Systems Development Life Cycle and IT Audits | | Tommie W. Singleton‚ Ph.D.‚ CISA‚ CMA‚ CPA‚ CITP In systems development‚ the temptation to skip certain prescribed tasks associated with documentation‚ combined with the fastpaced life of IT professionals‚ can create an environment that is not able to properly employ the best practices of systems development. However‚ the employment of best practices has proven over the years to provide returns in both efficiencies and effectiveness. In
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combination of earthquake and tsunami was a wakeup call reminding companies across the world how much they rely on nature to commerce business. On Friday 11 March 2011‚ an earthquake measuring 9.0 on Richter scale struck off Japan’s north-east coast of Tohoku which happened at 2:46pm (Alabaster et al. 2011). The massive earthquake was caused due to thrust faulting where rocks placed lower in the earth’s crust get pushed over the overlying layers (Alabaster et al. 2011). After the earthquake‚ the shadow
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Gujarat’s Vulnerability to Earthquake 10. Case Study: Bhuj Earthquake 2 11. Drawbacks of the Bhuj earthquake 12. Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA) 13. Data Analysis 14. Conclusion 15. Bibliography ABSTRACT India has been traditionally vulnerable to natural disasters on account of its unique geo-climatic conditions. Floods‚ droughts‚ cyclones‚ earthquakes and landslides have been recurrent phenomena. About 60% of the landmass is prone to earthquakes of various intensities;
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The Saving Power of Blood Main Idea: To persuade people to donate blood. Introduction Attention getters Imagine: Your father has a massive heart attack and has to have open heart surgery. Your best friend is in a car accident and loses a lot of blood. Your young cousin is a hemophiliac. -Like everyone else in that situation you would expect the hospital to have enough blood to supply the large demand. -Sadly however sometimes the hospitals cannot keep up
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The ‘Saving Nemo- Vanuatu’ is a documentary based on the export of crown fish‚ which became famous since the movie ‘Finding Nemo’ released‚ is fished from the waters of Vanuatu by a foreign company and exported to other countries such as Australia and United States of America. The names of the cultures represented in the documentary are traditional culture that is shown by the people of Vanuatu‚ on the island of Nuna‚ “the magic man declares taboo invoking the spirits to protect sea and whoever defies
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Was the Japan Earthquake Manmade? An earthquake with an 8.9-magnitude tremor struck Japan on March 11th 2011‚ 400km north-east of Tokyo. It struck at 1446 local time at a depth of about 24km with an ensuing tsunami which devastated the north coast. Officials said 350 people are dead and about 500 missing‚ but it is feared the final death toll will be much higher. The quake was the fifth-largest in the world since 1900. A manmade device that can cause such an earthquake is a device that emits
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Have you ever been awake during an earthquake? Imagine if it were awoken by a everything shaking. An earthquake 20 times worse than a normal earthquake. How about 150 times worse? April 18‚ 1906‚ the community of San Francisco didn’t have to watch it on the television and wonder what it’s like to live through that‚ but actually lived through history. The catastrophic earthquake of 1906 hugely impacted San Francisco wealth‚ resources‚ and financial systems. It resulted in major havoc and destruction;
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At 4:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on January 17‚ 1994 Northridge‚ California was hit by a magnitude 6.7 Earthquake that shook for nearly 20 seconds. The natural disaster was a blind thrust earthquake‚ which occurs along a thrust fault‚ but shows no sign on the Earth’s surface‚ thus the term “blind”. The Earthquake was centered in Northridge‚ which is approximately 20 miles west/northwest of Los Angeles. The powerful shock was felt at distances of 400 kilometers from the epicenter. It produced
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dioxide and release oxygen during their photosynthesis process. As a result‚ it will not cause in world temoerature rising. So‚ we should stop cutting down the trees and trying to plant more trees to improve the air quality. Water is the elixir to life. We should conserve our water from now onwards. When you are brushing your teeth‚ do not let the tap run. Instead‚ you should turn off the tap and use a couple of glasses of water to rinse your mouth. Besides‚ we can place a few pails around our house
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On December‚ 6th‚ 1917‚ an unexpected explosion at Halifax‚ Harbour front had left the citizens of the Nova Scotia capital and the rest of Canada devastated. Five minutes after 9:00 a.m on that day‚ hundreds of people were killed and thousands were severely injured by the impact. A collision of two ships on the harbour due to miscommunication left everything destroyed during the time of WWI. The crash had led to the French munitions ship‚ the SS Mont-Blanc to blow up in flames. Caused by impact from
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