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    Earthquakes in Visayas

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    Summary This study has been made for the purpose that every people in Visayas must be ready at all times. The natural phenomenon called earthquake cannot be controlled. It is accustomed by the movement of the plates that no one can predict when it will happen. The different government agency- PHIVOLCS‚ which keeps a record on the intensity and magnitude of the earthquake in all parts of the country whose task‚ is to inform the people the level of crisis that arises. They keep on track 24 hours giving

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    Joan Of Arc Thesis

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    Emily Getzinger History 121-304 Svetlana Jovanov Joan of Arc Joan of Arc was one of the most influential and historical females of the 15th century. At the time of Joan of Arc’s birth‚ France was involved in a long-running war with England known as the Hundred Years’ War. Her journey through this war eventually led France to an astonishing victory over England. But it wasn’t she alone who helped her through this but God himself. She claims at an early age to have heard a Saint of God inform her of

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    Fukushima Earthquake

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    An earthquake of a magnitude of 9.0 that occurred in Japan at 2:46 pm on Friday March 11‚ 2011 did a significant amount of damage in the region‚ as the following tsunami did even much more damage‚ flooding about 560 square kilometers resulting in a human death toll of about 19‚000 and the destruction of coastal ports‚ towns and buildings (Fukushima Accident‚ 2016). Eleven reactors at four different nuclear power plants in the region were operating at the time and were all shut down when the earthquake

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    Joan Of Arc Analysis

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    few victories the English no longer shouted obscenities but would not forget what she had done. They would get their revenge for the embarrassment she had caused them. Stories of Joan’s bravery during battle are numerous and riveting. Several times Joan was injured during battle and she kept fighting (Castor‚ p.87). This was inspirational for her army who had been hopeless for so long‚ to be led by such a person of virtue‚ purity‚ and courage made them better warriors and better Frenchmen. Their loyalty

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    Joan of Arc

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    Bilingualism in America: English Should Be the Only Language “Rather than insisting that it is the immigrant’s duty to learn the language of this country‚ the government has acted as if it has a duty to accommodate an immigrant in his native language. " By S.I. Hayakawa 1 DURING the dark days of World War 11‚ Chinese immigrants in California wore badges proclaiming their original nationality so they would not be mistaken for Japanese. In fact‚ these two immigrant groups long had

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    Earthquake in Pakistan

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    Earthquake activity in Pakistan is mainly concentrated in the north and western sections of the country‚ along the boundary of the Indian plate and the Iranian and Afghan micro-plates. The Chaman Fault runs along Pakistan’s western frontier with Afghanistan from Kalat‚ in the northern Makran range‚ past Quetta and then on to Kabul‚ Afghanistan. A fault also runs along the Makran coast and is believed to be of the same nature as the West Coast fault along the coast of Maharashtra‚ India. An active

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    Haiti Earthquake

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    disaster is the occurrence of a sudden or major misfortune which disrupts the basic fabric and normal functioning of society or community. In January 2010 earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti caused>200‚000 deaths thousands of injuries requiring immediate surgical interventions‚ and 1.5 million internally displaced survivors. The earthquake destroyed most medical facilities in the city seriously preventing the ability to deliver immediate help. Community nurse can help assist with all types

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    921 Earthquake

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    CNN: A special news report-This morning‚ there was an earthquake registering 7.6 on the Richter scale shaked Taiwan at 1:45am on September 21‚1999. The epicenter is a mile under the ground in Nantou near Puli. There are many buildings crushed‚ and even a twelve floor-high rise building suddenly became a two floor- high rise building (the first to the sixth floors dipped into the underground‚ and the seventh to the twelfth floors went diagonally down and damaged the road.) As of press time the Disaster

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    Pakistan Earthquake

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    Geography- Pakistan’s Earthquake on 2005 The most unfortunate disaster happened in Pakistan on 8th October 2005 and was thought to be the strongest ever to hit the region in a century; a magnitude of 7.6 devastating earthquake occurred in the Himalayan region of northern Pakistan and Kashmir‚ moreover there was a 24 hours of aftershock‚ resulting a huge amount of damaged area across northern of Pakistan and border areas of India; buildings are flattened; the sights of massive triggering landslides

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    argued against Joan by using pathos in a well organized statement that appealed to the court’s emotions and religious beliefs. Joan of Arc was being tried for heresy‚ disagreeing with church doctrines‚ and the Inquisitor took this information as a way to directly state that Joan was to be punished for upsetting the church. "Heresy at first seems innocent and even laudable‚ but it ends in such a monstrous horror of unnatural wickedness..." The Inquisitor is trying to insinuate that Joan has caused a

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