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    show how the definition of disaster films needs to be altered. The majority of the definition of disaster films can be used to fit all audiences of disaster films. The reason the definition of disaster films needs to be changed is the definition needs to encompass the younger audience of disaster films. Most conventions of disaster films fit well in children’s disaster movies. The narrative shape and the genre’s function are also two aspects of the definition of disaster films that do not need…

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    Activation procedures first begin with the designation of personnel to authorize declaration of disaster and signaling of resumption of normal processing, which TAMUITDRP effectively states that the President, Vice President, and Chief Information Officer hold these responsibilities. A team is also pre-organized with specific responsibilities if a confirmation of threat is declared. Within a large organization, each team has a leader (and alternates) that are key university personnel that are IT…

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    between stations due to a mechanical problem. As a result, 235 people were slightly injured, 3 people were serious injured and about 1,000 commuters were evacuated. Also, it makes property damage 2.8 billion won.” Fortunately, it was not terrible disasters, but this accident remind us that 10 million people taking a subway in Seoul are always exposed to danger of accident. Especially, it happened when I arrived at the Seoul station on my last birthday. So, I remembered vividly this accident.…

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    buildings and even changed the shape of the shoreline. The impacts of this devastating tsunami are still affecting the people who reside there. By implementing the five priorities in the Hyogo Framework for Action, people will be prepared when natural disaster strikes and hopefully the amount of devastation that occurred from this specific tsunami will not happen…

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    the accident to make sure that nuclear plants are as safe as possible. !!!Introduction to the Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident Nuclear apocalypses are a Hollywood favorite, but how close has the United States actually come to a severe nuclear disaster? In 1979, we came pretty close with the __Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident__. The Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident involved the partial meltdown of a nuclear reactor inside a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant.…

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    Executive Summary: Supply Chain Management at Nissan Amidst a Natural Disaster Introduction One of the most devastating examples of supply chain disruption can be seen from the natural disasters that hit Japan in March 2011. The damage from a major earthquake and its side effects including a tsunami, blackouts, and fuel shortages caused operational shutdowns in Japan’s second largest automobile manufacturer; Nissan. The Nissan operational suspensions were not only a result of local assembly…

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    both international and local Japanese news programs, with the global network news reporters clambering through the rubble (Bestor, 2013). This unprecedented natural disaster that has shocked the world is known as the Tohoku Pacific Coast Earthquake and formally known as the ‘Higashi Nihon Daishinsai’ (the Great Eastern Japan Disasters). From a magnitude 9.0 undersea earthquake, to a 15-meter tsunami which ultimately resulted to a nuclear…

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    BIGEST AIRSHIP OPLITERATED IN SECONDS The Hindenburg was obliterated on May 6, 1937, around 7:25 pm. The Hindenburg left the Frankford airfield in Germany on a round trip flight to America with 97 souls onboard, just more than half of them would make it to America alive the rest doomed. The Hindenburg had many excellent design qualities, with one manger flaw. Its air bags were filled with hundreds of gallons each with explosive hydrogen. The Hindenburg was designed to be filled with…

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    Explained how a business can analyze the return on investment of a disaster recovery plan The organization should do a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) which should calculate what might happen if there was an interruption of a business function and what information is needed to develop a recovery strategy. When doing a risk management test a potential lost scenarios should be identified. There are many types of scenarios to consider doing a disaster, like loss of goods from your suppliers, delay…

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    followed, would there be long term effects from the nuclear meltdown and explosion on the environment? Shortly following the Fukushima disaster, the government issued mandatory evacuation orders. The only problem with this evacuation order was the government did not realize how severe the damage at the plant would prove to be. Immediately following the disaster, the evacuation only covered a little over one square mile. It wasn’t until a few days later the government extended the…

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