚ political and business ties. Provide a 1 page synopsis of the global markets‚ apparel and textile industries and the major implications as a result of the WTO major trade decisions. Be sure to include your insight on the situation as presented within the first section of the
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launched in 2004‚ Stag(either cancelled or it ’s just hard to find in the country)‚ and Coors (2008).The company also offers Absolute distilled drinking water‚ the second biggest-selling bottled water brand in the market behind SMC ’s Wilkins‚ and Summit mineral water. Theyare both launched in 1992.In 1995‚ Q Shandy was launched to compete with SMC ’s Cali. In 1999‚ Pacific Sun iced teawas launched. In 2009‚ Asia Brewery introduced Feelgood‚ the first juice drink in thePhilippines to contain prebiotics
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the country is mountainous‚ with a chain running through each of the main islands. Japan’s highest mountain is the world-famous Mt. Fuji (12‚388 feet). Since so little flat area exists‚ many hills and mountainsides are cultivated all the way to the summits. Japan’s population‚ currently just fewer than 127 million‚ experienced a phenomenal growth rate for much of the 20th century as a result of scientific‚ industrial‚ and sociological changes‚ but birth rates have fallen steadily since the
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internal social‚ economic and political conditions and (b) the desire of the members to enhance economic cooperation for mutual gain especially through collective bargaining with its major trading partners. The early declarations and statements from summits show that the group was founded primarily to provide a framework for regional political and economic cooperation. Today‚ ASEAN has developed an organizational structure that looks not only into the political and economic issues in the region but also
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