2010 Haiti Earthquake - Case Study Location A 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti on Tuesday‚ 12th of January 2010 at 16.53 local time (21.53 GMT). The earthquake occurred in Port-au-Prince‚ the capital city of Haiti. The focus of the earthquake was 13 km below the surface of the earth. Causes The earthquake was caused by the North American Plate sliding past the Caribbean Plate at a conservative plate margin. Both plates moved in the same direction‚ but on plate moves
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Another Note - The Los Angeles BB murder files When Beyond Birthday committed his third murder‚ he attempted an experiment. Namely‚ to see if it were possible for a human being to die of internal hemorrhaging without rupturing any organs. Specifically‚ he drugged his victim so they fell unconscious; tied them up‚ and proceeded to beat their left arm thoroughly‚ being careful not to break the skin. He was hoping to bring about enough hemorrhaging to cause death from loss of blood‚ but this attempt
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Jonathan Verduzco 10/2/12 EAST SIDE IS THE BEAST SIDE Good ole Los Angeles. I’ve been lucky enough to visit many cities around the world; Amsterdam‚ Rome‚ New York‚ even Mexico City‚ and its safe to say that there isn’t any other city in the world that has the robust mixture of urban concentration and suburban pride. Nowhere does this ring truer than in East Los Angeles. While some believe “east los” is nothing more than a breeding ground for failure‚ crime‚ and Hispanic illegal immigrants
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Have you ever been to a college class? Did that class only consist of two exams‚ a midterm and a final throughout the entire semester? How much stress did you feel around the time those exams came around? These are the types of problems that Patrick O’Malley argues against in his essay “More Testing‚ More Learning”. In this essay‚ O’Malley takes the stand presenting the fact that there are courses in college that provide infrequent testing. He lets it be known that this is not the most effective
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The article I read is about the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The topic of the article deals with having students get an earlier start in the school year‚ and ending early. This would affect all levels of students; like elementary‚ middle‚ and high school aged. The main purpose of changing the entrance and exit of a school year is‚ because schools want better test scores. Schools would start fifteen days before the regular school year‚ which would be in August instead of September
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To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of a volcanic hazard (40 marks) Volcanic activity happens across the surface of the globe therefore bringing hazards to every affected area. A hazard is any source of potential damage‚ harm or adverse health effects. A volcanic hazard is any threat to life and infrastructure due to volcanic activity and related situations such as a landslide near the volcano. Volcanoes can be very dangerous and therefore present many hazards towards
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amongst 18 countries who have territories threatened by typhoons each year. The Philippines uses their own naming list for systems which approach the country. Earthquake An earthquake (also known as a quake‚ tremor or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity‚ seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency‚ type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. Earthquakes are measured using observations
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Introduction: Since the beginning of time‚ one thing that has always been unpredictable is a natural disaster. These disasters bring physical‚ financial‚ and emotional harm wherever they go. It is true that many of us might never face earthquake in their lives but this planet is quite familiar with earthquakes. This means that everyday somewhere there is an earthquake‚ that’s how common they are to our planet. Sometimes they are very light that only sensitive devices will recognize them but sometimes
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Do you imagine yourself living in a city where there are car pursuits‚ graffiti‚ and homicides? South Central Los Angeles‚ California is an oversize city and it is an example of disturbia. There is a mysterious dark side within the city. Most people describe South Central Los Angeles as adjacency environment because of the un-inforced‚ broken down educational system that is brought upon inner city students. The unexpected bullying‚ the numerous fights‚ and gang related issues‚ are the cause of
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