...San Francisco 1906 Earthquake In San Francisco California a major Earthquake had occurred on 1906 which result to fires that had cause an estimated of 3,000 deaths and $524 millions of property loss. The damaging cost in the city of San Francisco were $20 million and outside the city was $4million.The Earthquake vibration lasted for about 1 minute. The quake ruptured a total of 290 miles of the earth's surface along the San Andreas Fault, from northwest of San Juan Bautista to the triple junction at Cape Mendocino. Though most of the damage was focused in San Francisco the quake was felt all the way from Oregon to Los Angeles. Many building were destructed and several hundred of people got killed. The earthquake happened on the San Andreas Fault, which is the major fracture of the Earth's crust. It is trending northwestward through southern and northern California, US for 650 miles (1,050 km) and passing seaward in the vicinity of San Francisco. Movement along this transform fault is of the strike-slip type and is characterized by occasional large earthquakes originating near the surface along the path of the fault. The disastrous San Francisco quake of 1906 and the less serious earthquake of 1989 were both caused by movement along the fault. According to the theory of plate tectonics, the San Andreas results from the abutment of two major plates of the Earth's crust, the Northern Pacific and the North American. Along the fault, the Northern...
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...earthquake, so Balochistan is near a conservative plate margin. How do earthquakes happen? When the tectonic plates are sliding past each other, parts get locked together, creating enormous tension. Suddenly, rock gives way and the plates lurch forward. Tension and waves of energy called seismic waves travel in all directions. The earthquake is the vibration the seismic waves cause. Where the rock gives way is the focus, directly above this point on the earth’s surface is called the epicentre. While the rock settles into its new position smaller earthquakes are produced, called aftershocks. This specific earthquake was measured a 7.7 on the Richter Scale. This means that most buildings were destroyed! But just how are earthquakes measured? Eathquakes are measured using seismometers, and to graph the vibrations you use a seismograph. The more the ground shakes the greater the amplitude of waves. Obviously this is a natural...
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...Just-in-Time Inventory Management Introduction ‘Just in the nick of time’ is a common phrase used by people when referring to the arrival of someone or something anticipated with minimal time left on the clock. This idiom, which was recorded to have begun being used around the 1580’s, is the basis for the modern day activity of ‘just-in-time’ inventory. Just-in-time inventory has been the ‘buzz’ word circulating throughout corporations and small businesses. What is just-in-time (JIT) inventory management? The purpose of this paper will be to offer the reader an overview of JIT inventory management, by way of, JIT background, the success of JIT, problems with JIT, and the future of JIT inventory management in organizations of all sizes. Background To fully understand just-in-time (JIT) inventory management, one most know the background of JIT. The definition of JIT is an inventory management strategy aimed at monitoring the inventory process in such a manner as to minimize the costs associated with inventory control and maintenance (Broyles et. al, 2005). The process involves knowing exactly how much of a given item is available at all times during the business day, and how long it will take to order and replace that product. The history of just-in-time (JIT) can be traced to the Toyota Production System developed by then vice president, Taiichi Ohno (Monden, 1983; Vokurka et. al, 2007). Due to international competition in the industry, Toyota realized they...
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...Ballroom The term Ballroom encompasses so many specific dance forms, all of which require partner work. Historically, it was a type of social dancing reserved for privileged citizens. On the show, we’ve seen Salsa, Argentine Tango, Viennese Waltz, Samba, Paso Doble, Rumba, Foxtrot, Jive, Cha-cha and the dreaded Quickstep. Bollywood Bollywood is a group style of dance that originates in India. It is usually performed to up-tempo songs and requires great stamina and strength (particularly in the legs). This dance style was first introduced on SYTYCD in season 4 when Katee Shean and winner Joshua Allen performed to “Dhoom Taana.” Broadway Broadway is essentially musical theatre. Each routine tells a story and requires that the dancers perform more theatrically than they would in other routines. Tyce Diorio has become SYTYCD’s go-to choreographer for Broadway. He has adapted pieces from many plays and films, including Hairspray. Contemporary On SYTYCD, the term Contemporary has been used to describe several similar forms of classical dance, including Lyrical, Modern and Contemporary. It’s a mixture of Modern Dance and Classical Ballet. This style allows for a lot creative freedom, as the show’s famed choreographers, like Mia Michaels and Travis Wall, have shown. Modern Modern dance is a dance style that rejects many of the strict rules of classical ballet, focusing instead on the expression of inner feelings. Modern dance was created as a rebellion against classical...
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