Chapter 12- Section 2: Studying Earthquakes Recording Earthquakes Seismology- The study of earthquakes and seismic waves Seismograph- An instrument that records vibrations in the ground Consists of three different devices that sense and record motion Vertical Motion of the ground Horizontal Motion- East and West Horizontal Motion- North and South Records motion by tracing wave shaped lines on paper Or translates it into electronic signals. Seismogram- The tracing of earthquake
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people(tourists) away from their usual habitat‚ the activities of people away from their usual habitat will normally give rise to an industry and the activities of both the people and the industry may or will have impact on the host community. 2.0 DISADVANTAGES OF TOURISM 2.1 THREATHEN INDIGENOUS IDENTITY Tourism gives positive impacts to a country but the impacts arise when tourism brings about changes in value systems and behaviour‚ thereby threatens indigenous identity. Furthermore‚ changes often
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The amount of active worldwide Facebook users as of June 2012 is 955 million‚ accounting for approximately a seventh of the total population on Earth. With such a mass population of the world checked into Facebook‚ it sparks question as to what kind of effect this has. There is no doubt that Facebook itself is a fantastically engineered social media‚ connecting just about one billion of people in the world with the simple action of logging into a website. But with the rapid growth of this social
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Disadvantages of CD-Rewritable: * It can be affected by Environment (oxygen‚ heat‚ sunlight‚ humidity‚ liquids‚ and dust) and human mishandling (scratched‚ cracked‚ bent‚ misplaced‚ etc.). * It is more costly than CD-ROM * It is considerably less reliable with each recording and are not recommended for long-term or archival use. * Since it is portable media‚ it has risk of getting lost unlike internal hard-disks * It is time-consuming as manual process requiring human interaction
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For the exclusive use of C. JUTIDHARABONGSE KEL697 Revised October 16‚ 2012 CRAIG FURFINE Working at Workouts: Commercial Real Estate Debt in Distress Sam Schey‚ asset manager at Drive Property Solutions‚ came into his office on Monday‚ May 10‚ 2010. He had just returned from a weeklong tour of distressed retail properties in the southeastern United States. Touring commercial properties at various stages of distress was the most fascinating part of Schey’s career. His specialty was “special servicing”—the
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Teens and Jobs In the essay‚ “Working at McDonald’s‚” Amitai Etzioni talks about his belief that working‚ especially at fast food chain restaurants can be bad for teenagers. Working‚ for teenagers under some circumstances can be bad for them but sometimes its good depending on the daily schedule of whomever is working. If the teen is still in school‚ working is bound to affect their involvement and attendance in negative ways. Though it’s true that while working you gain on the job experience
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easier such as the stone axe. They also developed the technique of sculpturing with clay and stone which was better than sculpturing with stone or reindeer horns like the Paleolithic people did. On the other hand‚ when taking a closer look at the disadvantages it was not all so great. As people where entering the Neolithic Era they were becoming less health‚ and was making them more prone to diseases such as; malaria‚ tuberculosis etc. The lifespan for the Paleolithic people was much longer than those
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wealth‚ income and occupation form the defining characteristics of each group. In the U.K.‚ working‚ middle and upper class were the classic formulation of social class. However‚ in fact‚ the situation of working class seems to change all the time as there are tradition and new working class and there are many people interested in it. Therefore‚ this essay is going to critically evaluate the concept of working class in modern Britain. As a functionalist‚ Parsons considered social stratification
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collaborative working increases the knowledge of professionals‚ safety of service user and the quality of care. People with a learning disability are more vulnerable to certain physical and mental health problems than the general population (Emerson & Baines‚ 2010). Collaborative working between professionals is important if professionals are to meet the complex health needs of the service user and ensure their safety (Fatchett & Taylor‚ 2013; Lacey & Oyvry‚ 2013). Collaboration working occurs when
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Title Page Flexible working…….Are we walking in the right direction? Contents Page Executive Summary Add Walk the Walk as a Case Study Introduction With intense competitiveness and pressures within the workplace‚ there has been a significant rise in costs associated with absences and stress. (CIPD 2000) This
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