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    Oklahoma Earthquake

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    due to the sudden increase in earthquake activity. Oklahoma has recently had an increase in the number of earthquakes they have each year from magnitudes ranging from .05 to 3.4 and above. There were three earthquakes on February seven 2016‚ thirty-two in the past seven days‚ one hundred and seventy in the past month and three thousand three hundred and ninety six in the past month according to the Earthquake tracker. The state urges residence to have an earthquake preparedness plan due to the constant

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    BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS

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    BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS Biological hazard are acquired from disease causing microorganism and the poisonous toxins they may produce. Biological hazard are far the most dangerous foodborne hazard in the food service and food retail businesses. These includes harmful microorganism seen only in the microscope 1. BACTERIA 2.VIRUSES 3. PARASITES 4. MOLDS 5. YEAST Other living organism are: • Insects: RODENTS FARM ANIMAL DOMESTIC PETS BIRDS FISH PLANTS TRANSMIT DISEASE TO HUMAN BEING

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    Self Managed Teams

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    Self Managed Teams Introduction Self-managed teams (SMTs) are relatively small groups of employees given substantial responsibility for planning organizing‚ scheduling and production of work products or service. SMTs however are more than just another way of directing groups. The concept‚ according to John Simmons‚ involves nothing less than‚ the complete restructuring of the jobs that people does. Thus‚ Self-managed work teams are groups of employees tasked with monitoring and reviewing a product

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    geographical report has been required to be written which analyses the impact of two natural disasters and evaluates which was the most severe. The two chosen natural disasters includes the 2011 Japanese tsunami/earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Disaster 1 – Japanese Tsunami and Earthquake On Friday the 11th of March 2011‚ a magnitude 9.0 Earthquake struck coastal waters‚ along a subduction zone‚ surrounding Japanese islands. At the time of the Earthquake‚ no one expected what was about to occur‚ one

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    Earthquakes and Volcanoes

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    hurricane‚ or a Magnitude 9 earthquake there is always a financial consequence for most of these natural disasters. After a earthquake occurs the country affected by the earthquake has to rebuild and restructure their nation back to where it was before the earthquake occurred. The overall problem is a country that might not have sufficient funds to restructure after a earthquake could be a big problem to how the country can go back to where it was before. My Hypothesis is a country with a low GDP that has

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    Self Managed Team

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    Question No 1 Self Managed Teams requires a good transition process. Explain the transition process that involves. Self-managed teams require new work processes‚ attitudes and behaviors. Research has concluded that they often cause upheavals in patterns of thinking about oneself‚ others‚ leadership and the organization. Members are required to hold themselves mutually responsible for a set of performance goals. This requires they take responsibility not only for their own behavior‚ but for

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    Occupational Hazards

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    Occupational hazard is a danger that’s inherent in a particular work requirement or environment. It is a job which entails a greater risk than that to the population at large‚ such as a risk of illness from exposure to toxic materials‚ mining disters‚ etc. Occupational hazards are regulated by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). OSHA defines an occupational illness as‚ "any abnormal condition or disorder‚ other than one resulting from an occupational injury‚ caused by exposure

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    reflection on the extent to which learning can contribute to the personal development‚ economic growth and community regeneration of your learners ‘For people to consider improving their skills‚ they need to be aware of and motivated by the benefits of doing so. They must see a link between skills development and achieving their own personal ambitions’ (Leitch Review of Skills Final Report‚ 2006). There is no doubt at all that learning has a great impact on personal development and socio-economic

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    Enviromental Hazards

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    Environmental Hazards The Four Categories of Human Environmental Hazards There are many exposures to hazards in our environment today that brings along the risk of an injury‚ different types of diseases‚ and even in some cases death. These hazards are called human environmental hazards. There are four categories to human environmental hazards which we will discover and discuss further in detail and they consist of cultural hazards‚ biological hazards‚ physical hazards‚ and chemical hazards (Wright &

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    the country to develop is greatly undermined by debt crisis because the country is always involved in the repayment of the principle loans of the interests. This is a significant outflow of capital to finance debts. Excessive debt‚ burdens the poor nations since they are forced to drain away all the resources meant for development in order to finance their debts. Underdevelopment is worse when the money borrowed is embezzled hence ending up in private pockets which leads to the whole country repaying

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