Rogue Trader How many times can you go double or nothing before you wind up a billion pounds in debt? In “Rogue Trader”, a film based on the life on Nick Leeson, we get a glimpse into this real world dilemma. The drama begins with Leeson’s promotion to general manager of Barings Futures Singapore. As general manager, he faces a personal quandary and must decide whether to cover for a friend and coworker who made an honest mistake (one that resulted in the loss of a substantial amount of money)
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whereabouts may be tracked no matter where they are. It is also expected that the system will be robust enough to accommodate the challenges of not getting the messages through under various environmental situations such as nature disasters (earthquake, tropical storm, power disruption, etc.) As in any news reporting organization, news worthy events can happen in any corner of the world and hence being the first on scene is a competitive advantage that this News organization is hoping that the
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has therefore become imperative to understand the interdependence and coupling of geological sciences and oceanography. The combined approach to earth and ocean sciences is also the key to predicting and managing natural disasters or hazards like earthquakes, cyclones, floods, tsunami, etc. In this context, in a significant development in India, a Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) was formed in July 2006 by restructuring the former Ministry of Ocean Development. The MoES deals with matters relating
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CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE Introduction Did you know who are the Maya? Maya are an American Indian people who developed a magnificent civilization in Central America. The civilization reached its period of greatest development about A.D250 and continued to flourish for more than 600 years. The Maya produced remarkable architecture, paintings, pottery and sculpture. They made outstanding advancements in astronomy and mathematics and developed an accurate yearly calendar. Maya were
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would be the brightest of the 9 planets. This is because sunlight is reflected by the planet's water. * Asia Continent is covered 30% of the total earth land area, but represent 60% of the world's population. * The world's deadliest recorded earthquake occurred in 1557 in central China, more than 830,000 people were killed. * The Persian Gulf is the warmest sea. In the summer its temperature reaches 35.6 degrees centigrade. * Sunlight can penetrate clean ocean water to a depth of 240 feet
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On site and offsite emergency plans on chemical disaster Why Emergency Planning is required? After the incident of Bhopal gas disaster, the Factories Act has been amended and a new chapter i.e. Chapter IVA – provision relating to hazardous processes has been added to the Factories Act with addition of new provisions sec 41A, 41B, 41C, 41D, 41E, 41G & 41H covering all hazardous process industries. Under the provision of Sec 41B(4) every occupier shall with the approval of the Chief
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CIVIL AND SOCIAL USES OF DRONES. March 21, 2016 Drones, otherwise known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or Remotely Piloted Vehicles, are pilotless aerial vehicles which can be guided either through remote control from its control base or can navigate autonomously based on a preprogrammed software. Drones are often classified into military and civilian drones. Both with individual characteristics which distinguish them. The most outright difference is their functions, whereby military drones are
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identity deletion to unlawful identity creation and identity ‘theft’. Commonly accepted definitions are lacking, thus blurring available statistics, and policies to combat this new crime are piecemeal at best. In order to assess the real nature and magnitude of identity-related crime, and to be able to discuss how it can be combated, identity-related crime should be understood in all its aspects. As a first key step, this article introduces a typology of identity-related crime, consisting of conceptual
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Cancer Rising - Outstripping Expectations - Protecting Small Investors - The Sino-French Connection Most Popular - Xi Visits Americas Outstripping Expectations - Premier Li's First Foreign Trip The Chinese economy looks - 7.0-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Sichuan set to maintain stable and - After Chavez moderate growth in 2014 - Focus on Korean Peninsula Current Issue · Table of Contents · Editor's Desk · Previous Issues · Subscribe to Mag Subscribe Now >> Expert's
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1 Introduction 1.1 GENERAL Residential, educational, office and commercial buildings are the common examples of civil engineering structures. These structure consists of various elements like slabs, beams, columns, footings and staircases. Apart from the above buildings the civil engineers are associated with the design and constructions of retaining walls, water tanks, bridges, dams, towers, cooling towers. For the construction of all the above structures very commonly used material is reinforced
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