EARTH QUAKE RESISTANT STRUCTURES ABSTRACT Earthquake is the shaking of the ground caused by the sudden breaking and shifting of large sections of Earth ’s rocky outer shell. Earthquakes are among the most powerful events on earth‚ and their results can be terrifying. Earthquakes in general does not kill people directly. Instead‚ many deaths and injuries result from the collapse of buildings‚ bridges‚ and other structures. We cannot prevent natural disasters from striking‚ but we can prevent
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Million Death Quake Review When Haiti was struck by an earthquake in 2010 the impacts were disastrous. With an official estimate of 316‚000 deaths‚ it is the second most destructive earthquake in recorded human history. Over 97‚000 houses were destroyed and more than 188‚000 damaged. However‚ could this Earthquake have been predicted and some‚ if not all‚ of the 316‚000 deaths prevented? Are we able to predict‚ or even prevent‚ the next large earthquake that is bound to rock our planet to the core
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Himalayan Foothills The famous Himalayan Mountains are gifted with shining glaciers and continuous rivers‚ expressing beauty and elegance. Although the tops of these mountains are glamorous and dazzling‚ the foothills of these beautiful mountains are a critical erosional hotspot on earth. The Himalayan Foothills are found around the lower regions of the Himalayan Mountains‚ stretching from the west of Pakistan to the east of Namche Barwa (crossing six nations). There are many causes for the
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Himalayan Java Marketing Project Acknowledgement This report has been prepared to meet the partial requirement of the Marketing course of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) under Kathmandu University. We would like to express our deep appreciation to the subject teacher of Marketing for giving us such an immense opportunity to prepare this report. We also like to thanks the manager at Java‚ thamel to provide us with the necessary and important information and giving us his valuable
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Conserving Biodiversity in the Himalayan Rangelands A term paper Nawraj Sapkota Roll no. 25 Tribhuvan university Central Department of Environmental Science Kathmandu‚ Kirtipur 2010 Supervisor: Mr. Prabin kishor Sharma Contents Chapters Page no. Executive summary 1 Introduction
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CERTIFICATE This is to certify that Mr./Ms. Ayush Jain with Roll No.: 902 ‚ Branch: Civil of Second Year BTech. Course has satisfactory completed his seminar report in the topic of EARTH-QUAKE RESISTANCE STRUCTURE during Trimester – V under the guidance of Professor Mr. Hitesh Patil in academic year 2011-12 In accordance with the syllabus prescribed by the NMIMS University‚ Mumbai .
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unwittingly played a role in one of the worst natural disasters the state has ever seen when‚ on Jun. 15‚ flash floods caused by a cloudburst and glacial leaks swept thousands of unsuspecting pilgrims away in what scientists are now referring to as a “Himalayan tsunami”. The state’s chief minister said Thursday that the death toll could exceed 1‚000‚ with 300 bodies found just this morning buried beneath silt beside the largest temple in the town of Kedarnath. Countless tourists were trapped for days
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Pharos University Faculty of Financial & Administrative Sciences Strategic Management Model Applied Study on <MacAfee 2005: Antivirus and Antispyware> Prepared by: Nada Ali Supervised by: Dr. Ola Elgeuoshy Spring 2013 Table of Contents Introduction Module (1): Environmental Scanning Ch1: External Environment Analysis Ch2: Internal Environment Analysis and organizational analysis Module(2): Strategy Formulation Ch3: strategy formulation Module(3):
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In chapter 6‚ Yalom & Leszcz (2005) speaks of the here-and-now experience as a strong aspect of group treatment (p.141) in association to the structure of group‚ which is beneficial to better recognition of the techniques that the here-and- now offers. Yalom & Leszcz (2005) says‚ the here-and-now focus is most effective when the two therapeutic tiers are implemented (p.141). But one without the other is non effective. Tier 1 is experiencing one; that establishes strong feelings throughout session
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accounting scandals was disclosed during 2005 which involved a material mis-statement due to false transactions during 2000. This scandal set to prelude leading the downfall of AIG in 2008. In this paper‚ I will analyze the cause‚ the transactions and finally effects of the scandal. The Accounting Scandal The Players The CEO of AIG was Maurice “Hank” Greenberg. Greenberg joined AIG in 1962 and led AIG for thirty eight years until his retirement in March 2005. Greenberg was not only the CEO‚ but
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