The 1556 Shaanxi Earthquake

[The reason why this was posted on 14/9 instead of 13/9 was due to internet connection problems]

The Shaanxi earthquake in China was a catastrophic earthquake and is also the deadliest eartquake on record, killing approximately 830,000 people. More than 97 countries in the Shaanxi province were affected, this includes:  Shanxi, Henan, Gansu and many more.

The earthquakes's epicenter was in the Wei River Valley. 

Modern research shows that the magnitude is 7.9! It is the most deadliest earthquake and the fourth most deadliest natural disaster in the world. After the earthquake, the aftershocks occured a few times a month for half a year.

The cost of damage done by the earthquake is almost impossible to calculate with modern technology. The death toll has been eastimated from 820,000 to 830,000. The damage is incalculable as an entire regoin of inner China had been destroyed and more than 60% of the region's population died.

This picture shows where the earthquake occurred.[The Shaanxi Province]

The damage done by the earthquake.

By Khoo Lian Keat, 7 Kappa

Largest volcano on Earth found, scientists say

LARGEST VOLCANO ON EARTH FOUND, SCIENTISTS SAY

(CNN) -- Move over, Mauna Loa.

 A group of scientists say they've found a volcano bigger than you.

 Way bigger.

 An underwater volcano dubbed Tamu Massif was found some 1,000 miles east of Japan, says William Sager, a professor at the University of Houston, who led a team of scientists in the discovery.

World's largest volcano discovered

 The volcano is about the size of the state of New Mexico and is among the largest in the solar system, Sager says.

  Tamu Massif covers an area of about 120,000 square miles. In comparison, the largest active volcano on land, Hawaii's Mauna Loa, is about 2,000 square miles, Sager says.

  "Its shape is different from any other sub-marine volcano found on Earth, and it's very possible it can give us some clues about how massive volcanoes can form," Sager says.

  Tamu Massif is believed to be about 145 million years old, and became inactive within a few million years after it was formed.

  The volcano was partly named in honor of Texas A&M University, where Sager worked for 29 years before moving to the University of Houston. Tamu is the university's abbreviation while massif is the French word for "massive" and a scientific term for a large mountain mass, according to Sager.

 

Prepared by: Harsheni (7 Kappa)

Date: 13.9.13

Teacher: Mr Ratanam

Function of 3 Places in The United Kingdom

Function of 3 Places in The United Kingdom

1) London

 

• the capital of United Kingdom
• a major international finance centre
• a global city with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development and tourism
• provide many transport services to the public
• a world cultural capital 

2) Cambridge

 

•  a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England.
• a beautiful countryside-like area
• very famous for education
• University of Cambridge is one of the best universities on Earth
• has many street shops

3) Liverpool

 

• city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside
• important cultural centre
• football is very famous in this city; home to Everton F.C. and Liverpool F.C.
• both primary and secondary education are provided in the city
• very famous for exciting nightlife

Prepared by: Harsheni (7 Kappa)

Date: 13.9.13

Teacher: Mr Ratanam

1991 Bangladesh cyclone

The 1991 Bangladesh cyclone was one of the most deadliest tropical cyclones on record. The cyclone happened in 29th April, the cyclone struck Chittagong district of Bangladesh with winds around 250 km/h ( 155 mph ) 

A picture of the cyclone 

The storm forced a 6 metre ( 20 ft ) storm surge inland over a wide area .

Fatalities and Health crisis

* 138, 000 people were killed ( 25000 dead in Chittagong, 40000 dead in Banshkali and 8000 in Kutubdia )

* 10 million people were homeless

* Most death were from drowning

Even after building a cyclone shelter after the cyclone in 1970 Bhola cyclone, many only had a few hours of warning and did not know were to go. Even so, 2 million people did evacuate from the dangerous area.

Property Damage

The caused of the cyclone an estimated $1.5 billion ( 1991 US dollars )
The high velocity wind and the storm surge devastated coastline. The Karmaphuli River in Patenga was washed away by the storm surge.

