Devastating Reports Samples For Students

2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami

Introduction

The Tohoku earthquake that occurred in the Pacific Ocean on 11th March, 2011 at a shallow depth of 32 kilometers is by far the largest earthquake ever recorded in the Japanese history and the fifth largest in the world. The earthquake was of 9.0 magnitude with its epicenter located 130 kilometers off Sendai, Honshu, the largest city in the Tohoku region. This earthquake set off devastating tsunami waves travelling like a jet plane at the speed of 700 kilometers an hour (Sorkhabi, 2011). The waves that reached the altitude of 40.5 meters travelled up to 10 ...

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Downsizing is a characteristic of modern life of organizations that involves the reduction of the organization’s financial, human, physical and information assets (Cooper, Pandey and Quick, 51). In most cases, organizations employ downsizing as a strategy for transformation that is intended to introduce changes in the organizational designs, work process and corporate cultures and values. The process of downsizing is often referred to as organizational restructuring. Among the stakeholders that are affected by downsizing are the employees, especially when the organization resorts to employee downsizing that results in the reduction of the number of ...

Human Security Spring 2014

(Name of country) – Country report 4 – Freedom from fear

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Sudan existed in ancient times and was known under the name Kush. The present name Sudan comes from the Aramaic language “Bilaad-el-sud” and means “Country of the blacks”. Christianity was accepted and spread through the northern part of the country. Later, about 700 AD, many Arabs invaded Sudan and spread Islam as a religion. The second Islamic wave in 1820 initiated inhumanity and cruelty in the country. The Sudanese people were turned into slaves by the Arabs who called them “Black gold”. Finally troops were sent by Egypt and Great Britain ...

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Faster travel time, a feat of human imagination and a masterpiece of engineering. These are but some of the things that airplanes embody in the world. While there have been many records and variations throughout history of emulating flight, it was the Wright Brothers that finally made modern aircrafts possible back in 1903 . Since then the “aeroplane” has been used in many situations of human history. Such situations include public transportation, combat and even entertainment.
This invention did not come without a price however; just as when dynamite was used in manners that were against the wishes of Alfred Nobel (leading ...

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The attack of the United States naval fleet that had anchored at Pearl Harbor had devastating effects on the United States. The destruction of the United States military infrastructure and loss of lives dented the already wavering diplomatic relationships between the two countries. A total of about 350 American warplanes were completely destroyed, with 3400 American service men losing their lives and 1200 sustaining injuries. This surprise attack crippled the America in terms of its efforts to check the progresses of the expansion of the Japanese empire on the coast of the pacific (United States., & Barkley, 1946).
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Pornography is one of the most pervasive and morally hurtful publications that have encroached upon the modern society. The emergence of the internet has made it nearly impossible to regulate the content of the media. The victims of unregulated cyber space are often children, who are not only targeted by the pervasive materials, but also as subjects of the materials. It emerged in the final half of the 20th century and it has become rampant of late, with increasingly devastating effects on the society, Davis & Braucht (2008). The perception about what precisely comprises pornography, and the societal views on ...