defined by Webster. Since the age of the Greeks‚ Anglo-Saxons have been interested in space exploration. From Copernicus to Gaileo to Newton‚ space has been looked upon with adoring eyes. Space has been regarded time after time as the final frontier. That was until 1957‚ with the launch of the Sputnik-1‚ when the Soviet built satellite became the first man-made satellite successfully launched out into outer space. In 1958‚ the United States matched the Soviets with their own satellite‚ Explorer III
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A3 The Chariot Shuttle Service Inc. (CSSI) The Chariot Shuttle Service Inc. (CSSI) makes money by providing transportation to customers in exchange for money. A typical day involves a shuttle van driving around the city‚ mostly between the airport and various locations. For example‚ a van may start the day by picking up three passengers from a local hotel and dropping them off at the airport. Two of these passengers are a husband and wife traveling together and the wife pays for both of
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INTRODUCTION TO DISASTER 1.1 THE HISTORY OF DISASTERS IN INDIA Year 2005‚ say India should hang her head in shame. With the Bengal famine‚ Orissa Super Cyclone‚ Latur earthquake‚ Bhopal chemical disaster‚ Andhra cyclone‚ Gujarat earthquake‚ recurring floods‚ Mumbai 2008 bomb blasts and many other disasters there is no foyer in the world with space large enough to exhibit the collective pain on the face of India. India has ranked at the top or near top in almost all type of disasters with number
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| [pic]Natural disaster From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For the professional wrestling tag team‚ see The Natural Disasters. A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (e.g. flood‚ tornado‚ hurricane‚ volcanic eruption‚ earthquake‚ or landslide) that affects the environment‚ and leads to financial‚ environmental and/or human losses. The resulting loss depends on the capacity of the population to support or resist the disaster‚ and their resilience
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Living in space Living in space is not the same as living on Earth. In space‚ astronauts’ bodies change. On Earth‚ our lower body and legs carry our weight. This helps keep our bones and muscles strong. In space‚ astronauts float. They do not use their legs much. Their lower backs begin to lose strength. Their leg muscles do too. The bones begin to get weak and thin. This is very bad for astronauts’ bodies. They must exercise in space every day. Hygiene. On Earth‚ people need to
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An earth quake can be described as a shaking of the Earth’s crust. It is mainly a movement of the whole crust that originates in the center of the earth. Earthquakes happen when the underlying rock suddenly shakes or breaks off. The moving of the underlying rock causes the surface rocks to slide and‚ as a result‚ leads to the earthquakes. Earthquakes can be extremely disastrous and cause a lot of damage in the place where they happen. The earthquake can happen once or happen as a series. This depends
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Topic: Critical appraisal of Disaster management Act‚ 2005 Submitted by: Rible Thomas Kizhakkidam MswII ROLL no 573 The Indian subcontinent is among world’s most disaster prone area. It is exposed to natural catastrophes because of its vast territory‚ large population and unique geo-climatic conditions. In India‚ while 40 million hectares of landmass is prone to floods‚ 68 per cent of the total areas is vulnerable to periodical droughts. The Disaster Management Act passed in 2005 provides for
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Today‚ former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship will turn himself into police custody to immediately start a one year sentence for his involvement in the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster. How does a CEO of a company end up in jail for what appeared as a tragic accident? On April 5th‚ 2010 in a West Virginia coal mine owned by Massey Energy Company and operated by Performance Coal Company an explosion would claim the lives of twenty-nine miners and shed light on the many workplace safety violations
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CHAPTER 1 GURGAON DISTRICT PROFILE 1. Introduction The primary requirement for making disaster management plan is the reliable and upto date information about topography and socio- economic and climatic conditions of this region. This will help in identifying the areas vulnerable to environmental and manmade hazards. This chapter deals with the information on geographical aspects of Gurgaon district‚ its area‚ population distribution‚ climatic condition‚ physiographic divisions as well as geology
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The April 1986 disaster at the Chernobyla nuclear power plant in Ukraine was the product of a flawed Soviet reactor design coupled with serious mistakes made by the plant operatorsb. It was a direct consequence of Cold War isolation and the resulting lack of any safety culture. The accident destroyed the Chernobyl 4 reactor‚ killing 30 operators and firemen within three months and several further deaths later. One person was killed immediately and a second died in hospital soon after as a result
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