Environmental impact 

The storm surge subsequently caused the embankment, as well as whole villages, to be swept away. For an additional three to four weeks after the storm had dissipated, mass land erosion resulted in more and more farmers losing their land, and therefore, the number of unemployed rose. In several ares up to 90 percent of crops had been washed away. The shrimp farms and salt industry were left devastated.

A few deadliest hurricanes

1) November 1970 - Approximately 150,000-500,000 deaths - Bhola Cyclone - Bangladesh (at the time East Pakistan).

2) April 1991 - Approx. 131,000-138,000 deaths - Bangladesh.

3) May and June 1965 (two cyclones) - Approx. 60,000 deaths - Bangladesh (at the time East Pakistan).

4) October 1942 - Approx. 40,000 deaths - Bangladesh/India border (at the time all India).

5) May 1963 - Approx. 22,000 deaths - Bangladesh (at the time East Pakistan).

6) November 1977 - Approx. 10,000-20,000 deaths - Andhra Pradesh Cyclone - India.

7) October-November 1998 - Approx. 11,000-18,000 deaths - Hurricane Mitch - Central America.

8) September 1971 - Approx. 10,000 deaths - Orissa Cyclone - India.

9) October 1999 - Approx. 10,000 deaths - Cyclone 05B - India.

10) September 1900 - Approx. 8,000-12,000 deaths - Galveston, Texas, United States.

Done by : Lam Hoc Sing  7 kappa 

Sectors of the Economy

 

There are 4 types of sectors :

~ Primary

~ Secondary

~ Tertiary

~ Quaternary

 

 

Primary Sector

- The primary sector of the economy extracts or harvests products from the earth.

- The primary sector includes the production of raw material and basic foods.

- Activities associated with the primary sector include agriculture (both subsistence and      commercial),mining, forestry, farming, grazing, hunting and gathering, fishing, and quarrying.

- The packaging and processing of the raw material associated with this sector is also considered to be part of this sector.

- In MEDC's, the number of primary workers are rapidly decreasing.

- In LEDC's, the number of primary workers remains the same.

 

 

Secondary Sector

- The secondary sector of the economy manufactures finished products.

- All of manufacturing, processing, and construction lies within the secondary sector.

- Activities associated with the secondary sector include metal working and smelting, automobile production, textile production, chemical and engineering industries, aerospace manufacturing, energy utilities, engineering, breweries and bottlers, construction, and shipbuilding.

- Many of these industries consume large amounts of energy and require factories and machinery to convert the raw materials into goods and products.

- They also produce waste materials and waste heat that may pose environmental problems or cause pollution.

 

Tertiary Sector

- The tertiary sector of the economy is the service industry.

- This sector provides services to the general population and to businesses.

- Activities associated with this sector include retail and wholesale sales, transportation and distribution, entertainment (movies, television, radio, music, theatre, etc.), restaurants, clerical services, media, tourism, insurance, banking, healthcare, and law.

- In MEDC's, the number of tertiary workers are gradually increasing.

- In LEDC's, there are very little tertiary workers.

 

 

Quaternary sector

- The quaternary sector of the economy consists of intellectual activities.

- Activities associated with this sector include government, culture, libraries, scientific research, education, and information technology.

- There are some quaternary workers appears in MEDC's.

- There are almost none quaternary workers in LEDC's.

 

 

 Primary Sector

 

 

 

                                                               Secondary Sector

 

 Tertiary Sector

 

 

 

Quaternary Sector

 

Reference

~http://geography.about.com/od/urbaneconomicgeography/a/sectorseconomy.htm

~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_sector

 

 

 Jamie Tay

7 Kappa

Thanks for reading :D

 

 

 

Functions of 3 Places in UK

Function of 3 Places in UK 

1)  Liverpool       

• Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, United Kingdom along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary.

• As with other large cities, Liverpool is an important cultural centre within the United Kingdom, incorporating music, performing arts, museums and art galleries, literature and nightlife amongst others.

•  Football is the most popular sport in the city, home to Everton F.C. and Liverpool F.C..

