in 1960‚ the strongest earthquake recorded‚ 9.5 magnitudes on the Richter scale‚ struck in the Pacific Ocean near the Chilean coastline‚ killing over 2‚000 people and injured another 3‚000. If this quake had struck a city‚ it would have been killed. Similarly‚ in Alaska‚ in 1964‚ a magnitude 9.2 quake hit an area with few people‚ and the death toll was 117. Quality of Construction Furthermore‚ modern building construction technique can lessen the death toll and economic impact of moderate earthquake
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The Danger of a Single Story Paper Taeler Wilson: UNIV 100 After watching the movie “The Danger of a Single Story”‚ I immediately became interested in how ignorant we as people can be. Chimamanda Adichie‚ the speaker of the video‚ spoke about the misconceptions there were of Africa and its people; one those being that they all are the same. I myself realized that I too grouped all of those from the continent into one category‚ not separate countries and cultures. We in America tend to do this frequently
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and the Tibetan government-in-exile in India; China’s non-recognition of Sikkim’s merger with India; the nuclear tests in 1998 by India; and India’s allegation that China is arming Pakistan‚ including the latter’s nuclear programme. A disputed Himalayan border was the main pretext for war‚ but other issues played a role. There had been a series of violent border incidents after the 1959 Tibetan uprising‚ when India had granted asylum to the Dalai Lama. India initiated a Forward Policyin which it
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The Orlando Museum of Art As I enter the Orlando museum of art‚ I felt anxious‚ I did not know what to expect nor did I thought I was going to enjoy myself. After paying for my entrance ticket‚ I was directed where to go‚ and as I enter into the hall and got strait to the ticket attendant‚ I started to feel thrilled‚ i felt like a little girl‚ I had so much anxiety that I did not know where to start first. The Orlando museum of art has many exhibitions and collection for people to enjoy. The exhibitions
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nature is Haiti when a 7.0 magnitude quake on January 12‚ 2010 destroyed its cities‚ ravaged buildings‚ streets and houses‚ and took the lives of over 220‚000 people on. This causes a lot of sufferings to the survivors especially that they had lose their source of living. Six weeks later‚ an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck South American nation leaving a long swath of the country in smoky rubble and killing hundreds of people on its first strike. But‚ unlike the quake that ravaged Haiti‚ the earthquake
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scene. He got a telegraph from Colliers that San Francisco just had an earthquake. Jack only lived forty miles away so he got there in no time. Once he arrived in San Francisco he realized the dramatic reality of the earth quake first hand. He shared this experience of the earth quake to the readers throughout his writing. He wrote about the event‚ how the fire destroyed the city bit by bit. Right away he captured the reader and brought them to the scene of the event when he wrote‚ "...the smoke of San
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for families looking for lost relatives‚ and a global platform for charitable donations. Google Maps also provided China’s State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping with satellite images of quake-affected regions to better aid and direct rescue effort. In early September 2008‚ Google funded construction of 15 Google Quake Relief Hope Schools in the city of Mianyang in Sichuan province‚
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Historical background and purpose A worldwide non-governmental organization advances children right‚ gives alleviation and helps provision children in developing countries. The save the children NGO was established in London in 1919 to enhance the lives of children through better training‚ social insurance‚ and monetary openings‚ and in addition giving crisis help in catastrophic event‚ war‚ and other clash‚ in the UK following World War 1. (About us‚ n.d.) Eglantyne Jebb and her sister Dorothy Buxton
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3‚512‚281 people affected by the deadly quake in Bohol Hills. $759‚640‚000.00 of damage made. 36‚645 houses destroyed‚ and over 2‚000 aftershocks. This earthquake is a tragedy‚ and the people affected need our help. This earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude earthquake. If you don’t know anything about earthquakes‚ just know that that is massive! Renato Solidum‚ the director of the Philippine Institute Of Volcanology and Seismology‚ stated that he thought the East Bohol Fault caused the monstrous earthquake
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NEPAL Kollin Smith Period-1 12-17-00 Mr. Sartian Introduction I am doing my report on a country by the name of Nepal. The formal name is The Kingdom of Nepal. The term for citizens is Nepalese. The capital of Nepal is Katmandu. Nepal became independent in 1768 when a number of independent hill states were unified by Prithri Narayan Shah as the Kingdom of Gorkha. The area of Nepal is 56‚827 square miles. Its population according to the 1991 census was 18‚462‚ 081. Nepal is located between
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