The Upper Big Branch Mine disaster occurred on April 5th‚ 2010‚ in Raleigh County‚ West Virginia. The mine was located in Montcoal and owned by Massey Energy‚ but bought out by Alpha Natural Resources in 2011. Twenty-Nine of the thirty one miners at the site were killed by the explosion. A state funded independent investigation would later find Massey Energy directly responsible for the accident. (www.sourcewatch.org) The explosion was ignited by high methane levels being a contributed factor. You
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Introduction "Common natural disasters area a leading cause of data loss " says Bud Stoddard‚ AmeriVault President and CEO. Events such as the 8.3 earthquake that struck Hokkaido Japan September 25‚ 2003‚ and the firestorm in San Diego just weeks ago are just two examples of how natural disasters are devastating millions of unprepared businesses around the world. These are not the only events that must be considered‚ however. The terrorist attacks against the US on 9/11/01 and the biggest blackout
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NATURAL LAW ROBERT P. GEORGE* Oliver Wendell Holmes‚ the legal philosopher and judge whom Richard Posner has‚ with admiration‚ dubbed “the American Nietzsche‚”1 established in the minds of many people a certain image of what natural law theories are theories of‚ and a certain set of reasons for supposing that such theories are misguided and even ridiculous. While I have my own reasons for admiring some of Holmes’s work—despite‚ rather than because of‚ the Nietzscheanism that endears him
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DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STATEMENT OF INTENT This document outlines our policies and procedures for technology disaster recovery‚ as well as our process-level plans for recovering critical technology platforms and the telecommunications infrastructure. This document summarizes our recommended procedures. In the event of an actual emergency situation‚ modifications to this document may be made to ensure physical safety of our people‚ our systems‚ and our data. Our mission
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Natural evil one of the hardest evils to explain in the context of a traditional Judeo-Christian God due to its spontaneity and the destruction it causes. When God in his omniscient nature created the world‚ he knew there would be natural disasters and that people would suffer consequently. Assuming a morally perfect God‚ these disasters are necessary to keep the earth itself regulated. They also do not intend harm‚ people
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Glg 111 Unnatural Disaster? Coal project Research Questions 1) Explain the following: Coal an Unnatural Disaster? An unnatural coal disaster is one caused by human error or negligence‚ there have been many unnatural coal disasters from past to present such as Turtle Mountain in Canada .Normal erosion due to weather changes played a part in this unnatural disaster but the biggest factor was inadequate support beams .which in turn caused gigantic slab of limestone rock weighing 75millions
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Title: ‘Discuss how response to a humanitarian disaster could be improved through vertical and horizontal collaboration between the various actors’ 1. PURPOSE 2. APPROACH 3. LIMITATIONS Firstly I will outline who the actual ‘actors’ involves in a humanitarian disaster are with the use of Kovács & Spens‚ 2007 diagram provided in our lecture notes. The whole idea of ‘Collaboration’ which has two separate dimensions: 1. Vertical collaboration i.e. between supplier sand customers
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Short Essay on Hamartiology God created a world free of sin and where we could co-exist with wild animals‚ the lion with the sheep eating side by side and with us‚ without fear. I want to start form the beginning so we can understand how and when sin and evil entered the world. This happened when man (Adam) sinned against God; Adam disobeyed God by eating the fruit that God had said not to eat. There is way’s to see this problem of what we call evil‚ not sin since sin is against God. We can see
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Man Made Disaster The affects of over population on natural environment are vivid. As of November‚ 2008‚ the world’s population is estimated to be about 6.7 billion. It is expected to reach nearly nine billion by the year 2042. This issue of increasing population should be at the forefront of our attention. The rising population has resulted in high fuel consumption and reduction of natural resources. Due to such major growth in population‚ human needs also grow‚ in time; there will not be enough
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Tameem Shayya Games‚ from multi-million dollar franchises like “Call of Duty” to multi-award winning “Assassin’s Creed” to notorious “God of War”‚ have split public opinion‚ and been censored the world over. The UAE is no exception to the polarizing voices that have arisen after more and more game franchises cater to adult tastes. In the UAE games that contain nudity‚ gambling‚ or religious slurs are considered to infringe on Islamic values. Do they destroy the moral fabric of Islamic society
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