• In Liverpool primary and secondary education is available in various forms supported by the state including secular, Church of England, Jewish, and Roman Catholic
• At the 2011 UK Census the recorded population of Liverpool was 466,400

Between 2001 and 2006 it experienced the ninth largest percentage population loss of any UK unitary authority

2) Oxford

• Oxford is a city in central southern England. 

• It is the county town of Oxfordshire, and forms a district within the county. 

• It has a population of 150,200 ,  and lies within the Oxford metropolitan area with a population of 244,000.

• The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English speaking world and one of the most famous and prestigious higher education institutions of the world

• Oxford city centre has many shops, several theatres, and an ice rink.

3) Plymouth

• is a city and unitary authority area on the south coast of Devon, England, about 190 miles (310 km) south-west of London.

• It is situated between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound.

• The University of Plymouth is the 9th largest university in the United Kingdom by total number of students
• From the 2011 Census, the Office for National Statistics published that Plymouth's unitary authority area population was 256,384.

Done by : Tor Jia Wen , 7 Kappa ! (:

Two roadside bombs outside mosques kill 30 in Baquba...

BAQUBA, Iraq  - Two roadside bombs exploded outside a mosque in the Iraqi city of Baquba killing 30 people, as Sunni Muslim worshippers were leaving following Friday prayers, police said.

A further 25 people were wounded in the blasts, which went off in quick succession. The second tore through a crowd of people who had rushed to help those hurt in the first.

It was not immediately clear who carried out the attack.

More than two years of civil war in neighbouring Syria have brought sectarian tensions in Iraq and the wider region to the boil.

About 800 Iraqis were killed in August, according to the United Nations, with more than a third of the deadly attacks happening in Baghdad.

The bloodshed, one-and-a-half years after U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq, has raised concerns about a return to the sectarian slaughter of 2006-07, when the monthly death toll sometimes topped 3,000.

PREPARED BY: CHEN CARMEN, 7 KAPPA

IS TECHNOLOGY GOOD?
Well, good in some extend......

This is a shocking news technology has created:
A Chinese woman has been killed by her iPhone, the 23 year old died after she was electrocuted when she answered her iPhone. The phone was plugged into the wall charging at the time, when the lady named as Ma Ailun answered the call. This was reported on the 16th of July.


According to Ma Ailun brothers, the handset had been bought from an official iPhone store and was not a fake device. He said that the device had been to Chinese authorities for examination.

         There are many fake handsets and chargers on sale in China, with many faults which could be dangerous.

         Many people were alerted to the former flight attendants death who was due to be married later on in the year when her sister posted a warning on the internet:
‘Ma collapsed and died, while using her charging iPhone I want to warn everyone else not to make phone calls when your mobile phone is recharging,’
The news spread like wildfire across the internet, which is thought to be another blow to Apples reputation in China and the world after numerous bad press articles.

        There are a number of theories on why poor Ma Ailun was electrocuted through her iPhone, including a faulty charger, poor wiring in her home and excessive temperatures damaging wires, although death by electrocution from a charging phone is extremely rare.
Apple said in a statement: “We are deeply saddened to learn of this tragic incident and offer our condolences to the Ma family. We will fully investigate and co-operate with authorities in this matter.”


So, is technology always good anymore, not these days when there are fake items being sold outside the world. Still think technology is good? Well, think again.......

Done sincerely by Justin Liew ,7 Kappa

Colorado flooding leaves three dead

Residents flee to higher ground as record monthly rainfall prompts flash floods and inundates towns and cities

Three vehicles rest in floodwater after a crash near a washed away road at Dillon, Colorado. No one was seriously injured. Photograph: Andy Cross/AP

Flooding that left at least three people dead in Colorado worsened overnight as record rains pounded the state, forcing thousands more residents to flee to higher ground, officials said.

The unusual late-summer downpours drenched Colorado's biggest urban areas, stretching 130 miles along the eastern slopes of the Rockies from Fort Collins near the Wyoming border south through Boulder, Denver and Colorado Springs.

