Prevention/Protection Mission Area Core Capabilities On Monday‚ January 17‚ 1994 at 4.31 a.m. an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 6.7 struck a densely populated area of San Fernando Valley. In spite of Los Angeles County considered as one of the greatest prepared regions for earthquakes‚ Northridge was one of the worse disasters financially. They were around 14‚000 aftershocks reported in the magnitude of 4.0-5.0 range. Because of the earthquake people displaced from their homes are estimated
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The greatest devastation resulted from the fires that quickly followed the quake. The initial tremors destroyed the city’s water mains‚ leaving firefighters with no means of combating the growing blaze‚ which burned for several days and consumed much of the city. The earthquake occurred at 5:13 a.m. local time‚ with its epicenter offshore of San Francisco‚ which then had a population of approximately 400‚000 people. The massive main temblor‚ having a 7.7–7.9 magnitude‚ lasted about one minute
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The Fault in Our Stars There’s this teenage girl named Hazel Grace‚ who is an average teenager except for the little fact that she has sort of cancer inside her body and her lungs aren’t working very well. Hazel is in Support Group one day when a new boy named Augustus catches her eye. Soon enough‚ she and Augustus are flirtatious friends and talk to each other about everything. Hazel shares her favorite book‚ An Imperial Affliction‚ and they obsess about the unsolved ending. Augustus manages
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Is the Outbreak of WWII all Hitler’s fault? Undeniably Hitler’s rise to power was a major cause of WWII; however there were other contributing factors Such as the Treaty of Versailles and the British Appeasement that were equally important. The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement signed after WWI had ended. The main decisions regarding content of the document were made by the United States‚ Britain‚ France and Italy; Germany was forced to sign this treaty along with an assortment of other
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Randi Chickite The Fault in Our Stars John Green You know that empty feeling when you’ve lost everything? Cancer kills. A majority of us have experienced at least one tragic event; whether if it was a death of the loved one‚ being diagnosed with a disease‚ or even being involve in a traumatic situation. John Green’s Fault in Our Stars‚ does an astonishing job at describing the life of a teenage girl who lives with cancer. The way that Green writes about love‚ sadness‚ and loneliness
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It’s Germany’s Fault?! World War I commenced from many significant events. Murder‚ militarism‚ alliances‚ nationalism‚ imperialism‚ predictions‚ and plans were all key factors in the start of WWI. All of the European countries involved in alliances each had a part to contribute to who-to-blame for beginning the war. War was unavoidable with the way each country was acting based on pre-judgments and precautions. Germany is the country that gets the most blame for starting the Great War for many
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As of today‚ there have been 10.7 million copies sold of the book "The Fault in our Stars" by John Green. Isn’t that crazy? Well‚ it is no secret that this story became a high trending topic in 2014. This story features 16 year old Hazel Grace Lancaster and her time battling cancer. Troughout her journey she meets lovable character Augustus Waters‚ whom she falls in love with. This gave readers a very heartwarming‚ yet nostalgic story. Since there was such great success with the novel‚ Green
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Chief Fault Of High School Curriculum Many Elementary and Junior High School teachers have told their students that High School is a lot more different than what they’re use to. The students were told that the pace of their current curriculum pales in comparison to High School. That is the chief fault of High School curriculum‚ the pace of High School classes. Meaning‚ that the amount of material being taught is shoved in a time period that is unnecessarily short. Some students are slow learners
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The narrator of your novel‚ The Fault in Our Stars is Hazel‚ a sixteen year old with stage four thyroid cancer “with an impressive and long-settled satellite colony” in her lungs. Thanks to a drug treatment she calls “the Miracle” Hazel’s cancer has been kept from spreading further. When she leaves the house‚ Hazel has to wheel a cart bearing an oxygen tank attached to a cannula‚ a tube that delivers oxygen to her nose. Hazel doesn’t leave the house much‚ though. Instead she spends a lot of time
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(Student Name) Mrs. Heroux World Literature Honors 19 February 2014 The Fault in Our Stars Literary Analysis The Fault in Our Stars can be interpreted to have many hidden meanings. One of the most overlooked and obscured meanings being unexpected events. More specifically‚ John Green will lead the reader on to one thing before throwing them a curveball. Green uses his knowledge of symbolism‚ imagery‚ diction‚ and metaphors to build on this idea. To begin‚ John Green uses what seems to
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