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    Local Studies

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    Local Studies Mobile Restaurants or simply street food is ready-to-eat food or drink sold in a street or other public place‚ such as a market or fair‚ by a hawker or vendor‚ often from a portable stall. While some street foods are regional‚ many are not‚ having spread beyond their region of origin. Most street foods are also classed as both finger food and fast food‚ and are cheaper on average than restaurant meals. According to a 2007 study from the Food and Agriculture Organization‚ 2.5 billion

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    Natural Disaster

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    INTRODUCTION A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ severe weather‚volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover.[1] An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in an area

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    disaster risk reduction

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    Session M1.1: Disaster Risk Management Terms and Concepts Note: For further detail definitions and concepts clarity‚ please visit United Nation International Strategy (UNISDR) website http://www.unisdr.org/eng/terminology/terminology-2009-eng.html Crisis A crisis is any event that is‚ or is expected to lead to‚ an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual‚ group‚ community‚ or whole society. Management often requires decisions to be made within a short timeframe & often an event

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    Natural Disasters

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    Natural Disasters Natural disasters affect many people in the world. Over 31‚849‚838 number of people have died from natural disasters since 1900. A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard including tornadoes‚ tsunamis‚ and earthquakes and more. Those natural disasters can lead to financial‚ environmental‚ and human losses. The ten deadliest natural disasters of the past century in order are the China Floods in 1931‚ the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976‚ the Bhola Cyclone in 1970‚ the Haiyuan

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    The Role of Local Culture and Context in English Language Teaching -Mabindra Regmi The Relation between Language and Culture The structuralists portrayed language as an entity that could be segmented and through learning these segments‚ the totality would also be learnt. This method has been tested‚ challenged and in many cases discarded in the world of linguistics. The conception‚ propagation and inevitable discontinuation of ever new methods has prompted Sowden to express “there has indeed been

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    Natural Disaster

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    A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (e.g.‚ flood‚ tornado‚ hurricane‚ volcanic eruption‚ earthquake‚ heatwave‚ 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. if these disasters continues it would be a great danger for the earth.[1] This understanding is concentrated in the formulation: "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability

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    Disaster Recovery Plan

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    A disaster recovery plan is an HIPPA security standard and its objectives are to establish policies and procedures for responding to an emergency (vandalism‚ system failure‚ and natural disaster) that may damage or interrupt systems that contain PHI. In brief‚ the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‚ commonly known as HIPAA‚ was enacted on August 21‚ 1996‚ by the United States Congress and signed President Bill Clinton. HIPPA regulates national standards to protect individuals’ health

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    Disasters to Success

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    Disasters to Success Can success be disastrous? Everyone has a dream of having a million dollar house‚ Lamborghini‚ and an attractive spouse. To most people‚ that is how they define success; but will that really make them happy? Success can be very disastrous and can ruin lives. An old saying that every child has heard says “be careful what you wish for.” Every child has wished to be rich and successful but haven’t fully thought about the disasters to success. The dream of success can often

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    Natural Disasters

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    NATURAL DISASTERS A natural disaster is a major adverse event‚ which can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage. There are many types of natural disasters: avalanches‚ earthquakes‚ volcanic eruptions‚ floods‚ tsunamis‚ blizzards‚ droughts‚ hailstorms‚ tornadoes‚ wildfires. If an adverse event occurs in an area without vulnerable population‚ it will not have such disastrous consequences‚ as if it occurs in area of vulnerable population as in San Francisco

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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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