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Complete 10 pages APA formatted article: Are Sanctions a Humane Solution to End a War. of such sanctions were widely covered by the international media and as a result of this coverage, debates have been taking place about the utility and effective use of economic sanctions. When diplomacy has failed and states have entrenched positions about the stand that they have taken, then sanctions can be considered as being a logical outcome of any strong differences, short of an all-out war. However, sanctions have been observed as being rather ineffective in changing the policies of those who have been sanctioned, and those who suffer most are the innocent civilians, as the ruling elites strengthen their control on precious resources. Calls have been made to develop “smart sanctions” which will have a smaller impact on civilians, but the debate about the use of sanctions in the conduct of international statecraft continues. It is possible for states to use sanctions as a tool for coercion against weaker nations, although in an era of globalization and global institutions, it is less likely that any unilateral sanctions will not be taken into consideration by other nations of the globe. This brief essay presents a discussion about whether sanctions are a humane alternative to war or simply another tool for coercion in statecraft.

When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in August 1990, the United Nations, which was led by the United States of America, imposed comprehensive economic sanctions on Iraq, including a ban on all financial transactions with the country, a ban on the purchase of Iraqi oil, suspension of all flights to Iraq, the freezing of Iraqi assets overseas and an arms embargo (Bengtsson, 2002, Pp. 1 -6). These sanctions were designed to punish and contain the Saddam Hussein led government of Iraq for its invasion of Kuwait and its threatening stance against other countries in the region. Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, had a demonstrated stance of military aggression against other countries for trivial reasons which had resulted in the loss of numerous human lives and the country had not desisted from the use of weapons of mass destruction.

 

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Ch. 1 Introduction

1. Understand the conceptual relationships between natural processes, hazards, events, and

catastrophes.

2. Understand the inverse relationship of hazard/disaster magnitude and its frequency of

occurrence, and how the magnitude of a catastrophe is proportional to population.

3. Be able to categorize natural geological processes as aspects of the rock, tectonic,

hydrological, or biogeochemical cycles.

4. Understand that natural hazards are fundamentally natural processes, which perform

valuable natural service functions (i.e., natural hazards have pros and cons, and are not

strictly cons).

5. Understand the five overlying principles for the study of natural hazards:

1. Natural hazards are predictable using science.

2. Risk analysis is an important component of natural hazard evaluation.

3. Natural hazards are not independent; one event can often lead to multiple subsequent

processes/events.

4. Events that were once disasters are often now catastrophes, due to increased populations.

5. Negative consequences of natural hazards can be minimized through intelligent planning;

these include land use regulations, engineering, and disaster preparation.

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Ch. 2 Plate Tectonics (and the Rock Cycle)

7. Understand the internal layering of the Earth, based on chemical composition/density and

physical perspectives (i.e., there are two systems). Be able to properly diagram the order

and position of the layers, from surface to deep interior, within each system. In doing so,

you are comfortable with the following regions:

 Crust  Lithosphere

 Mantle  Asthenosphere

 Core  Outer core

 Inner core

8. Know the trends for temperature and pressure within the earth’s interior layers—how

does each change as you descend from the surface to the center?

9. Be able to identify multiple types of evidence we have for tectonic plate motion.

10. Know the relative density and thickness characteristics for oceanic and continental crust.

11. Understand how rock age of the seafloor supports the idea of divergent boundaries

beneath the oceans. What is the geographic pattern for the rock ages (in each ocean

basin)? What does that pattern imply about the formation mechanisms for the rock?

12. Know the direction of motion, and geographic examples, for each type of plate boundary.

13. Know the general geography and time of Pangaea.

14. Know what is meant by subduction and rift.

15. Understand the definition of a hot spot, and know geographic examples.

16. Understand how oceanic hot spots can produce islands, or island chains.

17. Understand the role of plate tectonic theory explaining the positions of continents, island

arcs, deep-sea trenches, ocean ridges, volcanoes, and earthquakes.

18. Understand the role of internal convection cells in driving plate motion.

19. Be able to solve distance-rate-time problems for geological movements.

20. Know the three major forms of rock which comprise the rock cycle. What processes are

necessary for each type to convert into the other? What provides the basic energy for the

rock cycle to exist?

Ch. 3 Earthquakes

21. Know general properties of P and S waves (method of propagation, relative velocity).

22. Know the distinction between the epicenter and focus (or hypocenter).

23. Be able to apply the technique for determining the epicenter of an earthquake.

24. On a seismogram, understand what the horizontal measurements are used for, versus the

vertical measurements?

