Group movements in the United States typically fall within two boundaries‚ the left‚ and the right. The goals and the people that make up these groups differ wildly‚ as do their methods of achieving their particular goals. Additionally‚ there are extreme swings within each group that push‚ and often times exceed the boundaries of ethical behavior. In fact‚ some of these groups could be considered terrorist organizations‚ or at the very least hate groups. This paper will describe each of these
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Aarti Dhar Share • print • T+ Could the Uttarakhand tragedy have been avoided‚ or at least minimised? There is no simple answer. Environmentalists describe the death and damages as a man-made disaster while geologists say the extent of destruction could have been far lesser if stricter regulations were in place and authorities were equipped to deal with the situation. Importantly‚ the events focus attention on the debate on the December 18‚ 2012 notification of the Ministry
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Man-made disasters Man-made disasters are disasters resulting from man-made hazards (threats having an element of human intent‚ negligence‚ or error; or involving a failure of a man-made system)‚ as opposed to natural disasters resulting from natural hazards. Man-made hazards or disasters are sometimes referred to as anthropogenic. Contents * 1 Sociological hazards * 1.1 Crime * 1.1.1 Arson * 1.2 Civil disorder *
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[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_2694_131/ai_98829796/?tag=content;col1] FROM THE PERSPECTIVE of crisis management‚ the first few years of the 21st century have been extraordinary. As a society‚ we went from the Ford/Firestone fire debacles (May to September‚ 2000) to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11‚ 2001. These were followed in close succession by unsavory revelations that Catholic priests had committed serious acts of child abuse and‚ furthermore‚ that these acts were repeatedly
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NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY The National Economic and Development Authority (Filipino: Pambansang Pangasiwaan sa Kabuhayan at Pagpapaunlad)‚ abbreviated asNEDA‚ is an independent cabinet-level agency of the Philippine government responsible for economic development and planning. It is headed by the President of the Philippines as chairman of the NEDA board‚ with the Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning‚ concurrently NEDA Director-General‚ as vice-chairman. A number of Cabinet members
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years‚ the plant was managed by employees from Connecticut. It provided protection from damage to crops‚ losses in food storage‚ and toxic mold growth in food supplies which would cause loss of life from starvation and food poisoning. Famine in India during the 1980’s had indebted farmers and squashed expected growth in demand (Pg.1‚ 2001 Fortun). The Bhopal plant supplied pesticides and served a market anticipated to expand. The plant expanded. Union Carbide India Ltd was one of India’s largest firms
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Disaster Recovery Planning Disaster recovery planning can best be defined as an organization’s procedures for continuing operations in the event of the destruction of program and data files‚ as well as processing capability. In the case of any disaster or incident that causes a stop in the continuing work‚ businesses must be prepared with a business continuity plan‚ or a way to resume the activities required to keep your organization running during a period of displacement or interruption
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| | Philippines - The Economy THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY EXPERIENCED considerable difficulty in the 1980s. Real gross national product (GNP) grew at an annual average of only 1.8 percent‚ less than the 2.5 percent rate of population increase. The US$668 GNP per capita income in 1990 was below the 1978 level‚ and approximately 50 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. The 1988 unemployment rate of 8.3 percent (12.3 percent in urban areas) peaked at 11.4 percent in early 1989‚ and the
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1. Mariner Bugs Out (1962) Cost: $18.5 million Disaster: The Mariner 1 rocket with a space probe headed for Venus diverted from its intended flight path shortly after launch. Mission Control destroyed the rocket 293 seconds after liftoff. Cause: A programmer incorrectly transcribed a handwritten formula into computer code‚ missing a single superscript bar. Without the smoothing function indicated by the bar‚ the software treated normal variations of velocity as if they were serious‚ causing
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Analyze and evaluate Brazil’s development strategy and economic performance. The success of the import substitution strategy and its pain. Originally‚ the Brazilian economy was deeply depended on primary commodities exports which had followed the industrial structure in the colonial era‚ until hitting the crisis of sluggish exports due to the Great Depression in 1930. E.g. in 1920s‚ coffee accounted for 70% of exports‚ 10% of the GDP. As post-WWⅡ‚ in 1950s‚ defeated countries or developing
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