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    Earthquakes in GCC An Earthquake known also as tremor is resulted from a sudden release of energy ‚which takes place in the earths crust‚ which then creates seismic waves. They are vibrations triggered by movement of rocks that have been strained (deformed) beyond their elastic limit. This activity called seismicity or seismism of an area refers to type ‚ size and frequency over a time period. Earthquakes are measured using many instruments ( up to atleast 20 different types

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    Disaster Management Cycle

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    Disaster Preparedness and Management Assignment No. 1 [pic] Submitted to: Sir Muhammad Akmal Khan Submitted by: Tayyab Hasnain Janjua Reg # 14DD-410004 D.DRM Second Quarter Fall 2010 Disaster Management Cycle Disaster Risk Management includes sum total of all activities‚ programmes and measures which can be taken up before‚ during and after a disaster with the purpose to avoid a disaster‚ reduce its impact or recover from its losses. The three key stages of activities that are

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    Tamil‚ Telugu‚ Urdu‚ Sanskrit‚ Arabic‚ Persian‚ French‚ Tibetan‚ German‚ Portuguese‚ Russian‚ Spanish‚ Nepali‚ Limboo‚ Lepcha‚ Bhutia‚ and Mizo. Continuous and comprehensive evaluation is an education system newly introduced by Central Board of Secondary Education in India‚ for students of sixth to tenth grades. The main aim of CCE is to evaluate every aspect of the child during their presence at the school. This is believed to help reduce the pressure on the child during/before examinations as the

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    Primary Cells

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    Reference Data Sheet: BATTPRIM.PDF (1) PRIMARY CELLS & BATTERIES Many portable electrical and electronic devices are designed to be powered from batteries — and in a lot of cases‚ from primary or non-rechargeable batteries. This is the familiar kind of battery which has a fixed amount of energy stored in it during manufacture‚ and once that energy has been used up the battery is simply thrown away and replaced. There are many different types of primary battery now available‚ each with its own

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    The Hillsborough disaster

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    hillsborough disaster The Hillsborough disaster was an incident that occurred on 15 April 1989 at the Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield‚ England‚ during the FA cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest soccer clubs. The crush resulted in the deaths of 96 people and injuries to 766 others. The incident has since been blamed primarily on the police. The incident remains the worst stadium-related disaster in British history and one of the world’s worst soccer disasters. soccer clubs

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    CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF EARTHQUAKES‚ TSUNAMI AND CYCLONES EARTHQUAKES What are Earthquakes? ← An earthquake (also known as a quake‚ tremor or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency‚ type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. Earthquakes are measured with a seismometer; a device which also records is known as a seismograph. The moment

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    Primary Teeth

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    (disambiguation). Deciduous teeth | | A six year old girl’s deciduous teeth‚ which are beginning to fall out. | Latin | dentes decidui | Code | TA A05.1.03.076 | Deciduous teeth‚ otherwise known as reborner teeth‚ baby teeth‚ temporary teeth and primary teeth‚ are the first set of teeth in the growth development of humans and many other mammals. In some Asian countries they are referred to as fall teeth as they will eventually fall out‚ while in almost all European languages they are called milk

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    Disaster Plan

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    in the southern part of the United States in an area that receives heavy rain. During the weekend‚ a major water pipe broke and flooded the first floor. The water caused extensive damage to the servers‚ which were also on the first floor. Create a disaster plan to prevent this sort of problem from happening in the future. Proposed solution: The way in which XYZ Computers has their IST Department set up currently is susceptible to many threats. The lack of a firewall is an open invitation for data to

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    Disaster Victims

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    Disaster: British Petroleum Oil Spill Date: April 20‚ 2010 Location: Gulf of Mexico Personal Experiences: A little over a year after the BP oilrig sprung a leak‚ my family and I went to Panama City in Florida. As far as we could see‚ we couldn’t notice any differences in the Gulf of Mexico. The water was still crystal clear even though thousands of barrels of oil leaked into the ocean each day for months. I was completely aware of how the spill dramatically affected the lives‚ jobs‚ and

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    Disaster Paper

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    When you deliberate on a disaster‚ it becomes clear that any such event has three phases to it. Initially‚ there are antecedents that lead to the disaster. When enough antecedents have accumulated‚ the disaster occurs at that specific tipping time. Finally after the disaster has happened the final phase of resolutions occurs. The resolutions are steps that the society attempt to implement to revert the effects that the event has produced. Consider the Deepwater Horizon disaster that happened on July

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