Hurricane Katrina: Development and Devastation Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest storm systems to ever collide with the coastal United States in the last century. Strong winds sustained during landfall of over 140 mph combined with a very low central pressure (920 mb) to wreak havoc on many coastal communities in ways not seen before in the US (1). Despite monitoring the storms development‚ tracking its movement‚ and issuing early warnings‚ Hurricane Katrina has proved to be the most
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The Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is by Miguel Cabrera and was created around 1750. The artwork depicts a portrait of a Catholic nun‚ Sor Juana. The artwork is located in Latin America in the Spanish colonies of Mexico. Sor Juana joined the religious order of the Catholic Church and became a nun in order to pursue her intellectual interests. Sor Juana is depicted looking straight at the view and the iconography of the portrait is quite typical of nun portraits from 18th century Mexico. She
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La Routa de los Cenotes The Yucatan Peninsula is famous for its abundance of cenotes‚ which are spectacular sinkholes and caves formed over millennia among the striking karst and limestone landscape. Although cenotes are found in every nook and cranny of this peninsula‚ the local government has gone to much effort to establish and advertise a bona-fie ‘Cenotes Route’ which guides visitors along a route which stretches over 300kms between Puerto Morelos (about half way between Playa and Cancun)‚
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Executive Summary Pieles de la Garriga is a medium sized and family owned company‚ specialized in leather pelt manufacturing. At the end of August 2001‚ one year and a half after launching a new line of products targeted at the fur garment and accessory market‚ Pedro Saez‚ Manager of the rabbit pelt division and son of the General Manager José Saez‚ has to take an important decision. The company’s main customer‚ Comerpiel‚ which accounts for 60% of the rabbit pelts division sales‚ launched a request
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Company History In 1935‚ Dr Khwaja Abdul Hamied set up The Chemical‚ Industrial & Pharmaceutical Laboratories‚ which came to be popularly known as Cipla. He gave the company all his patent and proprietary formulas for several drugs and medicines‚ without charging any royalty. On August 17‚ 1935‚ Cipla was registered as a public limited company with an authorized capital of Rs 6 lacs. Cipla was officially opened on September 22‚ 1937 when the first products were ready for the market. July 4‚ 1939
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SUMMARY- This article is about the devastation from hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Donald Trump is trying to help Puerto Rico with a waiver known as “Jones Act”. The Jones Act makes goods shipped between places in the United States to be carried by American-made vessels. WHY: Puerto Rico wants the waiver to access medicine‚ food‚ clothing‚ and other supplies. WHO: Donald Trump is helping Puerto Ricans with this waiver. WHEN: On September 8th‚ a temporary waiver was granted by the request of the
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Cause and Effects of the Devastation of Nature The devastation of nature is a global concern nowadays. It is because the changes that’s been done to nature which is caused mostly by human activities. When we pollute the air‚ land and water‚ this harms the nature. Bulldozing wetlands and cutting down forest also destroys the nature. These are only few of the activities that contribute to the devastation of nature. Overgrazing and groundwater pumping are some of the activities that damage
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“Les Tiroirs de la nuit” by Adolf Dehn translated as Night Drawers in French‚ was produced in 1976-78 this is a Oil on linen painting. The painting represents a depth effect with the observer in a baby’s room staring outside onto a balcony at a boy and dog with a door leading to the small figures. The room the painting places you in is a light blue room that has a light bleached wooden night drawer with round wood bleach handles night drawer that is on the left of the painting and it extends outside
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1. How can these companies handle the customer data responsibly? Source: http://www.webdesignbognorregis. The use of data has taken an important place in the business life and in the recent years has become in one of the biggest competitive advantage. Who doesn’t want to have a successful business? Everybody wants‚ but what are you doing to have it? Are you making good decisions?. “The dark side of customer analytics” by Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris‚ show us an insurance firm called
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Devastation can strike anywhere‚ at any given time. This devastation can‚ and will‚ affect the masses. It can disrupt‚ as well as set back the progress of any community. We must accept disaster as an inevitable fate in order to properly combat devastation and increase resiliency. The combined efforts stem from the power of each individual to aid emergency managers. Emergency managers are responsible for the proper planning of emergencies. They use a fundamental approach in their planning methods
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