In Boulder, the rainfall record for September set in 1940 was shattered, officials said, unleashing floodwaters in Boulder Canyon above the city that triggered the evacuation of 4,000 residents on Thursday.

"There's so much water coming out of the canyon, it has to go somewhere, and unfortunately it's coming into the city," said the Boulder office of emergency management.

Boulder Creek, which runs through the city, burst its banks and flooded adjacent car parks and streets. Other towns nestled along the Front Range of the Rockies north of Denver were also hit.

Barack Obama approved a federal disaster assistance request. National Guard troops were dispatched to the remote town of Lyons, north of Boulder, which was virtually cut off from surrounding areas.

A dozen major roads in north-eastern Colorado remained shut with significant damage from flooding, mudslides, rockfalls and other debris, the Colorado department of transportation said.

Heavy summer rains are not unusual for Colorado, but the intensity and duration of the downpour that began on Monday night was unprecedented.

The National Weather Service said at least 12.3 inches (31 cms) of rain had fallen on Boulder since 1 September, more than double the 63-year-old monthly record.

One body was found in a collapsed building near Jamestown, an evacuated enclave north of Boulder. A couple were swept away in floodwaters after stopping their car north-west of the city. The man's body was recovered but the woman was missing and feared dead.

The body of a third confirmed fatality, a man, was found by police on flood-watch patrols in Colorado Springs, about 100 miles south, officials said.

Nearly 150 people were killed near Boulder in 1976 by a flash flood along the Big Thompson Canyon.

Where is Colorado?

It is located in USA.

Facts of Colorado.

• Capital City: Denver
• Location: 39.768N, 104.872W

• Area	Ranked 8th
  - Total	104,094 sq mi (269,837 km2)
  - Width	380 miles (612 km)
  - Length	280 miles (451 km)
  - % water	0.36%

• Flag: 
  The flag consists of three alternate stripes of equal width and at right angles to the staff, the two outer stripes to be blue of the same color as in the blue field of the national flag and the middle stripe to be white, the proportion of the flag being a width of two-thirds of its length. At a distance from the staff end of the flag of one fifth of the total length of the flag there is a circular red C, of the same color as the red in the national flag of the United States. The diameter of the letter is two-thirds of the width of the flag. The inner line of the opening of the letter C is three-fourths of the width of its body or bar, and the outer line of the opening is double the length of the inner line thereof. Completely filling the open space inside the letter C is a golden disk, attached to the flag is a cord of gold and silver, intertwined, with tassels, one of gold and one of silver. Flag adopted 1911. 
• Geographic Center: Park, 30 miles northwest of Pike's Peak
• Highest Point: Mt. Elbert; 14,433 feet, 3rd
• Lowest Point: Arikaree River; 3315 feet, 50th
• Motto: Nil sine Numine -Nothing without Providence

• Population	Ranked 22nd
  - Total	5,187,582 (2012 estimate)[1]
  - Density	49.3/sq mi  (19.0/km2) Ranked 37th
  - Median household income	$56,993 (13th)

  
  

  Time zone	Mountain: UTC-07/UTC-06
  Abbreviations	CO, Colo. US-CO
  Website	www.colorado.gov

DONE BY: Brayden Ng Zheng Lin      7 Kappa

Ranked 8th

104,094 sq mi
(269,837 km²)

380 miles (612 km)

280 miles (451 km)

0.36%

Ranked 22nd

5,187,582 (2012 estimate)^[1]

49.3/sq mi  (19.0/km²)
Ranked 37th

$56,993 (13th)

Mountain: UTC-07/UTC-06

CO, Colo. US-CO

www.colorado.gov

Accident in Genting Highlands

At least 37 confirmed dead after a bus plunged into a deep ravine in Malaysia on Wednesday in the country's worst-ever road accident, an official said.

At 2:45 p.m, A bus carrying 53 people plunged into a 60m ravine. 37 people were killed , 16 injured.Fire and Rescue Department principal assistant director (Operations) Datuk Soiman Jahid said some 450 personnel from his department, the police and Civil Defence Department were involved in the search and rescue operation, which was finally called off at 10pm.It is believed that the driver lost control of the bus, which then rammed a divider before plunging down the gorge.Some of the passengers were flung from the bus during the incident.

