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    Goya's Disasters of War

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    Francisco de Goya’s series‚ the Disasters of War‚ remains one of the strongest accusations against the horrors and tragedies of war to date. Reflecting the suffocating atmosphere of violence that surrounded Spain at the time‚ Disasters of War attacks the senselessness of war itself and makes a desperate appeal to all that is good in man. Although sources are unanimous in asserting that Goya was not physically in the midst of any actual violence‚ Goya acts as a witness to the series insofar as he

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    Jaipur Disaster 2009

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    explosion. The Met department recorded a tremor measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale around the time the first explosion at 7:36 pm which resulted in shattering of glass window nearly 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the accident site. The fire was a major disaster in terms of deaths‚ injury‚ loss of business‚ property and man-days‚ displacement of people‚ environmental impact in Jaipur‚ the capital city of the Indian state of Rajasthan and a popular tourist destination. As per eyewitnesses having factories

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    Man Made Disaster

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    Disasterdisaster is a hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. Types of disasters Natural disaster Man made disaster Natural disaster A natural disaster is a consequence when a natural hazard affects humans and/or the built environment. Eg: earthquake‚ flood‚ landslides‚ volcanic eruptions‚ floods and cyclones are all natural hazards that kill thousands of people and destroy

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    Man Made Disasters

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    Man-made disasters Man-made disasters are disasters resulting from man-made hazards (threats having an element of human intent‚ negligence‚ or error; or involving a failure of a man-made system)‚ as opposed to natural disasters resulting from natural hazards. Man-made hazards or disasters are sometimes referred to as anthropogenic. Contents * 1 Sociological hazards * 1.1 Crime * 1.1.1 Arson * 1.2 Civil disorder *

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    The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

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    The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster A First-Hand Account of Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Katsumi Furitsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Young doctors speak out on the Fukushima disaster . . . . . . . . . . .40 Japan’s Nuclear Nightmare Ronald McCoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 “A terribly difficult situation with a lot of uncertainties”: PSR Press Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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    and our ability to share who we are. Our greatest gift. Lets rewind a little. Cave paintings. First we paint to say I was here. Then we paint to say why we are here‚ to pass on knowledge‚ experience. To build on what we know. For this is evolution… sharing for survival. We share more and more‚ now we share our fiends‚ we share our favorite on Youtube‚ our location‚ we share photos‚ maybe sometimes even a drink. Every time we share we are reflecting our personality. Our selves. But this is normal. Innovation

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    Evelyn Delgado To what extent does soccer hooliganism from the Heysel Disaster and the Hillsborough Disaster reflect the perception of the government policy in respect of Football in England? By: Evelyn Delgado To what extent does soccer hooliganism from the Heysel Disaster and the Hillsborough Disaster reflect the perception of the government policy in respect of Football in England? Introduction Football was fully established with

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    Iroquois Theatre Disaster

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    Lessons Learned From the 1903 Iroquois Disaster Rebekah Beach March 02‚ 2010 The Iroquois Theatre Highly advertised as being “absolutely fireproof”‚ The Iroquois Theatre was as fireproof as the Titanic was unsinkable. On December 30th‚ of the year 1903‚ five weeks after The Iroquois opened‚ The Iroquois Theatre did indeed burn. The fire was so bad that in just under 8 minutes it roared through the theatre claiming 602 lives and injuring at least 250 others (Foy‚ 1995). According to the

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    The role of the public health personnel and the public health RN in a disaster: The major role of the public health personnel in a disaster is to oversee safety in the community. There are many needs of the community during a time of crisis including meeting basic survival needs such as food‚ water and shelter. The public health personnel oversee the crisis from start to finish. Some of the public health personnel included the fire chief‚ emergency response and public works safety officer. The

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    Science Fiction Disaster

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    Science Fiction and disaster films are not a unique phenomena in American cinema. These films are also in cultures that produce movies. Japan would be one of these cultures with the films like Godzilla and The Sinking of Japan. Movies provide an insight into what these people fear while also giving commentary as to what people think of the world. Ever since the 1950’s Science fiction has merged with disaster films. These films are more common in american cinema than natural disaster this is due to the

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