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earthquakes water fracking
It's not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren't the worst problem with fracking. David Suzuki
earthquakes soul magic
Those first few weeks are an unearthly season. From the outside you remain so ordinary, no one can tell from looking that you have experienced an earthquake of the soul. You've been torn asunder, invested with an ancient, incomprehensible magic. It's the one thing that we never quite get over: that we contain our own future. Barbara Kingsolver
earthquakes sick helping
When we know where the hungry, the homeless and the sick exist, then we can help. Jan Schakowsky
earthquakes sick world
There is a lot that happens around the world we cannot control. We cannot stop earthquakes, we cannot prevent droughts, and we cannot prevent all conflict, but when we know where the hungry, the homeless and the sick exist, then we can help.
earthquakes risk trying
In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them. Charles Francis Richter
earthquakes three judgment
The most remarkable feature about the magnitude scale was that it worked at all and that it could be extended on a worldwide basis. It was originally envisaged as a rather rough-and-ready procedure by which we could grade earthquakes. We would have been happy if we could have assigned just three categories, large, medium, and small; the point is, we wanted to avoid personal judgments. It actually turned out to be quite a finely tuned scale.
earthquakes vibrations facts
As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In fact, a full frequency of vibrations occurs.
earthquakes drs plot
[In plotting earthquake measurements] the range between the largest and smallest magnitudes seemed unmanageably large. Dr. Beno Gutenberg then made the natural suggestion to plot the amplitudes logarithmically.
earthquakes names justice
The usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending the scale to apply to earthquakes in all parts of the world.
awards style trying
For a sampler, you could try my short story collection "Wireless". Which contains one novella that scooped a Locus award, and one that won a Hugo, and covers a range of different styles. Charles Stross
awards festivals good guess liked people sort
The reality is that we have all these awards and all these festivals that give out awards, so you sort of go, 'okay, well, people liked the film, and I think it's a good film, and it's up for an award - well, I guess it should win the award then.' Guy Pearce
awards canadian-musician sales spark
Actually, no, because awards don't spark sales as much as you'd think. Chantal Kreviazuk
awards tvs nervous
It's the only time that I'm ever nervous on stage, is when we're doing live TV. Especially an awards show, because I know you can't fix it. Jason Aldean
awards would-be knighthood
I turned down a knighthood. It would be like having to wear a suit every day of your life. Alan Bennett
awards serious winner
I'm an Academy Award winner. I'm serious. Charlize Theron
awards shapes shows
Awards shows are my greatest inducement to get back into shape. Jane Kaczmarek
awards acting campaigns
Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one. Bill Murray
awards mediocrity badges
Awards are merely the badges of mediocrity. Charles Ives
oscars golden kim
For any of you who don't know, the Golden Globes are just like the Oscars, but without all that esteem. The Golden Globes are to the Oscars what Kim Kardashian is to Kate Middleton. A bit louder, a bit trashier, a bit drunker, and more easily bought. Ricky Gervais
oscars sacred
We know how sacred the Oscars are. But we said, what the heck. Steve Box
oscars would-be bathtubs
Gee, this isn't like I imagined it would be in the bathtub. Dianne Wiest
oscars turns
I'm not going to turn down an Oscar, but I'm not strategizing for one. Brett Ratner
oscars would-be deals
I never dreamed I would be producing the Oscars. That was a huge deal for me.
oscars let-me grammy
I've won several Emmys, a Tony and a Grammy, so maybe somebody will let me have an Oscar, and then I'll have a full set. Dick Van Dyke
oscars comedy wilde
I love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv. Elizabeth Banks
oscars golden gloves
Even if I hadn't have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic. Brenda Blethyn
oscars wilde unspeakable
I am an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort. E. M. Forster