Japan and Earthquake/Tsunami Mitigation Geography 312 – Term Paper Alexandra Bradshaw – 301144682 March 29th‚ 2012 On March 11th 2011‚ Japan suffered a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off its northern coast‚ followed by an enormous tsunami which took the lives of around 20‚000 people. An earthquake of this magnitude had never been experienced in the history of mankind‚ and came as a shock to many seismologists. With the title of being the most earthquake prepared country in the world‚ Japan was thought
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Constitutionality of an Obesity Mitigation Fee At issue is whether the potential bill containing an “obesity mitigation fee” on food producers whose revenue from the sale of unhealthy foods exceeding 20% of total revenue violates Congress’s taxing and spending powers. Article I Section 8 gives Congress the “power to lay and collect taxes.” The taxing power may be used to tax activities that it does not have power to regulate under its other powers. Furthermore‚ the constitution contains
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The Hazard Mitigation Plan for Douglas County‚ Minnesota lists tornadoes as being the highest risk for a disaster in the county (Douglas County‚ 2015). According to the Tornado History Project‚ the largest tornado in the Douglas County area was an F4 in 2010 that caused 5 injuries and 1 death (n.d.). Tornadoes have the potential to create widespread damage and destruction as well as physical injuries and death as a result of high winds‚ flying debris‚ and compromised infrastructure. The Fujita Damage
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Causal Argument: Will Lowering the Drinking Age Solve the Problem of Binge Drinking among College Students? Research has supported the observation that young people in America consume alcohol regularly; this prevalence of use increases rapidly during adolescence‚ as well as a few years afterward (Wagenaar and Wolfson 37). This has come to be a problem among college students. It has been shown through extensive quantitative and qualitative research that those under twenty-one years of age are
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The cognitive causal model of depression is the model with the most empirical evidence in treating depression. According to this model‚ it is one’s cognitions - thoughts and beliefs- that shape one’s behaviors and emotions. The most prominent proponent of the cognitive model of depression is Aaron Beck. He proposed that depressive symptoms result when people’s attributions for external events are based on maladaptive beliefs and attitudes (Persons‚ Davison‚ Tompkins). The cognitive model of depression
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APPENDIX I PPP VGF IIFCL TA IIPDF O&M MCA NPV GHIAL MAHB GoI GoAP GoR AAI ICAO IRA NHAI SPV CA MCA SPCD LOA COD MOU - Public Private Partnership -Viability Gap Funding -Indian Infrastructure Finance Limited -Transaction Advisers -Indian Infrastructure Project Development Fund -Operation and Maintenance -Model Concession Agreement - Net Present Value - GMR-Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. - Malaysia Airports Holding Berhad - Government of India - Government of Andhra Pradesh - Government of Rajasthan
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namely‚ resemblance‚ contiguity in time and place and cause and effect. Causal relationships (cause and effect) are the basis for all reasoning concerning matters of fact. Human beings believe that to know something fully‚ one must know the cause upon which it necessarily depends. Hume criticizes this notion by raising some arguments which would be discussed in the paragraphs that follow. First of all‚ Hume asserts that‚ the causal relationship between any two objects is based on experience‚ and is
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behavior in situations with low demand for social acceptability - focus on behavior for which there is only one logical explanation Causal Attribution of Responsibility Internal causes of behavior -the individual is responsible for the action External causes of behavior - actions are due to situations over which the individual has no control Kelly’s theory of causal attribution: Consensus - extent to which other people behave in the same manner as the person who we’re judging Consistency - extent
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Within the past few decades‚ there has been no political or public discussion as heated and controversial as the debate over climate change. Climate disputes can be traced back all the way to 1837‚ when Louis Agassiz proposed a theory claiming that Switzerland had once been covered with large ice sheets‚ and have become a big part of the international scientific community since then (Archer and Rahmstorf 2010). Today‚ climate change is not only a scientific issue‚ but it has grown into an economic
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Robert Jones Unit 5 Discussion: Risk Mitigation Control 7/15/2014 IS3110 Mr. Jackson When it comes to risk management‚ risk mitigating controls are the key to reducing threats to the network infrastructure. These mitigating controls can be found within standards‚ such as ISO/IEC 27001‚ and suggest measures to take in order to reduce risk to an organization’s assets. It is important to understand what each of these controls are in regards to risk management as well as the types of assessments
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