Tectonic Motion: Making the Himalayas. The Himalayas are a prime example of how tectonic plate motion can manipulate the earth in extraordinary ways. These colliding plates resulted in the formation of the highest mountain range on the planet. By the Power of My Convections.
Virginia Woolfâs Orlando and the ecstatic disease of literature The 1928 novel Orlando is as much a love letter to literature as it is to a human being. It speaks passionately to those of us addicted to words, who lock ourselves away in quiet rooms and sink into different worlds, shutting off our external senses to sharpen our internal ones.
Cardiovascular disease terms. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a broad term for a range of diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels. A heart attack or stroke may be the first warning of an underlying disease.erebrovascular disease (stroke). A stroke is the brain equivalent of a heart attack and is where blood flow to the brain is blocked or interrupted. The affected part of the brain is then deprived of oxygen and nutrients leading to cell death.