the Native people of North America and the Europeans have continually had arguments and disputes over land. To this day there are still issues trying to be resolved. Twenty years ago‚ the beginning of one of the most violent and intense land disputes in present day Canada occurred. This event is now referred to as the Oka Crisis‚ named after the town Oka in Quebec. This crisis caused a confrontation involving the Quebec provincial police‚ the Canadian armed forces and the Mohawk people.1 The stand
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The Software Crisis • The most visible symptoms of the software crisis are o Late delivery‚ over budget o Product does not meet specified requirements o Inadequate documentation • Some observations on the software crisis o “A malady that has carried on this long must be called normal” (Booch‚ p. 8) o Software system requirements are moving targets o There may not be enough good developers around to create all the new software that users need o A significant portion of developers’ time must often
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Environmental Crisis "We Have An Environmental Crisis Because We Have A People Crisis - A Crisis of Population Growth‚ of Wasteful Consumption of Resources‚ and A Crisis of Apathy and Inaction." An environmental crisis is an emergency concerned with the place in which every human lives - the environment. A people crisis is an emergency with the community that inhabits the world environment. A crisis of population growth is a turning point where the environment can no longer sustain the amounts
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Title : Water Crisis Introduction : - water always been a natural resource - 80 countries now facing water shortage ‚ 2 billion people lack access to clean water. - global demand for fresh water will vastly outstrip reliable supply in many parts of world. - 97.5% of water is sea water ‚ left 2.5 % of “ fresh water “ but inside include glacier ‚ ice packs ‚ soil moisture ‚ atmosphere ‚ groundwater . Factors driving to this situations : 1. Demographic pressure population growth rate
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Food crisis Food crisis have been an issue among developing countries for years but as the time goes on it’s getting more serious. With the raising of the prices for food even in the past year along has affected many people even in US. Many people are starving or dying from starvation because they just can’t afford to buy food for themselves and their families. I think that this is the issue that everyone should be aware off and try to help out as much as they can because if we run out of the
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Wilshire Boulevard Two friends are driving in a late-model Toyota Corolla across Los Angeles on Wilshire Boulevard. ROBERT: Where are we going? DAVE: I don’t know. I thought we would just drive along Wilshire. ROBERT: Why? DAVE: I don’t know. I thought it would be fun. Have you ever driven along Wilshire before? Except to go from point A to point B? ROBERT: No. The two friends drive along in silence. ROBERT gazes at the sidewalk‚ interested in the activities that he passes by. ROBERT: You
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Sec. School ‚ Egmore‚ Chennai NATIONAL SCIENCE SEMINAR WATER CRISIS ON THE EARTH PROBLEMS AND REMEDIES Submitted by A. NAVEEN ANTO‚ Sri Jayendra Golden Jubilee School‚ Sankarnagar - 627 357‚ Tirunelveli‚ Tamilnadu. Date : August 27‚ 2008 CONTENT ♦ INTRODUCTION ♦ WHAT DO WE MEAN BY WATER CRISIS? ♦ WHAT CAUSES & TRIGGERS THE WATER CRISIS ♦ IMPACTS OF WATER CRISIS ♦ REMEDIES FOR WATER CRISIS ♦ CONCLUSION WATER CRISIS ON THE EARTH PROBLEMS AND REMEDIES INTRODUCTION Water the elixir
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1991 India economic crisis By 1985‚ India had started having balance of payments problems. By the end of 1990‚ it was in a serious economic crisis. The government was close to default‚ its central bank had refused new credit and foreign exchange reserves had been reduced to such a point that India could barely finance three weeks’ worth of imports. The country had to airlift its gold reserves as a pledge with theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan.[1] The crisis was caused by currency
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is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | | | The "Oka Crisis" often brings to mind the often published‚ somewhat famous image of the Mohawk warrior whose face is covered with a bandana‚ dressed head to toe in camouflage equipped with a large gun on his back‚ nose to nose with a military soldier. It is an image that is used to symbolize the sense of tension that existed far preceding the 78 day standoff. Not only was there tension between the Mohawk people and the federal
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Crises Management in Public Schools Review of Crisis in Public Schools throughout the United States Throughout the United States students in public schools have experienced many crises. Students have witnessed or experienced many different types of crisis which can include: violence‚ death‚ accidents‚ family issues‚ natural disasters and terrorism. Statistics from the National Center for Educational Statistics (2008) show that in the 2003-04 school year there were 19 homicides and 3 suicides
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