When designing earthquake safe structures the first consideration is to make the highest bit‚ the roof‚ as light as possible. This is best done with profiled steel cladding on light gauge steel Zed purlins. This can also have double skin with spacers and insulation. It can have a roof slope between 3 and 15 degrees. If it is required to have a ’flat’ roof‚ this could be made with a galvanised steel decking and solid insulation boards‚ and topped with a special membrane. Even a ’flat’ roof should
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My life did a complete 180 switch after I survived the devastating earthquake of 2010 in Haiti. It was never easy before as the economy was really poor and life was dull but compared to what I had to live with after I started to realise it was a privileged life. It was a beautiful day ‚ I was looking crispy and getting ready to go school and the day went by so fast ‚ we had a lot of homeworks and things to study for tomorrow . My sister was with me before the incident and helping me with my homeworks
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This volcano had its largest eruption on May 18‚ 1980. The ash and dust from the eruption reached as far as the Central United States. A total of 57 people died during the eruption that lasted 9 hours. 85 miles of highway and 15 miles of railways were destroyed. What would someone say about this natural disaster who was there? It was a normal day for my grandma‚ but when she turns on the news it became very far from normal. She see’s that Mt. St Helens erupts. After that‚ she looks outside‚ but
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In 1993 in Central Puerto Rico there was a huge hurricane with a magnitude of 4.7. There was also a earthquake with a magnitude of 8. The hurricane was named was named Hurricane Ching. The earthquake was called Chong. Ching was the biggest hurricane to ever hit Puerto Rico. It blew over houses‚ destroyed land‚ and flooded everything. Chong was the fourth biggest earth quake to hit Puerto Rico. There was a family hit by both disasters. There was a total of nine people in the Wang family. Lavar was
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Differences between U.S and Japan”) American and Japan Business‚ There are many cultural differences between Japan and America. Americans tend to be direct and to the point in their work. They often state their opinion on business matters‚ when in Japan it is considered impolite. Americans deal with a lot of facts‚ so when presenting in America that is what we are looking for to make business decisions. It is also
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|9 | Executive Summary Seven Eleven Japan established in 1973 and became the leader in Japan’s retail industry. In order to obtain its success‚ Seven Eleven Japan has developed several strategies in improving her supply chain management. Seven Eleven Japan continuous improves her information system in order to get the latest customer response and expand her product range to meet the market trend
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One would think that a country would inevitably fall from peasant riots‚ wars for power‚ lack of resources‚ etc.‚ if it was isolated from the rest of the world. However‚ this is not always the case‚ as can be seen with Japan. It thrived while being isolated from the rest of the world for over two hundred years before it opened its ports again. It is important to understand the context behind Japan’s isolation starting in the Sengoku period. This time period was also known as the “Age of Warring
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DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER IN JAPAN The dolphin industry in the past‚ present‚ and future has changed dramatically through the last century. In the past‚ the industry was revolutionized by Ric O’barry and Flipper‚ the American television show. Today‚ in Taiji‚ Japan‚ more than 20‚000 dolphins are brutally murdered each year. Who knows what lies in the future? The history of the dolphin industry traces back to the 12th century in Japan. But Ric O’barry‚ who was involved in the capture and training of
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United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This bomb was given the nickname “Fat Man.” These two bombs immensely destroyed these cities and took the lives of many people. There was an estimated 200‚000 lives taken in the atomic bombing on Japan. The war on the Pacific had been going on for over four years before the atomic bombing occurred. There were two big battles that could have led to the United State’s decision of dropping the atomic bomb‚ the Iwo Jima and Okinawa. In these two battles
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Japan is a constitutional monarchy like British government‚ which is a parliamentary democracy country with ceremonial emperor. The Empire of Japan was dissolved in Japan’s 1947 constitution. After the defeat of Japan in the Second World War‚ the Japanese political system was being constructed‚ which is based on the principles of sovereignty that respect human rights and the encouragement of peace. According to separation of powers‚ the political system of Japan officially divided into executive
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