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 is the cause of more deaths than cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases, and accidents combined. It is a myth that heart disease is a man's disease. In fact, cardiovascular diseases are the number one killer of women (and men). About one-third of cardiovascular disease deaths occurred before age 75. On average, someone in the U.S. suffers a stroke every 40 seconds.