February 11‚ 2013 BA Journalism‚ 2009-53308 Ma’am Francis Grace Duka-Pante – EDH 125 Reaction Paper: Project NOAH I’m no stranger to Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) as it was introduced to me a year ago when I visited NIGS for a client meeting. My BC 196 course‚ Crisis in Broadcasting‚ also brought us to DOST‚ PAGASA and PHIVOLCS where Project NOAH was also discussed. I also remember seeing it on the local news. But visiting Project NOAH’s website is something new
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Noah and Utnapishtim’s Wild Ride Almost every religion in the world has a story about the “Great Flood” which destroys the earth‚ and each teaches its followers a different story about this disaster. While the Babylonians have the story of Utnapishtim from the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the Judeo Christians have Noah from the Bible. Both men save a few people and many animals. In these stories‚ Noah and Utnapishtim seem to have similar situations‚ but a further analysis shows how truly different the two
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The story of Noah and his Ark are recorded in Genesis‚ the first book of the Bible. It says that as God looked upon the earth‚ He saw only wickedness and corruption. Unhappy with the way mankind had turned out‚ He decided to destroy the earth. He went to a righteous man named Noah and ordered him to build an ark‚ "the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits‚ the breadth of it fifty cubits‚ and the height of it thirty cubits." (A cubit has generally been described as the distance between
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specifics are different. Instead of appearing in a dream‚ Noah’s Yahweh directly announced that there would be a global flood that would wipe away mankind. “And God said to Noah‚ ‘I have determined to make an end of all flesh‚ for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold‚ I will destroy them with the earth’” (Genesis 6:13). Noah built an oblong box-shaped boat and filled the boat with his family members and all kinds of animals. