On Friday‚ March 11‚ Japan was rocked by an earthquake. People were displaced‚ a nuclear reactor was in trouble‚ and the world watched as a tsunami flooded Japan‚ threatened the islands of the Pacific‚ and ultimately hit the western coasts of North and South America. Very little of the devastation resulting from this earthquake was from the initial shaking. But mainly because any damage from the seismic waves that was dwarfed by the impact of the 10 metre tsunami that hit the Japanese coast less
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QUESTION 1 In a broader term environment means everything that surrounds us. It includes living or biotic life‚ for examples the plants and animals and non-living or biotic components like air‚ water and soil. Environmental pollution refers to degradation of air and water by mixing of harmful and undesirable pollutants in them. Today‚ pollution has become the biggest global problem because it has grown in magnitude and threatens to endanger all life on the living planet. As a matter of fact the
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extent south eastern Turkey and smaller parts of south western Iran‚ Mesopotamia situated between the Tigris and Euphrates river systems (fig.1). A gulf was formed from a deeper penetrating sea line in earlier geographical periods‚ creating a plain of silt deposits that spanned the area between the two rivers‚ eventually populated by the Akkadians in the north and the Sumerians to the south. A heavily fluctuating environment proved difficult terrain to establish architectural settlement in the area;
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located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers….this is how it gets its name the Fertile Crescent. The climate for this civilization is dry except in the area between the rivers. The river flood at least once a year leaving a thick layer of mud called silt behind. There were draw backs to living hear though flooding was often unpredictable and very dry through the summer months. There were also no natural barriers so if you were a village out in the open you were likely to be attacked. Natural resources
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Why should tropical rain forests be conserved? Tropical rainforests are thought to posses more plants and animals than any other forests on earth. Most tropical rainforests are located around and near the equator‚ they have existed on earth for hundreds of millions of years. But they are among the most endangered ecosystems globally due to humans. They are an important part of human life and are know as the “lungs of the planet” they have many animals‚ and many natural medicines come from tropical
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CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO • CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO •EQUIPMENTS CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO • CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO - CBR EQUIPMENT - COMPACTION RAMMER - EXPANSION MEASURING APPARATUS - SURCHARGE WEIGHTS - COMPRESSION MACHINE • CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO • CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO •NOTES • CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO • Developed by the California Division of Highways in 1929 • is a penetration test for evaluation of the mechanical strength of road subgrades and
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divided into sweet‚ fresh water‚ known as the god Apsu‚ and salty bitter water‚ the goddess Tiamat. Tiamat and Apsu filled the cosmic abyss with the primeval waters. Once these two differentiated‚ they created the gods Lahmu and Lahamu‚ who rose from the silt at the edge of the water. When Lahmu and Lahamu joined‚ they created the great gods Anshar‚ Kishar and Anu. From this generation of gods there arose mighty Ea and his many brothers. Ea‚ who was the god of rivers and was Tiamat and Apsu ’s great-grandson
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The small city of Cairns may not be well-known but its claim to fame is that it is the doorstep to visiting The Great Barrier Reef. I’m excited to be here because I planned to go diving along the outer reef wall. Diving the Reef is one of the top site to explore for divers worldwide. As we walked off the plane we experienced the feeling of the warm tropical weather. It was muggy and we could see all around the lush green vegetation. Our transportation into the city was just a few minutes. We
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BR29 (45 days old) cultivated in silt loam soils of Old Brahmaputra Alluvium tract (Sonatola series) in Mymensingh‚ Bangladesh‚and two from seed endophytes and on the basis of their their phenotypic and 16S rRNA genes sequencing identified them as Acinetobacter sp. BR-12‚ Klebsiella
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geographic expansion of New York City’ (Lee‚ 2012). Today the population of New York could be smaller by millions of people if not for the ambitious subway building projects undertaken a century ago (Lee‚ 2012). To make sure our future cities don’t silt up with cars we need an efficient public transport network like New York
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