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    Tsunami Case Studies Activities Attorney-General’s Department 2010 Contents Chile tsunami 27 February 2010 ............................................. 2 Samoa tsunami 29 September 2009 ....................................... 4 Solomon Islands tsunami 2 April 2007 ................................. 10 Indian Ocean tsunami‚ December 26‚ 2004.......................... 13 Papua New Guinea tsunami 17 July 1998 ............................. 20 Chile tsunami 27 February 2010 On the 27 February

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    Awareness for Natural Disasters Disaster may happen any time in any place that is why we should be prepared for these scenarios. They are destructive and deadly if we aren’t ready for them. The school held an earthquake preparedness headed by Mr. Renato U. Solidum Jr.‚ director of PHIVOLCS- an institute of the government assigned to regulate and monitor volcanic activities as well as earthquake predictions‚ effects and sources. The aim of this symposium was to inform the students‚ faculty members

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    Conor Unruh Geography 108 The Effects of Natural Disasters Natural disasters have been shaping and reshaping our planet since the beginning of time. These natural disasters have had a devastating effect on communities all around the world. No matter how far societies have come throughout history‚ natural disasters humble mankind with their disrupting nature. Natural disasters come in all shapes and sizes. Earthquakes can rip apart the earth and destroy infrastructure along the way. Hurricanes

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    Power of Context

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    The Power of Context Paper Most people would believe that we are shaped and defined by our values and moral character. However‚ Malcolm Gladwell argues‚ in the chapter “The Power of Context‚ Bernie Goetz and the Rise and Fall of New York City Crime” In other words‚ The Power of Context is the social setting and or the environment around you and how it affects your behavior. Anticipating resistance from the reader Gladwell uses rhetorical strategies such as real life examples‚ controlled experiments

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    Natural Disasters This being my senior project I wanted to look at a topic that I found interesting. Even though I find most topics in the fields interesting‚ none catch my attention better than natural disasters. I have always found disasters intriguing and have wanted to know more about them. The disaster that I found most interesting were Hurricanes. The thought of those storms with their power gives me the chills. Ever since I was in the middle of Hurricane Bob when I was vacationing

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    Context in Hamlet

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    specific ways in which an author uses context‚ allow readers to develop a greater appreciation for the text. The play‚ Hamlet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ heavily adopts the use of context in numerous ways to allow the reader to embrace the text and its contextual meaning. In Hamlet‚ Shakespeare has encouraged us to focus on historical context‚ social context and ideological context to allow the audience to develop this appreciation for the text It is the ways in which context can be observed

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    The Centralia Disaster

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    The Government’s Role in the Centralia Disaster Jason Smith Strayer University PAD500 Modern Public Administration 2012 The Government’s Role in the Centralia Disaster This paper will explore logistical alternatives to those chosen by Mine Inspector Driscoll O. Scanlan as described in “The Blast in Centralia No.5: A Mine Disaster No one Stopped” by John Bartlow Martin (Denhardt‚ R. B.‚ & Denhardt‚ J. V. 2010 p31-44). We will seek to

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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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    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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    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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