Earthquakes are more newsworthy but we ignore other geological hazards at our peril. Discuss. (40marks) Geological hazards are events that are perceived as a threat to people‚ poverty and nature‚ which originate in‚ or transmitted by the physical‚ built or human environment. These can include volcanoes‚ hurricanes and earthquakes‚ which all have various effects ranging from affecting people to the natural and physical environment. Looking at earthquakes in particular‚ which are vibrations of the
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The role of music in our society Nowadays‚ music is not taken into account as it used to be. However‚ how important is it for our society? In this essay‚ I will examine this subject from two different perspectives: the professional musician and the music teacher‚ adding my own views on the status of music today. It is often said that music does not play a significant role for most people but the reality is that it actually plays a very important role in our lives even if we do not notice. It is
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Contents Abstract This research investigated the hypothesis that there is no difference between Australians and international students as far as the causes of happiness are concerned. For the study‚ a questionnaire consisting of 12 questions about happiness and life satisfaction was created. A survey was conducted among 25 female and 25 male students to solicit the responses of a sample group of 50 international students in Navitas Academic English classes. Their responses were recorded
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Throughout the years our society has gotten considerably worse. Many factors in the modern day has had a part in the negativity in the world. Our music has become everything about drug life‚ sex life and "thug life". Not only has music impacted our change‚ but the increase in violence has affected it. Violence can become an after effect due to what is on TV and cemented into our brains. People have lost all knowledge of common sense. The last factor that makes our society ugly is the rate in bullying
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INCONSISTENCE OF OUR ACTIONS Life is full of contradictions. People often contradict themselves by saying or thinking about something but they end up doing something completely different. Michel de Montaigne of his essay of the inconsistence of our actions criticizes with frankness how humans tend to contradict themselves‚ most of the time. There are four fragments of this essay that i will put as a examples and put in discussion of how the actions of the people are inconsistent more than ever. The
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GMOs in Our Food I never paid much attention to all the controversy going viral about GMOs until I started reading articles about this. America has brought forth the attention of eating healthy and staying fit in order to live a longer‚ healthier life. However‚ in order to do so‚ we need to know what we are putting into our bodies. GMOS stand for genetically modified organisms. What are these and are they safe to consume? Why doesn ’t the United States label these GMOs in our food
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People are Different In this paper I will explore the role of prejudice‚ stereotypes‚ and discrimination. I will examine why our pathways our influenced by the media and our environment and the way we grow-up from children to adults. We will reflect on how in-groups and out groups plays a role on how we are perceive to be normal or different. First I will reflect on prejudice which involves a negative attitude toward individuals based on their membership in a particular group. This
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The “We Care We Share” service initiative was conceived in the spring of 2012‚ in a youth group meeting between several of my friends and I. We meet once a month to prepare hot food‚ often pasta or chili‚ and travel to homeless shelters in the city to serve the needy. In late November‚ we make winter care packages and distribute them to the homeless‚ providing them with supplies that would help them bear the cold‚ such as scarves and gloves. Being one of the founding members of this initiative‚
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Future of Our Education An average tablet filled with thousands of e-books weighs a billionth of a billionth of a gram more than if it were empty of data‚ rather than a single book that’s manually read‚ cannot be updated‚ and contains only a specific published topic. Manufacturing a single tablet requires extraction of 33 pounds of mineral‚ 79 gallons of water‚ and 100 kilowatt hours of fossil fuels resulting in 66 pounds of carbon dioxide while a single tree cut only produces an average
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2010 Our Five Senses‚ Vision‚ Smell‚ Hearing‚ Taste‚ and Touch The following paper is an explanation of our five senses. How they work and why do we have them. Would a person be able to function if one or more senses were lost? All these questions are answered in following document. Our entire sensory system consists of numerous amounts of different sensors. The main senses are vision‚ smell‚ hearing‚ taste‚ and touch. Those senses are important. They play a role in our everyday life
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