1. Define what is meant by the term “natural hazard”. A natural hazard is a threat of a naturally occurring event that will have a negative effect on people or the environment. 2. Provide a brief description of the type of hazard you have been allocated. Bushfires: A bushfire is a large out-of-control fire occurring in areas with large amounts of flammable vegetation. Bushfires are hard to control as the right weather conditions and wind direction can cause a bushfire to spread from the
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extreme caution. All of these chemicals are either combustible and were themselves‚ and/or release very hazardous by-products. The by-products of this blaze were immediately dangerous to firefighters that try to stop the fire and are dangerous to the people of the town via airborne chemicals from the fire and chemicals in the water runoff that has contaminated the water supply. These chemicals included; polychlorinated biphenyl‚ pyridine‚ 2‚4‚5-T‚ and parathion. PCB The first chemical to be effected
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Naseer Awan Genetic Engineering should not be encouraged The population of the world is rapidly increasing every year and it is predicted that it will be doubled in the next fifty years. Ensuring an adequate food supply for this growing population is going to be a major challenge for the world in the coming years. Genetic engineers claim that genetically modified foods have numerous characteristics which can meet this global demand. Although genetic engineering technology in agriculture can
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Précis 7 – Describe cognitive dissonance and describe how it is influenced by culture. Cognitive Dissonance Theory is a theory of attitude change proposing that inconsistency exists among our attitudes‚ or between our attitudes and behavior‚ we experience an unpleasant state of arousal called cognitive dissonance‚ which we will be motivated to reduce or eliminate. (Bordens & Horowitz 2001) This is a theory‚ which has been transformed over many decades. Cognitive Dissonance varies between
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Toddlers are at high risk for accidents secondary to their lack of coordination‚ increased mobility‚ and curiosity and these accidents are the cause of more deaths than all childhood diseases (Edelman & Mandle‚ 2010). The most common accidental injuries are structural hazards‚ drowning‚ burns‚ poisoning‚ and motor vehicle accidents (Edelman & Mandle). • Structural hazards include staircases‚ tabletops‚ chairs‚ and playground equipment‚ which toddlers can fall from. Safety gaits should be used to
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front of him. ’I’ve got a book and my newspaper‚’ he thought. ’And there’s a good restaurant on the train. And then I’ve got two weeks’ holiday with my Finnish friends in Oulu.’ There weren’t many people on the train‚ and nobody came into Mr Harris’s carriage. He was happy about that. Most people on the train slept through the night‚ but Mr Harris liked to look out of the window‚ and to read and think. After dinner in the restaurant Mr Harris came back to his carriage‚ and sat in his seat next
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M‚ Marian Friestad and Peter Wright (2009)‚ Deception in the Marketplace. The Psychology of Deceptive Persuasion and Consumer Self Protection. New York‚ NY: Routledge. • Broydrick‚ Stephen C. (1996): The 7 Universal Laws of Customer Value. How to Win Customers & Influence Markets. Burr Ridge‚ IL: Irwin. • Carlzon‚ Jan (1989): Moments of Truth. New Strategies for Today ’s Customer-Driven Economy‚ Harper Perennial‚ New York. 1st ed. New York: Harper. • Day‚ George S. (1999): The
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i want to talk about the effects and cause of smoking. The health hazards of smoking is a well-known fact. In this world‚ we can know how bad it is‚ right? Everyone should know that smoking is terrible! Yes‚ smoking is really terrible‚ because it can harm human’s health. According to a new study‚ smoke a cigarette will make life shortened by 11 minutes the day pumping on a pack of twenty cigarettes‚ probably about when people reduce the life of three hours and 40 minutes. Smoking have many bad
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Hazards of Social Media in today’s Society Malayna Abad DeVry University Hazards of Social Media in today’s Society Are social networking sites putting us in danger? Social Media is a familiar tool used in today’s society. The media networks out there such as: Facebook‚ MySpace‚ Twitter‚ and YouTube let people stay in touch with families‚ connect with potential employers‚ and meet different people all over the world. Social networking is also a platform for obtaining current events at a moment’s
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Dale wilson Mrs. Harris Soc. 101 5/17/11 Chapter 3 summary of sociology Cutures are made up of different people‚ differnt backgrownds‚ Traditions‚ race and aspects of life. Culture shock can happen to an induvidual or group of people such as a tourisist or foreigner who have a problem adjusting to a new culture. Symbols play a huge part in all cultures around the world. From everything to language‚ hand gestures and communicating. Different societies
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