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A very violent earthquake of a magnitude of 9 occurred on March 11th off the northeast coast of Japan, provoking an enormous tsunami on the surroundings of the city of Sendai and causing the death of thousand persons. The last official toll is 8.800 deaths. The cost of the earthquake could reach 34 billion dollars. Since, the country lives in the fear of a nuclear accident because several power plants meet of extremes difficulties keeping the control of their reactors. During the earthquake, reactors

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The liturgies of extreme times 1. The Earth is almost five billion years old and at best will last another five billion years before the Sun goes out. This of course with the concurrence of the 718 currently registered potentially dangerous asteroid, of which one, Apophis (the Greek name for the Egyptian god Apep, «the destroyer») will cross the orbit of our telecommunications satellites on April 13th 2029[1]. Nowadays human beings can expect to live one hundred years, the bat of an eyelid in the

composé d’un explosif et de matières radioactives) dans un réseau souterrain de transport public. Les aspects les plus sollicités de notre dispositif de lutte contre le terrorisme seraient : – les mesures nationales et la coopération internationale en matière de contrôle des sources radioactives ; – la capacité de détection précoce d’explosifs et de substances nocives ; – la communication publique ; – la décontamination des lieux pollués par les matières radioactives dispersées ; – les mesures de neutralisation

Politique, risque et processus de développement, Pergamon Press, Coll. « Futuribles », Paris, 1981 Major Technological Risk. An Assessment of Industrial Disasters, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1982. Etats d'urgence Défaillances technologiques et déstabilisation sociale Le Seuil, Coll. « Science ouverte», Paris, 1988. States of Emergency - Technological Failures and Social Destabilization Butterworth-Heinemann, London, 1990 SOMMAIRE Remerciements Introduction : penser, prévenir et gérer les crises

Politique, risque et processus de développement, Pergamon Press, Coll. « Futuribles », Paris, 1981 Major Technological Risk. An Assessment of Industrial Disasters, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1982. Etats d'urgence Défaillances technologiques et déstabilisation sociale Le Seuil, Coll. « Science ouverte», Paris, 1988. States of Emergency - Technological Failures and Social Destabilization Butterworth-Heinemann, London, 1990 SOMMAIRE Remerciements Introduction : penser, prévenir et gérer les crises Questionnement

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ALSO BYJOHNLLOYD (WITHDOUGLASADAMS) The Meaning of Liff The Deeper Meaning of Liff What’s the name of the tallest mountain in the world? Mauna Kea, the highest point on the island of Hawaii. The inactive volcano is a modest 13,799 feet above sea level, but when measured from the seabed to its summit, it is 33,465 feet high—about three-quarters of a mile taller than Mount Everest. As far as mountains are concerned, the current convention is that “highest” means measured from sea level to summit;

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