sub-surface conditions that make the area/slope prone to failure‚ whereas the actual landslide often requires a trigger before being released. Causes Landslides occur when the stability of the slope changes from a stable to an unstable condition. A change in the stability of a slope can be caused by a number of factors‚ acting together or alone. Natural causes of landslides include: • groundwater (pore water) pressure acting to destabilize the slope • Loss or absence of vertical vegetative structure
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rP os t HKU933 MARTA DOWEJKO GILBERT WONG op yo THE LAO COFFEE INDUSTRY: IMPLEMENTING VERTICAL INTEGRATION FOR A SOCIAL CAUSE AT BOLAVEN FARMS Their hope is our joy. -Bolaven Farms about its resident farmers tC Founded in early 2007 by Sam Say‚ a Lao refugee who lived in Canada and Hong Kong‚ Bolaven Farms was a coffee business with a social purpose. With an office in Hong Kong and a farming facility in Laos‚ the venture’s mission was to provide high-quality coffee to
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Humans are the main cause of debt around the United States. Even though I believe that humans are the main cause of debt‚ I still believe that there are other significant factors that influence debt‚ including the media. First and foremost‚ humans have this mindset where they have “to keep up with the Joneses”. “To keep up with the Joneses” you are practically competing against your neighbors to have the best materialistic items. By trying to compete with fellow community members‚ people are actually
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Cause and Effect of Price Wars When large sums of money are at stake‚ many companies bend and flex to their limits to guarantee defeat over the competition. Sometimes they take a loss in one area for a gain in another area. There is a cause for every action the company makes‚ and in return for their action there is an effect. Although the effect can sometimes be pre-determined‚ no one is really sure what the outcome is going to be until the time comes. There are millions of cars on
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Illiteracy is directly related to two main causes; Schools and Parents/Environment. Schools maintain letter grades that represent the performance and outcome of the students. Grades throughout the semester‚ cumulative grades and final outcomes. When taking a step back and looking at society and seeing how much ignorance and illiteracy there is it really makes you begin to think about whether or not that is not only the type of environment you wish to be in but whether or not you wish to raise your
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CAUSE AND EFFECT ESSAY 1 Have you ever wanted to seek revenge on someone? Have you ever felt like getting back at someone for something they did? It is said that ninety-two percent of people have sought revenge at least once in their lifetime. Jealousy‚ payback and satisfaction are all reason why someone would seek revenge. Being jealous is one of the main reasons why one may feel the need to seek revenge. Someone might get jealous because another
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Causes Hacking and the study of computer insecurity play an important role in the protection of assets. No computer system or network achieves perfect security; even a system switched off with its hard drive removed sunken in a lead case in the bottom of a deep pool in an underground facility lacks security‚ as it guarantees integrity and confidentiality but completely sacrifices availability. As a security professional‚ you must understand the risks a network faces; you must‚ in essence‚
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Cause and Effect Students make many choices and decisions influencing their academic lives a positive or negative way. None more significantly than how they adapt to their undergraduate experience. Immature college entrants tend to act financially irresponsible and/or waste their precious time partying. Even thought most students do not intend to ruin their college career‚ their behavior and priorities directly impact their GPA. This paper will attempt to explain what factors predict failure
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schizophrenia‚ which is characterized by the symptoms that are sudden and easily identified. The second type is called process schizophrenia‚ which develops gradually over a person’s life. The cause of schizophrenia is so puzzling even experts sometimes don’t know what causes the disease. One possible cause for schizophrenia is from heredity. The disease can be passed down from one generation to
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nations into the war because it created competition and a hope for gaining lands. Nationalism was also a main cause of the Balkan crisis. The Serbs in the Balkan Peninsula were very nationalistic people‚ that were proud of their culture and didn’t want to be colonized by anyone. They rebelled a lot and created tension between them and the Austro-Hungarians. Therefore‚ nationalism was the cause of a lot of tension in that region that caused it to be called the “powder-keg” of Europe. Also‚ when Austria-Hungary
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