Earthquakes are one of the most destructive of natural hazards. Earthquake occurs due to sudden transient motion of the ground as a result of release of elastic energy in a matter of few seconds. The impact of the event is most traumatic because it affects large area‚ occurs all on a sudden and unpredictable. They can cause large scale loss of life and property and disrupts essential services such as water supply‚ sewerage systems‚ communication and power‚ transport etc. They not only destroy villages
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The Haitian legal environment uses the French Napoleonic Code as a framework for developing laws. “Haiti adopted the French civil law system‚ including the French judicial structure and codification system. Six codes were enacted between 1825 and 1826: the Civil code‚ the Code of Civil Procedure‚ the Commercial Code‚ the Criminal Code‚ the Code of Criminal Procedure‚ and the Rural code. With minor changes‚ these codes resembled their French antecedents” (nyulawglobal.org). Haiti’s judicial system
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P O Box GM 697 Sunny Acres Castries President: Cornelius Breen Secretary: Alfred Emmanuel Tele: 4505028 (H) 384-8019 (C ) Tel: 453-6758 (W) Fax: 452-1272 Email: lca@mf.iaaf.org Date: February 12‚ 2013 To: All Affiliated Members & Schools From: Chairman Games Committee Subject: National Junior Athletics Championship 2013 You are cordially invited to participate
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In the 15th century millions of African men‚ women‚ and children were taken from Africa and deported to America where they became enslaved‚ this was considered the transatlantic slave trade. Europe‚ America‚ and Africa were major continents of the slave trade. The journey of the Middle Passage‚ which took three to four months‚ transported the Africans to the Americas in ships. These ships were packed with slaves that were chained together for the duration of the journey. Many of them died because
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Laziness caused by Technology More and more in this time‚ all I can see is people being lazy. Children do not want to play outside. Instead of playing outside children sit inside all day playing on their videogame systems‚ tablets‚ computers‚ and phones. Adults are just as bad sitting around glued to whatever tech toy they have. Technology is making people lazy. People hardly have to leave their homes to do anything anymore. Technology has made it so easy for people to get
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EARTHQUAKES DHORI: Cracks on a salt marsh can be seen on this aerial view of the epicentre of the recent earthquake near Dhori village some 20 km. (12 miles) from Bhuj in the western Indian state of Gujarat‚ Saturday Feb. 3‚ 2001. (AP Photo/Enric Marti) AHMEDABAD: Residents of Ahmedabad‚ India‚ survey earthquake damage Saturday‚ Jan. 27‚ 2001. Officials predicted as many as 6‚000 may have been killed in the 7.9 magnitude earthquake in western India on Friday.(AP Photo/Saurabh Das) The 2001 Gujarat
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with sustainability. Haiti is extremely vulnerable to natural disasters. Natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes destroy Haitian homes and structures‚ and many Haitians do not have the money for constant reparations. Disease and unsanitary conditions are problems in Haiti. Without a central water filter system‚ a lot of the water in Haiti is polluted which makes it easier to contract a disease. Many Haitians leave in order to find cleaner‚ safer locations. PULL: Haiti has a negative net
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Members of the American hip hop group from Detroit‚ Michigan - D12‚ discussed the beginnings of the American rapper‚ record producer‚ and actor - Eminem‚ saying that individuals thought that Marshall Bruce "Eminem" Mathers III was black when they first heard him rap. The hip hop group D12 was formed in 1996 in the hometown of Eminem (who is the other half of the hip-hop duo Bad Meets Evil)‚ and apparently became famous following the subsequent success of Eminem. Hip-hop artist Kuniva‚ who is a
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IN THE KITCHEN What is a kitchen? Is it used to make food and drink coffee? Might there be other reasons why a kitchen is not just a kitchen? You see‚ my daughter and I love the kitchen. We have all the equipment we need. There could be more counter space for us to work together. However‚ we have figured out ways to manage‚ even if that means shoving each other around in a fun way. Storage‚ well that is another area we could improve. We do like to make it a game of hide and seek trying
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Cause and Effect Essay - 3 Assignment Description: Write a Standard 5 paragraph Essay / 700-800 words/ in which you will analyze causes for a ceratin event or the effects of it upon others. Focus your Thesis on three major effects or three major causes for something. Do not switch between causes and effects because that will ruin the organization of your paper. MLA format‚ double spaced‚ include your name‚ course number‚ instructor’s name‚ date‚ word count‚ font - Times New Roman - 12
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