nuclear meltdowns and releases of radioactive materials. According to the International Business Times (Australia) "Fukushima is not the worst nuclear accident ever but it is the most complicated and the most dramatic disaster.” (IBT‚ 01) On April 2011 The Nuclear Institute rated the disaster a Level 7 “Major Accident” on the International Nuclear Event Scale. The International Nuclear Event Scale How the reactors were damaged An earthquake of magnitude 9.0 on a Richter Scale initially damaged
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affected by natural disasters. These may be caused by climate change such as drought‚ flood‚ and cyclone‚ the environment such as pollution‚ deforestation‚ desertification‚ pest infestation or combinations of these‚ or the destroy of ozone layer will contribute to the green house effect. People’s homes are wiped out and livelihoods are destroyed. Poverty‚ population pressures and environmental degradation mean that increasing numbers of people are vulnerable to natural disasters. In Australia‚ natural
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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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10‚000.) Rescue efforts have been hampered by incessant rains and the tough mountain terrain. Even as television channels beamed horrific visuals of the calamity‚ the debate on whether the industrialisation of the hill state had contributed to the disaster turned into a face-off between environmentalists and the chief minister Vijay Bahuguna‚ who claimed the tragedy was a natural calamity. "This is a very childish argument that cloudbursts‚ earthquakes and tsunamis are because of human factors. In
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Mary Chalmers Johns English 1101 September 12‚ 2013 Recovery is Possible My mom has been an addict my entire life. It started in Rogers‚ Arkansas. That’s where my dad and mom met and had me and my little brother. One day‚ ten years ago‚ we finally made it to Georgia where my dad’s family lives. It was unexpected because we weren’t supposed to move until the summer time‚ but my dad knew what he was doing. My parents had divorce when I was three years old. Later‚ my mom had moved
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I completed my internship at Just Believe Recovery Center in Jensen Beach. JBRC has been open for approximately two years. They offer men’s‚ women’s‚ and outpatient programs. The men’s and women’s PHP(in patient) program is an average of 30-45 days. The Intensive outpatient program is an average of three to six months. It is a Florida model program‚ with separate residences for the men‚ women‚ and a coed outpatient residence. JBRC also offer halfway houses for clients once they complete outpatient
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Chicago Organized Crime and Political Figures Organized crime in Chicago has existed for over a century‚ with its magnitude being extremely pronounced before the year of prohibition i.e. 1919. The gangsters took advantage of lucrative markets for illegal activities such as gambling‚ prostitution‚ robbery‚ hijacking and contract killing to extort. The popularity of the gang activities such as gambling was amplified by the hardships caused by depression; the poor citizens had high hopes of being released
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The university of Chicago and Columbia College Chicago are both liberal arts schools in northern Illinois. The University of Chicago has credentials that are much more impressive‚ while Columbia College Chicago has similar artistic programs for a fraction of the price. Both are centered in a lively city with a decent assortment of alumni for both. Columbia College Chicago was founded in 1890‚ named in honor of the Columbian exposition‚ initially called Columbia school of oratory‚ and it was founded
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Marshall Applewhite‚ was a music professor at first known for his musical and dramatic talents‚ he sang opera‚ and was a very good public speaker. Applewhite had a wife and two kids‚ but in 1972 he left his family. He lived Houston‚ Texas‚ when he had to go to the hospital because he had heart problems and reportedly had a near-death experience. One of his nurses‚ Bonnie Lu Nettles‚ told him that he was put on this planet for a reason‚ she recruited Applewhite into the Heaven’s Gate cult. It seems
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Chernobyl Disaster Chernobyl nuclear plant is one of the biggest disasters in history! It happened on April 26‚ 1986. It was a nuclear radiation disaster. About 4‚000 people died. All the survivors suffered from the radiation side affects for the rest of there lives. This also ruined the environment! The nuclear plant exploded exactly at 1:23 A.M. The explosion killed two people. Then radiation started pouring out of the reactor. There were 134 emergency workers that got involved trying
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