Introduction A natural calamities is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover. List of natural calamities 1) Earthquakes 2) Volcanic eruptions 3) Hydrological disasters a. Floods
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context‚ a myocardial infarction can be further subclassified into a ST elevation MI (STEMI) versus a non-ST elevation MI (non-STEMI) based on ECG changes.[14] The phrase heart attack is sometimes used incorrectly to describe sudden cardiac death‚ which may or may not be the result of acute myocardial infarction. A heart attack is different from‚ but can be the cause of cardiac arrest‚ which is the stopping of the heartbeat‚ and cardiac arrhythmia‚ an abnormal heartbeat. It is also distinct from heart
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made hundreds of attacks on targets in northwest Pakistan since 2004 using drones (unmanned aerial vehicles) controlled by the American Central Intelligence Agency ’s Special Activities Division.[4] Most of these attacks are on targets in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the Afghan border in Northwest Pakistan. These strikes were begun by President George W. Bush and have increased substantially under President Barack Obama.[5] Some media refer to the series of attacks as a "drone war"
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out in the deeper water‚ and all of a sudden‚ a dorsal fin pops out. For everyone on the beach who sees it‚ music from Jaws starts playing in their heads. The swimmer does not even notice it‚ and in a few seconds‚ a great white shark veraciously attacks him. This is what comes to mind when most people think of sharks‚ but they are not really just man-eating monsters of the sea. Sharks are a fascinating group of fishes that strike fear into the minds of humans‚ but they are nothing to be afraid
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A Terrorist Act Hearing the word terrorist makes one think of dreadful acts of anger‚ or of someone who is destructive to others. Many might think of the Twin Towers‚ Perl Harbor‚ or –more recently- Isis. These three acts of terror involve accounts of harmful things to others: bombs‚ planes‚ fire‚ guns‚ ships‚ etc. As known‚ in the year 2001 the World Trade Center came down with fire and smoke. A picture of two cigarettes placed side by side blown up as big as skyscrapers standing in New York City
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Malicious attacks basically seek to exploit vulnerabilities in a network. These threats can be passive or active and have very negative consequences. The difference between active and passive attacks are that active attacks makes changes or modifications to the data or attempt to gain some type of access to the network‚ while passive attacks do not make changes to the system at all. According to Solomon‚ 2012‚ there are many malicious attacks and threats that can be carried out against the network
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Why was the first day of the Battle of the Somme on the 1st of July such a disaster? On 1st July 1916‚ the first phase of the allied offensive‚ took place on the Northern side of the Western front and was known as the Battle of the Somme. The main reason for the battle was to take pressure off the French army‚ which had been under heavy attack at Verdun since February‚ and was close to cracking. It was hoped that a major British offensive on the Somme would force the Germans to withdraw troops
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The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster – Organisational Causes Introduction The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster has been well investigated and analysed as a typical management case by numerous researchers. Although the disaster is the direct result of a technical issue‚ the hardware failure of a solid rocket booster (SRB) O-ring caused by abnormally low temperatures‚ there is an unambiguous relationship between the disaster and numerous organizational factors such as communication (Gouran et
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Empire. As a result of World War I‚ the Ottoman Empire was dissolved. The British had promised the Arab nations their independence in return for their cooperation in helping to defeat the Ottoman Turks. At the same time‚ the British declared its support for the goal of Zionism of establishing a "national home" for the Jewish people and permitted Jewish immigration into Palestine. Contrary to popular myth‚ Israel was not created by the U.N. Israel was born on May 14‚ 1948‚ when the Zionist leadership
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Written Reflection: The Reconstruction Era: 500 Nations‚ Attack on Culture The attack on culture is taught so much differently when you are learning about such things in regular‚ high school history classes. We are given an idea of how the Natives were thrown from their land and homes‚ but not a lot of in depth information to it. Many Natives welcomes the White people onto their land and into their homes‚ willingly‚ offering help and a kind hand. This is something that is not completely understood
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