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…of Vegetables' (Discourse of Earthquakes, in Posthumous Works, p. 288). Hooke turned his speculation concerning the origins of these phenomena into a series of lectures which he delivered, re-wrote and augmented for some 30 years, beginning 15 September 1668…

…- Minoan Palaces and Writing First palaces destroyed by earthquake (c.1700BC) grander palaces replaced them. Second Palatial Period c.1700-1450BC - Period of Greatest Prosperity Palaces grander than predecessors, retained the central courtyard but this time…

…of volcanic peaks dominate its western heartland, the center of its population and economy. Severe earthquakes have destroyed Managua, its capital and largest city, twice in the 20th century. With a population of more than 4.2 million, Nicaragua is the least…

…days in Nicaragua. They controlled the Mosquitia Coast where San Juan del Norte was located.  The possibility of strong earthquakes in the volcano rich area. In 1850 the United States Senate ratified the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty with Great Britain…

…of on-site inspection of unexplained seismic disturbances. Parts of the Soviet Union experience numerous earthquakes each year which produce seismic effects similar to those of low-yield underground nuclear tests. The United States, therefore, insisted…

…. As well as gate-keeping and agenda setting, there are additional rules establishing news content. Proximity to, or familiarity of an event such as an earthquake will alter its newsworthiness. Magnitude or amplitude such as that of September 11 is another…

…or earthquakes. Such risks can impact many homes simultaneously. The insurer also faces non-systematic risk from fires or lightning strikes, which just affect individual homes. All this is illustrated in the graph below where we can also see that the drop in risk…

…concrete dome four feet thick. The dome is designed to withstand extremes such as earthquakes or a direct hit by a crashing airliner. There is also a large number of sensors that pick up increases in radiation or humidity. An increase in radiation or humidity…

…prices of memory and internal chip boards after an earthquake in 1999 severely damaged many manufacturing plants in Taiwan. This adversely affected raw material costs to Playstation 2 production. Games are written either in house (removing the need…

…of physical force to compel particular behavior on the part of a person" (Wurtzel 27). Unlike the NIMH study, the network program did not include violence from comedy and slapstick, accidents and acts of nature such as floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes (Wurtzel…