25. Understand why earthquakes occur geographically where they do. Are they randomly

located around the world?

26. Recognize the logarithmic scale for earthquake magnitude, and be able to compute the

size differences between earthquakes of different magnitudes.

27. What is the distinction between earthquake magnitude and intensity of shaking? How

does the local geologic setting and construction materials affect intensity?

28. Understand how the nature of geological materials affects the susceptibility to motion

from earthquake waves. This is the phenomenon of material amplification.

29. Understand the phenomenon of liquefaction.

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30. Know what is meant by strike-slip, thrust, and normal faults. What are their analogies

with plate boundary types?

31. What types of other natural hazards can be initiated by earthquakes?

Ch. 5 Volcanoes

32. Understand the chain of consequences between the magma source material, magma

viscosity, the subsequent shape of the volcano, and its eruption characteristics.

33. Know the two major types of volcanoes (and fissures). Understand the distinctions

between their sizes and shapes.

34. Be able to identify volcanic features discussed in class.

35. Know where volcanoes geographically occur, and why they occur there.

36. Know the geographic meaning for the “Ring of Fire.”

37. Be able to state the numerous types of hazards (i.e., various immediate and secondary

effects) associated with volcanic eruptions.

38. Understand how large volcanic eruptions can modify planetary climate, and why it is a

temporary effect. Is it the ash, or something else?

39. Is a pyroclastic flow the same thing as an ash cloud? If not, how is it different?

40. Be familiar with the general time of occurrence and notable circumstances of major

volcanic eruptions discussed in class.

41. Be familiar with volcanology vocabulary, including:

 magma

 lava

 pyroclastic flow

 nuée ardente

 caldera

 flood basalts

 lahar

Ch. 4 Tsunamis

42. Understand why the common term tidal wave is inappropriate for the description of

tsunamis.

43. What geophysical events are responsible for the creation of tsunamis?

44. Why is it that not all coastal earthquakes produce tsunamis?

45. Understand how the speed and amplitude of tsunamis changes with water depth, and what

consequences this has for deep water and coastal environments when a tsunami passes

through.

46. Why are tsunamis so large at the shore?

47. Be able to use a tsunami travel-time map to judge the arrival times of waves across the

ocean.

48. Understand why DART buoys are superior to tidal gauges in detecting the passage of

tsunamis.

49. Understand the potential for a giant tsunami from the Canary Islands, as well as reasons

that the likelihood of a megatsunami might be overstated.

50. Know what is meant by tsunami runup (y), versus the inundation (x).

51. What is the role of coastal land use in minimizing/maximizing the tsunami hazard?

 

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Questions About Port and Intermodalism-

1.regarding what a port authory can do to develop port cluster, one point is port-city integration. Then you need to ‘elaborate’ on ‘why’ this point is relevant (one possible answer: if the port does not have good a relationship with the local community because of environmental issues or other negative externalities, they would not support any port development project; without community support, the planned development may not get permission from the authorities, etc.). You also need to ‘elaborate’ on ‘how’ to facilitate such integration – such as measures to reduce congestions on roads, noise, air pollution, etc; activities such as community engagement making the local community understand the benefit and contributions of port related activities to the local economy, etc. Of couse, you can add more and/or use relevant examples;

Not matter how detailed answer you are going to give, put the major points on the paper first, and then you can take time to elaborate on each point. Always be conscious about your time. You have only three hours for three questions. 

2. In Port cluster in supply chain management who should lead port cluster

integration and

development? Why is port

cluster development

important?

Explain the

concept of PCL(port centric logistics)

and discuss the

advantages and

disadvantages of

PCL?

• How port development is expressed spatially?

From the perspective of port users, what does a

desirable dock labour force look like?

What are the purposes of port policy from the perspective of national policy

makers?

How can these purposes be achieved?

 

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Most of computer attacks could be traced to the fact that security engineers do not fully understand the psychology of the users as well as how scammers get to fool their victims. Attached you will find a very useful article titled “Understanding scam victims: seven principles for systems security”. Read the article carefully and address the following questions: 1- Do you think understanding scams as an engineer will make the system you design more secure? 2- Psychology of the user is a key factor when it comes to system security. Is a security engineer supposed to be a psychologist then? 3- Do you have any experience with any of the scams listed on the paper?

 

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