On October 21‚ 1966‚ a catastrophic event occurred in Aberfan‚ South Wales. A coal slagheap collapsed after heavy rain. The water build up was too great‚ causing a massive landslide that killed 144 people. 116 of those were children. “The fast-moving landslide‚ which had been triggered by heavy rain‚ demolished a farm and 20 terraced houses as well as Pantglas Junior School” (Yahoo News UK). Roughly 80‚000 tons of debris changed the lives of so many forever. Picture The cause of the landslide was
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such as burning gasoline to drive vehicles‚ burning oil‚ coal or wood to produce electricity for heating and cooling and burning forests to clear land. The greenhouse effect has the potential to reach levels of heat that our world has never seen before; our polar bears live in the arctic where they rely on the cold Canadian weather to survive. As a result of our selfish and careless behavior polar bears have nowhere to go because the icecaps that they live on are melting and they are drowning given
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Hundreds are dead after the worst earthquake in generations struck off the northeast coast of Japan on 11th March‚ setting off a devastating tsunami that swallowed swaths of coastal territory and fanned out across the Pacific Ocean‚ threatening everything in its path. The 8.9-magnitude earthquake -- the fifth-largest in the world since 1900 and the biggest in Japan in 140 years -- struck at 2:46 p.m. local time‚ shaking buildings violently in Tokyo for several minutes and sending millions fleeing
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Natural Devastation The largest earthquake in 40 years shifted huge geological plates beneath the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26‚ 2004‚ causing a immense and abrupt displacement of millions of tons of water. Indonesia villages closest to the epicenter were swamped within minutes‚ while elsewhere the waves radiated outward‚ making landfall at speeds topping 500 mph (www.cbsnews.com). The phenomenon we call tsunami is a series of large waves of extremely long wavelength and period usually generated by
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5.1 Factors of production Capital 5.1 Factors of production KE Y I DEA The four factors of production are land‚ labour‚ enterprise and capital. Land This means the land itself‚ and any natural resources that come with it. So oil‚ natural gas‚ bauxite‚ fertile soil‚ a pleasant climate and sandy beaches are all included in this factor of production. Every business uses some physical space – though‚ for example‚ a bank or small home-based business uses much less land than an agricultural
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Factors of Production There are two categories of factors of production: tangible resources including capital‚ land and natural resources; and non-tangible resources including labor‚ knowledge and entrepreneurship. In factor markets the buyer and seller pattern is opposite to the goods markets; in goods markets firms sell and households buy‚ but in factor markets firms buy and households sell. Households provide the labor; their savings flows into the financial markets and finances physical capital;
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Introduction A natural calamities is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover. List of natural calamities 1) Earthquakes 2) Volcanic eruptions 3) Hydrological disasters a. Floods
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One of the most economically prosperous time periods in American history is the 1920’s‚ also known as the Roaring 20’s. This economic upturn occurred shortly after the conclusion of World War I and the short recession that followed the war. Some industries flourished during this time while farming became a cancer to the economy. To help the plight of the American farmer congress did as much as it could in passing legislative bills like the Emergency Tariff of 1921‚ the Fordney-McCumber Tariff
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No matter how bleak they seem‚ all plays end in hope. Discuss how true this statement is of a non-Shakespearean play you have studied. What is hope? To place one’s confidence in the belief that something better will be obtained. "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller is a play in which many innocent characters die. Although the main message of the play is the restoration of hope to the village of Salem in the 17th century‚ it leaves us with many questions of how much hope we should place in our own society
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The natural environmental problem is the one of the most important problem to impact our world. Some problems are very famous like “global warming” and “Marine pollution”. We usually the government determine to spend millions or billions dollars to curb environmental pollution from news. In fact‚ we can save the money because we always curb environmental pollution after we did it. The natural environmental problem was already permeated our life. We almost can find it everywhere. For example‚ in
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