Japan was hit by an enormous earthquake on March 11‚ 2011‚ that triggered a deadly 23-foot tsunami in the country’s north. The giant waves deluged cities and rural areas alike‚ sweeping away cars‚ homes‚ buildings‚ a train‚ and boats‚ leaving a path of death and devastation in its wake. Video footage showed cars racing away from surging waves. The United States Geological Survey reported the earthquake and on Monday revised its magnitude from 8.9 to 9.0‚ which is the largest in Japan’s history. The
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Education 1 The Importance of an Education Ashley Todd ENG 101-D20 4/04/2013 Education 2 The Importance of an Education When Alfie Kohn wrote his paper What Does It Mean to Be Well-Educated? he tried to focus on everyone’s point of view. He wrote about how there are many different types of people who are able to hold a job with maybe just one degree against the other who may be unemployed but have multiple degrees. Why would having more initials at the end of your name guarantee your success
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English 101 May‚ 6‚2013 Compare The Tell Tale Heart is a short story written in 1843 by Edgar Allen Poe. This story starts with the narrator telling us how he is not mad‚ merely nervous‚ but not crazy.In this story he explains that he loves and takes care of this old man. He has nothing against this old man‚ in fact he cares for him‚ but he hates the old man’s “vulture-eye”. The narrator hates the eye and decides to kill the old man to be free of it. He devises a plan to be free
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FIN 101 Exam 1 Chapter 1 Commerce Bank Credit What does your credit card really cost you? APR- Annual Percentage Rate Prime 3.25% Amount: $51‚649 Rate: 4% Years: 4 = $60‚422.02 Time Value of Money- TVM Future Value FV=PV*(1+i)^n FV= future value PV= present value i= interest rate n= time The Rule of 72 If at 10%‚ it will take 7.2 to double (just divide 72 by 10) 72 DIVIDED BY ANY NUMBER is how long it will take to double Present value PV=FV/(1+i)^n
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Kerrie Neal James Grubb History 111 May 3rd 2013 The BlackBerry Riots In the summer of 2011‚ the city of London‚ England was disheveled. With what started as a simple police brutality protest soon turned the city upside down with riots clustering in almost every borough. Parliament abruptly returned from their summer holidays to quickly address the chaos dismantling their city’s wellbeing. Just under 2‚000 riot related arrests were made by the Metropolitan police and just under 4‚000 throughout
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Unit 101 – health and safety in a business environment 1.1 state health and safety responsibilities of employers and 1.2 state their own responsibilities for health and safety in the business environment Everybody is entitled to a work environment that are safe for them to do so‚ and that customers‚ visitors and contractors can be protected from any risk to health and safety whilst they are on the premises. Your employer’s basic responsibility is to provide safe and healthy conditions and processes
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Jebsen & Jessen Group of Companies South East Asia Corporate Profile 17 June 2011 / Jebsen & Jessen Group of Companies South East Asia / 1 Content 1 2 About Us Our Regional Businesses 3 4 Statistical Profile How We Do Business 17 June 2011 / Jebsen & Jessen Group of Companies South East Asia/ 2 1 2 3 4 About Us Our Regional Businesses Statistical Profile How We Do Business 17 June 2011 / Jebsen & Jessen Group of Companies South East Asia/ 3 Historical Background
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Springs and Oscillators Abstract Two experiments were conducted to find the spring constant of a steel spring‚ and another experiment using a rubber band was performed to see if it agreed with Hooke’s law. The spring constant was found statically by measuring the distance traveled as different masses were applied‚ and also found dynamically by measuring the period of a mass hung from one end and pulled down then released into vertical oscillations. We found that the rubber band
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The Amish Culture Valerie Lewis ANT 101 Michael King 03/18/2013 The Amish Culture The Amish culture is one of fascination and attracts tourist. “The Amish family is the foundation of the Amish way of life. The family structure and traditions that seem to be taken from a page out of history have
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of water‚ causing a tsunami. Tsunamis are barely felt as a ripple on the ocean’s surface‚ but as the waves reach land‚ they increase in size as the water becomes shallower. Japan earthquake and tsunami At 2:46pm Japanese time‚ on March 11th 2011‚ an earthquake with the magnitude of 9.0 took place 100km of the coast of Japan‚ and was the 5th most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
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