Earthquake‚ shaking of the Earth’s surface caused by rapid movement of the Earth’s rocky outer layer. Earthquakes occur when energy stored within the Earth‚ usually in the form of strain in rocks‚ suddenly releases. This energy is transmitted to the surface of the Earth by earthquake waves. The destruction an earthquake causes depends on its magnitude and duration‚ or the amount of shaking that occurs. A structure’s design and the materials used in its construction also affect the amount of damage
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Assignment 1 Types of Software:- Software includes all the various forms and roles that digitally stored data may have and play in a computer (or similar system)‚ regardless of whether the data is used as code for a CPU‚ or other interpreter‚ or whether it represents other kinds of information. Practical computer systems divide software systems into three major classes: system software‚ programming software and application software‚ although the distinction is arbitrary‚ and often blurred.
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A disaster is a natural or man-made (or technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be ostensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ orexplosions. It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people. In contemporary
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1.0 : INTRODUCTION Introducing Mobile Technology A handbook for all schools in Northern Ireland 1 Schools across Northern Ireland have been contacting the Creative Learning Centres seeking advice‚ training and solutions on how best to deploy and integrate mobile devices in their classrooms. This handbook is designed to provide guidance to school leaders hoping to introduce mobile devices in primary or post-primary schools and to support them in making informed‚ well balanced
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2011 Norway Attacks The 2011 Norway attacks were two terrorist attacks committed one after another to the Norwegian government‚ civilian population and a youth run summer camp on the 22 July 2011‚ claiming the lives of 77 people. All by a lone terrorist‚ Anders Behring Breivik. The first was a car bomb explosion in Oslo within the executive government quarter of Norway. The explosion killed eight people and injured at least 209 people‚ twelve of them seriously. The second attack occurred less
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Introduction Body Paragraphs Conclusion ----------------------- The main purpose of the introduction is to give the reader a clear idea of the essay’s focal point. It must get the reader’s attention as it is the part when he decides if the essay is worth reading till the end or not. The introduction should be written according to the following scheme: 1. General information such as key definitions 2. Information on the topic leading to the thesis statement
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the population to prevent terrorist attacks in United States. Some of these restrictions on people have raised concern about privacy and civil liberties of U.S citizens or in somehow get into the way of personal information and liberty. But‚ the question we need to ask ourselves is: Should we have more restriction on people to prevent terrorist attacks in United States even though it interfered with privacy and civil liberties? According to the article called “Paris Attacks Kill more than 100‚ Police
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Natural disasters are often not natural disasters‚ but are in fact human disasters. Discuss this statement in relation to seismic events. The word ‘natural’ indicates that humans have not caused the disaster. However‚ human activity can certainly interfere with nature‚ which in turn may either cause a natural disaster or make its effects much worse. Earthquakes can affect people in many different ways in countries all over the world. They are a product of intense seismic activity where plates are
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Another Terrorist Attack? BY INTL652 29 December 2013 Introduction In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 9/11‚ securing the country has become a national priority. The events of 9/11 were the first attacks on the United States (U.S.) since Pearl Harbor which catapulted the U.S. into World War II. As of the writing of this paper‚ the U.S. has been engaged in the War on Terrorism for 13 years. During this period of time the U.S. has been kept free from terrorist attacks
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The natural disasters that are typically experienced in the Caribbean can have catastrophic and devastating impacts on the environment‚ economic development and social structure of these islands. Severe damage to the built infrastructure that has supported communities on Caribbean islands for decades can place a huge strain on economic activity. The social impacts that are experienced following natural disasters consist of homelessness‚ injury‚ suffering‚ sickness‚ disease‚ and even death. This paper
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