The April 1986 disaster at the Chernobyla nuclear power plant in Ukraine was the product of a flawed Soviet reactor design coupled with serious mistakes made by the plant operatorsb. It was a direct consequence of Cold War isolation and the resulting lack of any safety culture. The accident destroyed the Chernobyl 4 reactor‚ killing 30 operators and firemen within three months and several further deaths later. One person was killed immediately and a second died in hospital soon after as a result
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India‚ Pakistan‚ and Bangladesh are prone to natural disasters of various kinds on a continual basis. Coupled with high population density‚ poverty‚ illiteracy and lack of infrastructure‚ the natural disasters kill thousands of people and leave a devastating impact on economy and environment. The importance of telecommunication in disaster management has been widely accepted since the early days of the development of radio communication. Disasters can strike without warning at any time of the day or
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States. Weaken or strengthen‚ the Civil War is "responsible for defining the nation as we know it" (Publisher’s Bindings Online). Thus‚ it is one of the most "written-about war in history" (Publisher’s Bindings Online). The Civil War was caused by a domino effect of events that started over a dispute over slavery between the North and South. Though slavery was not the only reason the Civil War was fought‚ it was a prominent underlying reason. In 1793‚ when Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin‚ slaves
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GROUP MEMBERS Ahmad Hazrul Hakim bin Anuar Wan Nur Hazirah bt Wan Sukri Noor Azmina Syafawati bt A. Hamid Nurul Izaty Bt Mohd Aziz ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND • Kenny Rogers Roasters (KRR) is a chain of chicken-based restaurant. • KRR is now part of Malaysian under Berjaya Corporation Berhad. • KRR is a franchise company owned by KRR International Corporation. • 74 restaurants in Malaysia and 8 in Indonesia. • Brand tagline is “less fat‚ less salt‚ less calories” • Muffins‚ jacket potatoes‚ vegetable
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Hurricane a Natural Ocean Disaster The ocean has been shaping our land as we know it for millions of years. It is a beautiful part of our Earth‚ nonetheless it has the greatest influence on some of the deadliest natural disasters to us and these disasters alter our shorelines and lives as we know it. Hurricanes are among the deadliest natural disasters known‚ those that live near the Gulf or eastern coast know of and prepare for the damages it can cause. Many have heard of the devastation hurricanes
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Disaster Preparedness Purpose: to raise awareness on the importance of natural disaster preparedness. Thesis: to better understand why natural disaster preparedness is important im going to tell you what natural disasters there are and what they do‚ how to be prepared‚ and why we should be prepared for a natural disaster. I. Introduction A. attention getter: B. relevance: C. D. thesis: to better understand why natural disaster preparedness is important im going to tell
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Park a‚*‚ Jung Kyu Choi b‚ Anming Zhang c a b c Asia Pacific School of Logistics‚ Inha University‚ Incheon 402-751‚ Republic of Korea Department of Aviation‚ The University of New South Wales‚ Sydney‚ Australia Sauder School of Business‚ University of British Columbia‚ Canada a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Air cargo express services Integrators Competitiveness Service factors Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Importance–performance analysis a b s t r a c t This paper explores the relative importance
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ASSIGNMENT 1 TITLE:BHOPAL DISASTER DATE: 30 NOVEMBER 2009 1. Abstract The night of 3rd December marked an industrial disaster when more than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ India that instantly led to the death of approximately 3‚800 people and causing permanent injuries for thousands more. The company involved shamelessly tried to avoid its legal responsibility. Nonetheless‚ a sum of $470 million was paid as compensation‚ a considerably small amount in
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suffring from many disaster but mast important disaster is natural disaster . natural disaster is the impact of the human causing the wasteage of natural resoures andusing it very widly range becaus of using natural resoures in bulk amount it harmes pur planet as well as our country .the goverment should take action toward those industries which use the natural resoures in wide range. ande give them punishment to them and save our planet from natural disaters. A natural disaster is the effect of a
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BM012-3-2-EMKT � � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �1� HISTORY __ In 1958 Frank and Dan Karney open the first Pizza Hut in Wichita‚ Kansas. In 1972 there were 1000 Pizza Hut restaurants throughout the USA. Then in 1973 Pizza Hut went international. Later on‚ in 1977 PepsiCo buys Pizza Hut‚ with 3‚000 U.S. units. In 1989 the Pizza Hut Jobs Plus program expands Nationwide to employ more than 10‚000 individuals with physical and developmental disabilities. The Jobs Plus program is recognized as the largest corporate
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