Wind is nothing more than the movement of air molecules from one place to the next. The direction and speed of the wind represents the balance between three basic forces acting on it: the pressure gradient, the Coriolis force, and surface friction.
Biographical Information. Chip Berlet is an investigative reporter, independent scholar, photographer, videographer, and progressive activist. As a human rights activist he has spent over forty years studying prejudice, demonization, scapegoating, demagoguery, conspiracism, and authoritarianism.
An angular opening created when part of a feather breaks away or when a surface-reaching crystal drops out or is forced out during polishing. Chip. A shallow opening caused by damage to the stoneâs surface that typically occurs at a girdle edge, facet junction, or culet.