According to the police, more than half the passengers on the bus were foreigners, from China, Bangladesh and Thailand.The bus was also overloaded as its capacity was 44 passengers, authorities said.There were 18 ambulances sent to crash site, and the first arrived at the scene at 5pm. All 37 casualties died at the scene.The 16 survivors comprised seven Malaysians, three Indonesians, four Bangladeshis, one Thai national, and one Korean.Six are in critical condition, and one has been declared safe.

Done by : Tan Wey Shern

Class: 7 Kappa

Important Cities or Towns in UK

This is the map of UK:

Top 10 largest and most important cities in UK

Cities, towns & districts   Population

• London                            7,074,265
• Birmingham                    1,020,589
• Leeds                            726,939
• Glasgow                            616,430
• Sheffield                            530,375
• Bradford                            483,422
• Liverpool                            467,995
• Edinburgh                            448,850
• Manchester                    430,818
• Bristol                            399,633

Top 3

1)LONDON

London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. With an estimated 8,308,369 residents in 2012, London is the most populous region, urban zone and metropolitan area in the United Kingdom.Standing on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium.London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its 1.12-square-mile (2.9 km) mediaeval boundaries. With its population of 7,375 in 2011, it is the smallest city in England. Since at least the 19th century, the term London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.

London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It is one of the world's leading financial centres and has the fifth- or sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world depending on measurement.London is a world cultural capital. It is the world's most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the world's largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic. London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. In 2012, London became the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.

2)Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London with 1,074,300 residents (2011 census), an increase of 96,000 over the previous decade. The city lies within the West Midlands conurbation, the third most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a population of 2,440,986 (2011 census) of which the Birmingham built-up area was 1,085,810. Its metropolitan area is the United Kingdom's second most populous with 3,683,000 residents.

A medium-sized market town during the medieval period, Birmingham grew to international prominence in the 18th century at the heart of the Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw the town at the forefront of worldwide developments in science, technology and economic organisation, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791 it was being hailed as "the first manufacturing town in the world". Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly-skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided a diverse and resilient economic base for industrial prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. Its resulting high level of social mobility also fostered a culture of broad-based political radicalism, that under leaders from Thomas Attwood to Joseph Chamberlain was to give it a political influence unparalleled in Britain outside London and a pivotal role in the development of British democracy.

3)Leeds

Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England, the principal settlement in the City of Leeds metropolitan district. In 2011 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 474,632, while in 2011 the City of Leeds had an estimated population of 757,700 making it the third largest city in the United Kingdom.

Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial heart of the West Yorkshire Urban Area, which at the 2011 census had a population of 1.8 million, and the Leeds-Bradford Metropolitan Area, of which Leeds is the integral part, had a population of around 2.3 million, making it the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the UK. In addition, the Leeds City Region, an economic area with Leeds at its core, had a population of 3 million. Leeds is the UK's largest centre for business, legal, and financial services outside London, and its office market is considered the best in Europe for value. Leeds is considered a Gamma World City, alongside cities such as Phoenix, St. Petersburg and Valencia under the 2010 GaWC study.

Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the history of Leeds can be traced to the 5th century when the Kingdom of Elmet was covered by the forest of "Loidis", the origin of the name Leeds. The name has been applied to many administrative entities over the centuries. It changed from being the appellation of a small manorial borough, in the 13th century, through several incarnations, to being the name attached to the present metropolitan borough. In the 17th and 18th centuries Leeds became a major centre for the production and trading of wool. Then, during the Industrial Revolution, Leeds developed into a major industrial centre; wool was the dominant industry but flax, engineering, iron foundries, printing, and other industries were important. From being a compact market town in the valley of the River Aire in the 16th century Leeds expanded and absorbed the surrounding villages to become a populous urban centre by the mid-20th century.

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By Bee Qi Pin

12.09.13

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