MODULE E – Planetary Engineering: Mesozoic Tectonics Lesson 17 – Plate Tectonics 101 Introduction - Plate Tectonics = “Grand Unifying Theory” explaining relationships between processes within Earth From Theory of Continental Drift - Alfred Wegener in 1915 The Theory of Plate Tectonics 1) Earth’s surface consists of many lithospheric plates including crust (continental or oceanic) and immediately underlying mantle‚ cold and rigid 2) These plates are presently moving around on Earth’s surface
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Art is expression through creativity that allows us to deliver a message that may be more significant than just words on a page. Art connects with people on a more emotional and spiritual level‚ and it is this that can help to drive home the artists message in his or her works. Natalie Czech’s “A Poem by Repetition by Allen Ginsberg” combines two powerful pieces of art‚ poetry and photography to create one cohesive piece of art. The art is inspired by writings documented in Ginsberg’s personal journal;
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Clearly‚ cyclones and tsunamis pose a great threat to the water supply. At the time the book was published the tsunami of 2004 had not happened yet‚ but in Shiva’s analysis of the cyclone of 99’s damage to the water supply I can only imagine the massive amount of damage the most recent tsunami must have done. Over the past century the world’s climate has been getting increasingly warmer‚ and she explains on
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CONTENTS PAGE NO. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. S. NO. Japan - Socio Economic and Political Outlook Political Economic Social Macroeconomic Performance in recent past Macroeconomic Issues 1. Rising Yen 2. High Debt-GDP Ratio 3. Recent Earthquake and Tsunami Remedies to overcome Macroeconomic difficulties References List of Tables and Figures 3 3 4 4 5-7 8 9 10 11 12-14 15 PAGE NO. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Chart 1- Japan’s GDP growth rate declined in 2011 after the earthquake Table 1- Japan’s CPI
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and counted for. This is a crucial phase of choosing and protecting part of business that is essential for the business to continue. A good example would be the 2011 Tohuku earthquake and the following Tsunami that devastated Japan also killed 20% of Honda Motors business in the U.S. because the Tsunami caused production delays and also its operations in Thailand had to be shut down. That caused further dent in the world wide Honda productions and also the availability of its car models which caused
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THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS School of Economics and Finance ECON 1002 – Introduction to Economics II (3 year Curriculum) Semester 2‚ 2012 -13 GENERAL INFORMATION I. Lecture Sub-Class Time Venue E Monday 9:30 am – 11:20 am KK LG 109 Thursday 9:30 am – 10: 20 am KK LG 109 F Monday 11:30 am – 12:20 pm KK LG 109 Thursday 10:30 am – 12: 20 pm KK LG 109 II. Instructor and Teaching Assistant Instructor Teaching Assistant Name
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India is a country that offers a diverse range of cultures‚ races‚ and ethnicities for anyone that may choose to visit. Many people may think of someone ’s race as the same as their ethnicity‚ but they are very different. Race is a socially constructed category composed of people who share biologically transmitted traits that member of a society consider important‚ whereas ethnicity is a shared cultural heritage which can contain many different races within it (Macionis J. J.‚ 2006). The mix of cultures
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Death Toll from a Earthquake!! Number of Earthquakes Worldwide for 2000 - 2012 Located by the US Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center (M4.5+ for most of the world; doesn’t include US regional network contributions) Magnitude 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 8.0 to 9.9 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 4 0 1 1 1 2 7.0 to 7.9 14 15 13 14 14 10 9 14 12 16 23 19 12 6.0 to 6.9 146 121 127 140 141 140
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the Pacific Plate to stick. Pressure builds and is released as an earthquake. So what? The earthquake occurred at a relatively shallow depth at 20miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. This‚ combined with the high magnitude‚ caused the tsunami. How did people respond? Search and rescue teams arriving in Japans hardest hit areas are so far finding very few survivors‚ after last weeks devastating earthquake. The official number of deaths has climbed above 1‚800‚ but officials fear the eventual
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includes the pain and suffering resulting from the forces of nature or the actions of humans. Natural evil can be found associated with weather events such as tornadoes and hurricanes‚ or geological events including volcano eruptions‚ earthquakes and tsunamis. There is some crossover between moral and natural evil‚ in that‚ humans may experience natural pain and suffering as a result of another’s actions. Some of these gray areas might include diseases such as AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases
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