A Recent happening in Uttarakhand The extreme rains of June16 2013 lead to a disaster of unpreceded proportions in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. Many theories & explanations for the disaster have surfaced in the aftermath of the floods in the state. Now clearer satellite images of the upstream & downstream areas of the Kedar Valley that have emerged are enabling a clearer understanding of the scientific & environmental reasons for the tragedy in the state. The Kedarnath valley‚ along with
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The first major foreign crisis for theUnited States after the end of the Cold War presented itself in August 1990. Saddam Hussein‚ the dictator of Iraq‚ ordered his army across the border into tiny Kuwait. This was no ordinary act of aggression. Iraq’s army was well equipped. The United States had provided massive military aid to Iraq during their eight-year war with Iran‚ giving them the fourth largest army in the world. Kuwait was a major supplier of oil to the United States. The Iraqi takeover
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Discuss research into the effects of workplace stress (12 marks) A research for workplace stress was conducted by both Marmot and Johnson and Hall. Marmot researched effects for low control and whether it was linked to more stress. Johnson and Hall researched high workload to stress. Marmot conducted an investigation with participants from London – based government civil servants‚ and the studies are therefore referred to as the Whitehall studies. Civil employees in London were asked to volunteer
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McCance and Huether (2014) defined Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS) as a continuum of physiologic derangements characterized by dynamic alterations of two or more organs’ function in a state of critical illness. As the name indicates‚ MODS is a syndrome and not a specific health condition since it involves various organs. In the past‚ “multiple organ failure” was the term used to describe the condition until it became apparent that it was misleading since normal physiological function of
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The title of American History X is derived from the name of a class Danny (Furlong) is forced to take after writing a controversial essay on Adolf Hitler’s autobiography‚ Mein Kampf. When his Jewish teacher (Gould) becomes outraged‚ he bursts into Principal Sweeney’s (Brooks) office and complains. Danny is called into the office and is told that he must write about the life of his brother‚ Derek Vinyard‚ and have it on his desk the next morning or face immediate expulsion. Danny continually complains
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Summary The majority of Patrick Lencioni’s work The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is a fictionalized account of a very typical management challenge. The fictitous company is DecisionTech‚ a 150 person software start-up in Silicon Valley. The company‚ thanks to the efforts of Jeff the company’s firstCEO‚ is well funded and staffed with top level executives. However‚ the company is lagging behind several competitors and the board has replaced Jeff with Kathryn. Kathryn immediately begins a careful
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I have chosen to write about negative music and its effect on human behavior. I will trace the history of this type of music and discuss some studies which point out effects of listening to it. What is negative music? Negative music is music that has a negative effect. One form of negative music is music that is used to express or to stimulate negative emotions. A Viennese classical composer named Arnold Schonberg was the first person to openly create negative music early in the twentieth century
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The political nature of slaves in the Antebellum South‚ and during the Civil War was something that was consistently argued‚ even at points until the modern day period. Slaves played the major role in their own emancipation and pushed the Union to move towards the notion of total emancipation. Because of slaves’ deliberate‚ knowledgeable‚ acts of resistance and rebellion‚ they were central to the outcome of the war. Often believed to be apolitical‚ or at the very least‚ infantilized‚ by some white
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reasons why we‚ soon-to-be professionals‚ behave as such. One of these reasons is the stress and fatigue caused by the pressure between overloaded work and our active social lives. Second‚ is the lack of interest‚ evident in those who continually see college as a bad time of their lives. Third‚ perfectionism is a somewhat mental dysfunction of setting too high standards as bases of life. Other reasons include poor time and work management‚ lack of discipline‚ and many others. This problem regarding procrastination
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Social networking is an online platform that facilitates on building social networks/relations among people who share similar interests‚ activities‚ backgrounds or real-life connections. A social network service consists of a representation of each user (which is often an online profile)‚ his/her social links‚ and a variety of additional services. Most social network services are web-based and provide means for users to interact over the Internet‚ such as e-mail and instant messaging. Social networking
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