was an earthquake registering 7.6 on the Richter scale shaked Taiwan at 1:45am on September 21‚1999. The epicenter is a mile under the ground in Nantou near Puli. There are many buildings crushed‚ and even a twelve floor-high rise building suddenly became a two floor- high rise building (the first to the sixth floors dipped into the underground‚ and the seventh to the twelfth floors went diagonally down and damaged the road.) As of press time the Disaster Management Center said 2‚034 people were confirmed
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Name: Huy Pham Effects of Earthquakes Nature is a beautiful thing‚ and there is nothing in this world without nature. It gives many wonderful things to mankind. Although nature gives many things to mankind‚ sometimes it show its terrible side. It is obvious that most of disasters are very dangerous to anything in the world. Earthquakes are one of the terrible outcomes of nature‚ and they bring a lot of big problems to humans and the animals. An earthquake is an sudden and violent shaking
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Zarcone Composition II Holly Maloney 19 April 2015 Why People Need to be Educated on the ASPCA The American Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is a great organization that everyone should be educated on. This organization gives us the knowledge and assistance about how we need to treat animals with respect and what to do in certain circumstances so that humans and animals can live together in harmony. If more people were educated properly o how to treat animals‚ then there
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Several situations might arise‚ whereas an individual or individuals may be faced with the need to use paralinguistic skills‚ especially when faced with language boundaries. In today’s world‚ international communication is essential‚ and non-verbal communication can relate directly to diplomatic ventures‚ business presentations‚ sales and marketing‚ and the development of social skills between different cultures. Although the studies of kinesics and proxemics have aided professionals in establishing
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the community‚ clients‚ board of directors‚ and stakeholders. The agency should have used a Management Information System (MIS) to record data‚ such as age and gender. When the agency was completing their television show‚ they evaluated the participants with outdated evaluation forms. The employees assumed the information that should have been record‚ was not a need‚ to be recorded. The evaluation forms should have been updated to show policymakers and the public the results of the expenditure of
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Prediction Why didn’t scientists know about the faults that caused the two earthquakes? Prior to September 4th‚ there were no surface signs of the Greendale Fault or the fault that generated the Lyttelton aftershock and there was no evidence for seismicity on these faults (i.e. ‘foreshocks’). Seismic surveys have located some ‘hidden’ faults across parts of the Canterbury Plains‚ but these particular regions had not been surveyed for this purpose. An oil-gas seismic survey had been carried out
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What is earthquake? Earthquake is just a sudden movement of the earth’s crust caused by the release stress accumulated along geologic faults by volcanic activity but just because of this sudden movement‚ it can destroyed a city in a few minutes. As far as the environmental problems which are widely prevalent in the twenty-first century are concerned‚ earthquakes definitely stand out as the most widespread one. Even though most of the government takes measures to rout out earthquakes‚ they are disappointed
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Emergency Cart This is also known as crash carts are found in all hospitals and emergency rooms and contain supplies and equipment necessary to treat life-threatening situations. Emergency Cart is a wheeled cabinet or chest of drawers that contains all of the equipment necessary for emergency resuscitation. This is conveniently position throughout hospitals and other medical facilities so that they can be quickly accessed in an emergency. Functions: The function of a crash cart is to provide
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Northridge Earthquake: Response Because the Northridge earthquake occurred in the early morning hours of the Martin Luther King holiday when traffic volume was extremely light‚ emergency response needs were limited‚ and agencies were able to focus rather quickly on mobility decisions (U.S. Department of Transportation‚ 2002). Had this earthquake occurred during peak traffic hours the devastation would have been unprecedented. The USGS responded rapidly and efficiently to the Northridge earthquake‚ based
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What are the advantages and disadvantages to teamwork? Teamwork‚ some think it’s just plain boring while others think it’s fun and very helpful. Teamwork mostly only has advantages. We can see them and name them. Meanwhile‚ teamwork also has small disadvantages here and there‚ usually hard to see them in our everyday work. Why is it worth working in a team and sometimes not? Would you work in a team and get things done faster and more professional or would you rather work by yourself
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