re- tail shop‚ the employer might be able to rely on direct supervision to make sure that the employees were doing their jobs. But in a hotel‚ just about every employee is “on the front line.” There is usually no one there to supervise the limousine driver when he or she picks up a guest at the airport‚ or when the valet takes the guest’s car‚ or the front-desk clerk signs the guest in‚ or the housekeeping clerk needs to handle a guest’s special request. If the hotel wanted satisfied guests
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Landslides from the caldera rim formed debris fans and turbidity sediments on the lake bed. During this period‚ fumaroles and sources of thermal waters were common and remained active. After some time‚ the slopes of the caldera stabilized more or less‚ the
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1980‚ Mount St Helens erupted. At 8:32 am‚ without warning‚ a 5.1 magnitude earthquake‚ positioned directly below the north face‚ triggered that part of the mountain to slide for about 10 seconds‚ in one of the largest landslides recorded in history. The extreme pressure of the landslide‚ cause the magma to blast through the volcano in a huge explosion‚ which flung millions of tonnes of lava and ash into the sky. The explosion resulted in
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damage and loss of life; The emergency situation that is the consequence of such an event. A natural disaster is a disaster caused by nature‚ such as floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ avalanches‚ lahars (volcanic mudslides)‚ landslides‚ sinkholes‚ blizzards‚ drought‚ hailstorms‚ heat waves‚ hurricanes‚ tropical storms‚ typhoons‚ Ice Ages‚ tornadoes‚ and wildfires. Epidemics caused by bacteria or viruses are sometimes considered natural disasters‚ but sometimes put into a different
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EOSC 114 – Final Review Notes Get A’s or die trying. Jason Kim Unit 1: A Fragile System At least 3 earthquake recording stations are required to find the location of the earthquake epicenter. A single recording station can only calculate distance‚ but not direction; to cover all possibilities‚ a complete circle is drawn around that station. If only two earthquake recording stations are used‚ the circles will overlap at two points. Data from a third recording station will eliminate one of
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Tsunami Abstract This essay covers about Tsunami‚ being one of the fatal natural disasters that have attacked many countries‚ endangering the human lives. This essay will cover on what tsunami is‚ how and why it happens‚ and the severe consequences and the measures taken to prevent it. Before getting started for the essay‚ I started doing a research on the types natural disasters. Once I have chosen the topic of my extended essay‚ which is tsunami‚ I planned on what information that I should
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Recreational vehicles by definition are designed for fun. However‚ that doesn’t mean they don’t need to be insured. You need coverage for your recreational vehicle. Otherwise‚ if something happens to it‚ your investment is lost. Since recreational vehicles aren’t cheap‚ it’s important that you protect yours. Read below to learn more about recreational vehicle insurance: Types of Recreational Vehicles Typically Covered: Of course‚ each insurance company differs slightly on what types of recreational
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Chances for Potential Loss & Critical Insurance Covers for Road Projects (Things to be considered while designing the Insurance Program for Road Projects) History notices that the first road was constructed nearly 4000 years ago and since then there have been continuous development in methods‚ techniques and types of roads. The Romans built stone paved roads in North Africa and Europe to support their military operations. Later the Arabs built roads that were covered with tar
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households or communities and their condition that influence their capacity to cope with‚ resist and recover from the impact of a natural hazard (Blaikie et al.‚ 1994; Kelly and Adger‚ 2000; Cardona‚ 2003). Hazards such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ landslides‚ hurricanes‚ droughts etc are the natural phenomena. It becomes disaster when it affects vulnerable populations and the vulnerability itself depends upon people’s access to resources and opportunities. This is similar to the entitlement approach
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WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (Reshma Bhat‚ 3rd sem‚EC) Abstract A Wireless Sensor network (WSN) consists of spatially distributed autonomous sensors to cooperatively monitor physical or environmental conditions‚ such as temperature‚ sound‚ vibration‚ pressure‚ motion or pollutants. The development of wireless sensor networks was motivated by military applications such as battlefield surveillance and are now used in many industrial and civilian application areas‚ including industrial
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