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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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    Disaster Management

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    DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN OF INDUSTRIES DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA CONTENTS Sl. No. 1. Description Profile of Industries Department 2. Detailed Hazard‚ Risk Page No. and 3-5 Vulnerability 5-10 Assessment 3. Onsite plan a) Standard operating procedure (SOP) of 11-14 Industries Department b) Standard Industry level operating procedure monitoring (SOP) Committee on 15 Manufacture c) Standard operating procedure

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    Natural Disasters

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    NS103 FORMAL REPORT: NATURAL DISASTERS GROUP MEMBERS: BASE‚ Aron Christoper V. CASTILLO‚ Jonathan Nelson E. GUEVARA‚ Steven Kristian L. 4ISB FEBRUARY 11‚ 2014 Avalanches While avalanches are sudden‚ the warning signs are almost always numerous before they let loose. Yet in 90 percent of avalanche incidents‚ the victim or someone in the victim’s party triggers the snow slides. Avalanches kill more than 150 people worldwide each year. Most are snowmobilers‚ skiers

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    Use a variety of sources for the collection of data‚ both primary and secondary (1) (a) Prepare and implement a plan for the collection of primary and secondary data for a given business problem (b) Describe and justify the survey methodology and frame used (c) Develop and use a questionnaire and justify its design for a particular purpose (2) Apply a range of techniques to analyze data effectively for business purposes (a) Create information for decision making by summarizing data using

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    Katrina Earthquake Essay

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    Test 3 Study Guide Test 3 will cover chapters 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9‚ and the material presented on Hurricane Katrina and the recent earthquake in Japan. It will have 42 multiple-choice (2 points each) and 4 short answer/diagrams (4 points each). Topics for review * Earthquake terms: * fault: break (fracture) in a rock * rupture: breaking of rock along a fault * hypocenter (focus): rupture point of rock below surface * epicenter: point on earth surface directly above hypocenter

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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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    Environmental Disasters

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    2] A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (e.g.‚ flood‚ tornado‚ hurricane‚ volcanic eruption‚ earthquake‚ or landslide). It leads to financial‚ environmental or human losses. The resulting loss depends on the vulnerability of the affected population to resist the hazard‚ also called their resilience.[1] This understanding is concentrated in the formulation: "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability."[2] Environmental disasters are occurring with alarming regularity. But the

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    harm are divided into two separate categories‚ those which involve primary victims and those which involve secondary victims. The current position in such cases is that policy based restrictions are applied to claims made by secondary victims which can be avoided by primary victims. Consequently‚ the courts apply different tests in establishing a duty of care depending on whether the claim emanates from a primary or a secondary victim. There is a major debate as to whether it is desirable to apply

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    secondary education

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    Secondary Education A secondary school teacher at a public school must be licensed with a bachelor’s degree and by completing an approved teacher education program. Secondary school teachers at private schools do not need to be licensed but are required to have a bachelor’s degree to teach. For hard to fill positions‚ some states offer alternative licensing programs to secondary school teachers. Understanding a student’s needs‚ the ability to motivate them and communicate well‚ are important qualifications

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    Disaster

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    Acknowledgement We have taken efforts in this project. However‚ it would not been possible without the kind support and help of many individuals and organization. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all of them. We are indebted to our CS instructor Engr. Joash Realiza for his guidance and constant supervision as well as for providing necessary information regarding the project and also for imparting important ideas that can make this study possible. We would like to express our

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