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et al). Studying crustal response in environments with active plate tectonics has mainly been used to predict earthquakes and to estimate their impact. Due to the dynamic nature of alluvial systems, field studies can determine the rate of current faults and wraps and can forecast abnormal changes to the drainage network. It was determined by field observations and measurements…

I had to accept that any failure that I received was completely my fault. Accepting personal responsibility is a must in college. As kids transform into adults, and become more independent, the importance of their choices continues to grow. As a wise man once said, “with great freedom comes great responsibility.” In my college experience, I’ve already seen…

Executive Summary We investigate the effect of transactional and transformational leadership on followers and how each motivate individuals to commit to the enterprise goals and objectives. This report gives insight into the difference between transformational and transactional leadership drawing from case study evidence. The report concludes that although their core concepts are different, they share similar aspects and are most effective when used the right circumstances and context.…

The Des Moines Water Works lawsuit might hit a little closer to home for some people here at Dordt College, especially for those who are involved in agriculture in the state of Iowa. In March 2015, the Water Works Company in Des Moines filed a lawsuit against three drainage districts north of the city on the Raccoon and Des Moines Rivers. They claim that there are massive problems with nitrates in Des Moines drinking water supplies. The company seems to believe that the nitrates have come from…

overthrow of the bouguesie class, then takes the seats of the capitalists and resumes with the unfair treatment of humans. We notice that Orwell brilliantly has the animals transform their commandments from stating that they were all equal, to that “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” We can see that greed transforms what was suppose to be great change, into assimilation of the same system. By the novel’s end, the farm is essentially the same as it was at the beginning.…

Taking into consideration an example of General Motors, the role of women as powerful CEO’s can be very effectively highlighted. The ignition switch case has been by far the worst nightmare in GM’s history as another bankruptcy was pretty apparent but one name, Mary Barra, saved the company by taking the right steps at the right time. She had previously been serving as the Executive Vice President of global product development, purchasing and supply chain at GM; hence she understood where the…

Section 1: Plate tectonics is the the theory that the outer crust of the earth is cut up into a lot of pieces called plate tectonics. The plate tectonics move around in the mantle. The mantle is the rocky middle layer of our earth it lies right above the core. The plates are very much like a shel going around the earth. The evidence of plate tectonics began as simply circumstantial evidence one example is continental drift which is the theory that all the continents used to be one giant…

Helen’s hand in marriage as he does in Homer’s traditional account. Herodotus thus places Paris at fault rather than Helen by shifting the focus from Helen’s transgression to the injustice done to her husband by another man, suggesting “that the fall of Troy was the god’s punishment of Paris” (Helen of Troy, 151; Myth, truth, and narrative in Herodotus…

Yosemite National Park was first protected in 1864 and has since been a fascinating landscape that can be observed by people from all over (NPS). The formation of Yosemite Valley has been a natural phenomena for millions of years, formed by some of Earth’s most compelling geological sources. Yosemite has many beautiful granite formations and glacier-carved landscapes that attract everyone from artists to geologists (Huber, 1987). Yosemite Valley was formed by a series of different forces…

As human, we used to think ourselves as a superior species with the power to control and manipulate nature as we wish, but in fact we are very vulnerable to natural disasters like volcano, typhoon, tsunami and especially earthquake. For the last decade, we had to face with many super earthquake with magnitude from 7.0 to 9.0 Richter which caused devastating damage, some even send a country backward 10 years in development like Haiti earthquake in 2010 according to the UNICEF. With the power of…