LANDMINES Introduction 1. The mine-intended as an active obstacle to stop‚ delay or impair enemy movement has always been an important combat support element. As a dangerous device‚ it has been viewed as a special weapon to be handled by combat engineer alone‚ who rarely publicize this unglamorous battle implement. Yet for a fraction of cost of the intended target‚ it can wreak devastating damage on to the target. Another imp though neglected virtue of the mine lies in very nominal effort and time
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Plate Tectonics Press Release GLG/101 July-27‚ 2014 Kathy Howard Plate Tectonics Press Release How can the families of Los Angeles be prepared for an earthquake? This is a very important question that haunts us every day‚ because we don’t always know when they are coming and how bad they will be. I am Donte Lindsey and I am the director of Earth Preparedness of Los Angeles. With any type of danger the first thing you need to be prepared with is knowledge. Today we will discuss the hazards
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The Disasters of War (Spanish: Los Desastres de la Guerra) are a series of 82[a 1] prints created between 1810 and 1820 by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya (1746–1828). Although Goya did not make known his intention when creating the plates‚ art historians view them as a visual protest against the violence of the 1808 Dos de Mayo Uprising‚ the subsequent Peninsular War of 1808–14 and the setbacks to the liberal cause following the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1814. During
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Assignment: Disaster Plan 123 Textiles Corporation is located in a high-crime area that also experiences occasional earthquakes. A new network was set up with the server by a window. All systems are backed up once a month on an exterior drive. One night‚ a thief entered through the window and stole the server. Create a disaster plan that would better protect the organization’s technological assets. The choice to locate the network server by a nearby window is a very poor choice. Placing
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the Friday quake than they had done in the past‚ with virtually all channels breaking into their regular programming‚ and NHK even giving information in multiple languages for the first time. The response is an indication of how deeply the 2011 disaster affected the densely-populated island nation’s psyche. The magnitude-9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami that slammed into northeastern Japan on March 11‚ 2011‚ killed or left missing some 19‚000 people‚ devastating much of the coast. All but two
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and enable interaction and communication with individuals who have dementia 1.1 Alzheimer’s disease Short-term memory loss is associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Individuals affected with this disease may be unable to remember things that have just happened or ask the same questions repeatedly. Individuals suffering with it can also forget people this could be just forgetting their names and eventually just forgetting who they are. This itself can cause communication issues and the individual
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Competencies Marcellus Anderson Bcom/275 June 24‚ 2013 University of Phoenix Competencies The use of the Career Interest Profiler displayed that I was Teamwork centered portraying a work culture towards: working in a close knit team‚ working closely with customers and suppliers‚ lots of interdependence‚ friendly and supportive colleagues‚ cooperative and sharing atmosphere. The next trait of the Career Interest Profiler displayed that I was an Expert portraying a work
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Henry Rider Haggard sets out to create an epic tale of courage‚ a breathtaking drama that attempts to capture‚ within its limits‚ the universal spirit of adventure. He appeals in particular to the proverbial young male that seeks an audacious inspiration in life by which to model his own. He entices his readers because his motives lie simply in his desire to entertain‚ to delight‚ and to enthrall anyone with a prolific imagination. However‚ this purely entertaining account of an eclectic and adventuresome
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Environmental Disaster Who would have known that on April 20th 2010‚ the United States would soon be facing the worst environmental disaster. On that fateful day‚ an offshore oilrig named the “Deepwater Horizon” suffered an explosion. Seventeen people were injured and eleven people died from the accident. The damaged oilrig sank into the Gulf of Mexico the next day‚ and a one-by-five mile oil slick appeared in the ocean. At the time‚ it was unknown whether the oil was from the rig or if the
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Bingham Canyon or commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine is the world`s deepest man-made open pit mine for copper and gold‚ located near Salt Lake City‚ Utah. The mine is owned by Rio Tinto Group. According to “Top 10 Deep Open-pit Mines” article‚ since Bingham Canyon Mine started its operation in 1906‚ it has become the “granddaddy” of all copper mines with a diameter of 2.75 miles (4‚5km) and a depth of 0.75 mile (1‚2km). In fact‚ Bingham Canyon Mine is also called "the richest hole on Earth” for the
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