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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A disaster can be natural‚ man-made or technological hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be defined as any events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ fires‚ or explosions. It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people Here we are discussing about Man-made disaster. Man-made disasters are the
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Article 1 of the constitution covers the purpose and the organization of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Though there are ten sections in the Article and numerous subparagraphs‚ this paper will focus on the structure‚ and a few of the subparagraphs concerning its function. We will begin with the organization since this should be covered before the responsibilities are addressed; this starts in the second section‚ with how the house will be selected‚ the requirements to be selected
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In the fourteenth amendment it states no person is allowed to be denied life‚ in that case‚ should we have the right to die? In 1983‚ the supreme court ruled in favor of Nancy Cruzan‚ in the case of Nancy vs. Missouri‚ by vote of the Supreme Court 5-4. Yes‚ the Supreme Court made the right decision. My reasonings are because Nancy Cruzan died by choice.Next‚ a few days before she died nineteen doctors actually tried to reinsert the tube. Lastly‚ Missouri life support were taking away her right to
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The tenth and fourteenth amendment are both very controversial amendments that are critical to our lives. The original purpose of the tenth amendment is that any power not given to the federal government is given to the states and the people. The fourteenth amendment’s original purpose was to grant citizenship to former slaves. Now it is used to grant citizenship and equal protection regardless of your race; “all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof
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The 14th Amendment: Why it is so important The 14th amendment is very important to America and it’s people. Without the 14th amendment a lot of us would be treated very differently. How are you supposed to defend yourself when your not even considered equal to the same people just like you? That is exactly why the 14th amendment was created‚ to give the people a way to be able to everyone else. I completely believe in the 14th amendment and the reasons behind it. Think about if we didn’t have
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ratification of the 14th and 15th amendments African Americans had almost no rights‚ and not to long before the 14th and 15 amendments were passed they were slaves. Even after the African American’s were freed they still had almost no rights‚ and in the south almost nobody recognized the few rights that African Americans did have. It was not until the 14th and 15th amendments were passed that African Americans started getting basic rights that all people should have. Before the 14th and 15ty amendments
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------------------------------------------------- Natural disaster A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ tsunami‚ volcanic‚ earthquakes‚ tornadoes and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover. The causes of natural disasters are many. Human activities play
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The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster – Organisational Causes Introduction The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster has been well investigated and analysed as a typical management case by numerous researchers. Although the disaster is the direct result of a technical issue‚ the hardware failure of a solid rocket booster (SRB) O-ring caused by abnormally low temperatures‚ there is an unambiguous relationship between the disaster and numerous organizational factors such as communication (Gouran et
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Shannon Dunham Geology 121 Mr. Erbacher March 7‚ 2013 Bhopal Disaster Researching the Bhopal India Disaster was a real eye-opener. Before researching this topic I knew very little about the tragedy. The stories and photographs portrayed a horror beyond anything I’ve ever imagined. Who is to blame for the families suffering from their losses‚ and the innocent people continuing to suffer? How could this have happened? After researching this topic I found that the accident occurred
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