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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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    Pakistan Earthquake

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    Pakistan Earthquake? On 8th October 2005‚ a devastating earthquake struck at the town of Muzaffarabad in Kashmir located in the country of Pakistan at about 8:50 am in the morning. It registered a moment magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter scale‚ affecting millions of people. Figures have shown that about 88‚710 people died‚ 106‚266 people were injured and up to three million became homeless and without proper shelter. There were many reasons why so many people died in the Pakistan Earthquake. One reason

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    Christchurch Earthquake

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    On February 22nd 2011‚12.51pm Christchurch experienced another earthquake with the magnitude of 6.3 at a depth of 5 km below ground level. This devastating event took the lives of many people with a death toll of 166 as at Sunday 6th March 2011. (CULTURAL) The earthquake caused many implications on Christchurch infrastructure in the CBD area. Many people were trapped in the CTV building‚ under collapsed furniture and damaged infrastructure . There was large amounts of damage to the roads such

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    Haiti Earthquake

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    Following the earthquake‚ economic development was credited as key to Haiti’s economic betterment. Despite the earthquake in the areas in and around the capital city‚ millions of Haitians were forced to move to these IDP camps due to harsh economic circumstance in the countryside. Haiti has had a housing sector crisis even before the earthquake‚ which was estimated at 700‚000 units. Additionally‚ at least another 250‚000 houses were damaged by the earthquake resulting in the housing sector suffering

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    Earthquake Dbq

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    A Dire Situation: DBQ Essay Many people face dire situations everyday‚ but what about deadly? This is what about 43‚000 Filipinos faced on October 15‚ 2013 when a deadly 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the islands of Bohol and Cebu. The temblor was the largest to shake the area in 23 years. (BK Info) Also‚ 2211 aftershocks hit the region and most citizens were completely unprepared‚ and shocked. The cause of this disaster is likely the East Bohol Fault. The quake killed around 185 people and put

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    preparing principals

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    Quality School LEADERSHIP | A QUALIT Y S CHOOL LE A DE RSHI P I s s ue Brief How Rigorous Are Commonly Used Principal Performance Assessment Instruments? Januar y 2012 Measuring Principal Performance Quality School LEADERSHIP High-performing and dramatically improving schools are led by strong principals. The Quality School Leadership (QSL) services developed by American Institutes for Research gives educators the tools they need to hire and assess their leaders. Our Quality

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    Tax Preparing CPA

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    Tax Preparing CPAs and Issues Related to Client Confidentiality The case talks about John Jones who is a CPA with 20 years of experience in preparing tax returns for clients. In 2013‚ Jones prepared a list of taxpayers that contained some specific information‚ which he could use to get in touch with those taxpayers for providing them with information regarding business and economic conditions‚ and also use these info for tax education and analysis purposes. As a result‚ the main objective of this

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