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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Exercise and Its Effects on Learning Jennifer Bowden English 101 Erin Brescia May 26‚ 2013 1. 1. What is the cause or effect you are analyzing in your thesis? How exercising effects learning 2. How have you explained the cause-and-effect relationship? Exercise causes the brain to create new cells and chemicals increasing the capability to learn 3. Have I organized my causes and/or effects logically? Yes 4. Have I concluded my essay effectively? yes 5. Identify one change you have
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born into the marriage. There are mainly three reasons why a husband and wife decide to divorce are adultery‚ lack of communication‚ and economic issues. In the past‚ divorce was a rare occurrence‚ since then it is commonplace. Adultery is the main cause of divorce in today’s society. Adultery may be physical or mental between individuals. There are many things that may be the catalyst for adultery within a marriage. A partner may neglect their spouse by not communicating‚ complementing each other
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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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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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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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main ideas about the plague in the paper is the causes‚ having the plague‚ and the biggest is the toll it brought in society. There are many causes of the plague. One is all of the bacteria from the plague. “The plague is caused by a bacterium‚ Yersinia pestis‚mainly transmitted to humans by fleas from infected rodents‚ notably the black rat‚ Rattus Rattus”(Benedictow 1). The plague can be carried by the blood stream to the lungs and cause a variant plague that is spread by
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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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