4. Alternative Communication Systems... during disasters In Monsoon-2004‚ severe flood situations in the States of Assam and Bihar caused major devastation. Many district head quarters got totally cut-off from the State head quarter and neighboring districts due to submerged telephone exchanges or damaged cables and disrupted roads and railways communication. In the worst affected districts the need for relief and rescue operation could not be communicated to the State head quarters. Realizing this
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Did you know that a hurricane is basically a small tornado? When warm air and cool air collide over a large water source such as a sea or ocean‚ a hurricane is made. Hurricane Katrina just happened to be the second largest hurricane in United States history. Being formed in the Caribbean Sea‚ it was at first a category 1 hurricane. It gained strength in the Gulf of Mexico‚ placing it’s rank at category 5. After hitting Louisiana at it’s highest peak‚ it decreased to category 3. Winds at 120 miles
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Responses of Caribbean People to Oppression By: Akemi Mascoll Form: U6 Alpha 2 Oppression in the Caribbean took place in many ways. These were taken place by the slaves or laborers who were tired of the harsh ways in which they were treated and decided to react either violently or non-violently towards the owners or planters. The Amerindians were one of the first migratory groups in the Caribbean. This group came in two main groups‚ which were the Tainos/Arawaks who came first‚ then the Caribs/Kalinagos
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photos in the paper how they were touched by photographs and the emotions that was felt when seeing them. The author states in the fifth paragraph‚ “Most newspaper editors anticipate some reader reaction to photographs like Foreman’s; even so‚ the response around the country was enormous‚ and almost all of it was negative (170 para.5)”. She goes on to tell about all the negative letters readers have wrote to the papers voicing their opinions on the photos that Forman took. Some people were stating
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This biblical response has to do with Matthew 8:28-32‚ a passage where God meets two possessed men. Matthew tells about this encounter to inform us that God has powers over the spirit world (New International Version). This is what I learned to be the meaning of this passage from going to church. However‚ I can’t help thinking about my son reading this passage. When my son gets upset he is very hard to calm down initially. He seems engulfed with such emotions that he seems possessed by something
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Policing Response Calvin Johnson NSC/210 September 10‚ 2013 Willie Sturgill Policing Response There are many issues that law enforcement face in today’s police force. There is not a federal agency that has authority over the policing agency to ensure that all standards are being followed (2008‚ p. 81). Even though there are federal and state governments have required standards for the policing agencies to follow‚ they have no way
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Reader-response criticism is a school of literary theory that focuses on the reader (or "audience") and their experience of a literary work‚ in contrast to other schools and theories that focus attention primarily on the author or the content and form of the work. Although literary theory has long paid some attention to the reader’s role in creating the meaning and experience of a literary work‚ modern reader-response criticism began in the 1960s and ’70s‚ particularly in America and Germany‚ in
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Cited: “Superstore Collapse.” Seconds From Disaster. Nat Geo‚ Washington D.C. 27 Mar. 2009. Television Mclean‚ Chris‚ Brooks Anderson‚ Carl Peterlin‚ and Kyle Del Veccio. “Sampoong Department Store.” Failures. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2013 “Sampoong Department Store Collapse.” Absolute Astonomy.
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PLANT RESPONSES TROPISM is a biological phenomenon‚ indicating growth or turning movement of a biological organism‚ usually a plant‚ in response to an environmental stimulus. In tropisms‚ this response is dependent on the direction of the species. The word tropism comes from the Greek trope ("to turn" or "to change"). Tropisms are usually named for the stimulus involved and may be either positive (towards the stimulus) or negative (away from the stimulus). Phototropism is the growth response
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Risk responses are the defining actions taken during the course of the project that seek to accept‚ avoid‚ mitigate‚ transfer or defer the identified risk. The implementation of risk response plans should ultimately lead to the optimization of the projects success. Which aspects or areas of a project plan are more likely to be affected by risk responses? How do risk responses affect the different areas of a project plan? The aspects of a project most susceptible to risk responses include:
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