Hundreds are dead after the worst earthquake in generations struck off the northeast coast of Japan on 11th March‚ setting off a devastating tsunami that swallowed swaths of coastal territory and fanned out across the Pacific Ocean‚ threatening everything in its path. The 8.9-magnitude earthquake -- the fifth-largest in the world since 1900 and the biggest in Japan in 140 years -- struck at 2:46 p.m. local time‚ shaking buildings violently in Tokyo for several minutes and sending millions fleeing
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MY WORST VACATION TREMAYNE ROBINSON ENGLISH 090 STRAYER UNIVERSITY November 30‚ 2012 Many people take vacations to get away from the everyday routine. When taking a vacation‚ people never plan for what could go wrong. I had taken a vacation to the Philippines that turned out to be a nightmare. The vacation started off bad before the trip even begun and continued to only get worse. I had caught a cold and the ended up getting food poisoning with a blood parasite during my vacation in the
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The quote‚ "it was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times" by Charles Dickens in his‚ "A Tale of Two Cities"‚ represents a scenario that can be perceived as either positive or negative at the same time. Throughout history there have been many events considered the worst of times by some and the best of times by others. This can be seen throughout history in times when some people suffer while other prosper. How could the best of times be at the same time the worst of times? People who suffer
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Interview Assignment People from different parts of the world have been migrating to the United States for hundreds of years. During the 1920s and 1950s‚ there was a huge wave of Italian immigrants voyaging to our country. More than four million Italians had left their country and traveled by boat for seven dreadful‚ agonizing days before arriving in America. Travelers took their first steps on U.S. soil in Ellis Island‚ the federal immigration station‚ where Italians had to pass medical and
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Final Project: Interview‚ Day in the Life of a Counselor‚ and Reflection The purpose of this paper is to introduce an interview with a Marriage Family Therapists‚ since in the state of California we do not have as yet Mental Health Counselor. The interview is about the viewpoint of the therapist regarding certain questions. The paper will be formatted in APA style Section I: Summary of Mental Health Counselor Interview Juliet Velarde Betita‚ MFT who is located in Santa Barbara California. Ms
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My Worst Birthday I was turning fifteen and I was so excited and looking forward to my birthday. A day before my mom had gone to the equestrian center and we were supposed to horse back ride on my birthday then get lunch and stop by Disney to meet this head who is my moms friend. Then we were supposed to have dinner. When I woke up it was quite and nice and there was balloons and cards. She said happy birthday and I opened up my cards. I didn’t have any presents but I didn’t expect them. She
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also had are share fair of worst or bad presidents. All though I can sit hear and write about all of them and tell you what I think of each and single one‚ I’m not going to do that. What I will do is am going to talk to you about the two presidents that I think is the absolute worst and the absolute best. Ok ok maybe no the absolute but the ones that I think should be and that deserve those titles. For best president I would definitely nominate Bill Clinton. And for worst president I nominate George
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English I: Lord of the Flies Static and Dynamic Characters Static Character: A character in a literary work who does not change during the course of the story. Dynamic Character: A character who changes during the course of a literary work. The changes dynamic characters undergo affect their attitudes and beliefs. Directions: Looking back over the first five chapters of Lord of the Flies‚ find at least one quotation in each chapter that gives an indication of that character’s personality
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Give me an example of a time where your understanding of your organization enabled you to get something you needed that‚ had you lacked the understanding‚ you probably would not have gotten. • Describe a time when politics at work affected your job. How did you deal with it? • Tell me what steps you took to go about learning how your current organization works. • Describe the culture of your organization and give an example of how work within this culture to achieve a goal. • Describe
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Worst Day It was a one fine morning. The sun rose steadily‚ peeking through the curtain and illuminating Ian’s room beautifully as the sixteen-year-old boy was still deep in his slumber. Even the shrilly sound of the annoying alarm clock did not wake him up. It continued for about thirty minutes before Ian was greeted with ice-cold water on his face and body. Slowly‚ he opened his eyes and the realization sank in as soon as he saw his mother’s face. Judging from his mother’s facial expression‚
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