Module 1 Activity 1.1: 1. Develop for yourself a working definition of disasters from a community perspective. According to the Disaster Management Act 2003‚ A disaster is a serious disruption in a community‚ caused by the impact of an event that requires a significant coordinated response by the State and other entities to help the community recover from the disruption. Serious disruption means— (a) loss of human life‚ or illness or injury to humans; or (b) widespread or severe property
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By MICHAEL SMITH 04/13/2013 The structure of society and its degree of organization are important factors in how they contribute to criminality. Within society there are negative influences of the social environment that contribute to and predispose some people to commit crimes. There are three types of social structure theories that focus on crime and they are social disorganization‚ strain theory‚ and culture
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is their responsibilities to make it known to the public their concerns. It is our right as teenagers to try and make a change. This is why we are calling for changes to make a better society not only for teens but for all of us. We‚ the Teenagers of the Society of the U.S. ‚ do hereby unite together to declare our rights from our society. For many generations our society view today’s teenagers stereotypically‚ in image that mass media has portrayed us. We are seen as being ignorant‚ selfish‚ self indulgent‚ obsessed with materialism and irresponsible
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states that love does not make one happy nor does it the person one loves happy and love does not make everything all right. Barnes conveys that everyone should experience love in their lifetime but one can live without love in their life‚ but in our society today everyone feels they need to find love. When one is falling in love with someone they do not have any interest or needs to be with anyone else. Love is when that one person consumes ones thoughts and when one is with them they never want to
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Increased youth crime rate is caused largely by absent fathers as a result of divorce made too easy. Consider this chilling forecast. When we pass the year 2000‚ we will see two groups of working age adults emerging. One group will have received psychological‚ social‚ economic‚ educational and moral benefits and the other group will have been denied them all. The first group will have grown up with a father present in the house and the second group will have not had a father present. The groups will
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“DISASTERS CREATES OPPURTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT” DISASTER: Disaster can be defined as “The occurrence of a sudden or major misfortune which disrupts the basic fabric and normal functioning of a society‚ or community.” “An event or series of events which gives rise to casualties and/or damage or loss of property‚ infrastructure‚ essential services or means of livelihood on a scale which is beyond the normal capacity of the affected community’s ability to cope with out aid.” According to UNISDR
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Differences and Effects of Natural and Synthetic Fertilizers At the core of the growth and germination of plants lie the nutrients they receive from the soil. The nutrients required for growth are classified into two groupings‚ macronutirents and micronutrients. Macronutrients are those that are needed in very large amounts‚ and whose absence can do a great harm to the development of the plant life. These nutrients include calcium‚ nitrogen‚ phosphorus‚ and potassium‚ and are very sparse
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Effects of computers on education Computers are a big factor to education because it is helping teachers‚ students and parents communicate. Computers can be used if you are doing an assignment at home or if you are being tutored online. Computers can be used to access the internet and the internet can be used to chat about school‚ work or any other educational purposes. Chatting is a good way to learn because you can ask questions online on things you do not know. It has been proven that computer-assisted
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fake airplane bolts have damaged their engines‚ fake birth control pills have cause internal bleeding‚ and phony brake pads have caused fatal accidents. Most counterfeiter realize that what they are doing is illegal‚but don’t realize its affects on society. (Estok 30) One can protect or patent their product‚ slogan‚ or logo. In order to do so‚ their product or mark should be sent to the US Patent and Trademark Office in Washington D C. The product will then start to have state protection‚ and will
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World War II is the most important and influential event in the 20th century it has affected our daily lives. It changed our technology and society our lives would have been totally different without the world war. World War II revolutionized technology we wouldn’t have many things that we take advantage of today. Inventions like cell phones‚ microwaves‚ computers and more we wouldn’t have today. WW2 changed air flight‚ medicine‚ and military technology. Aviation played a major role in World War
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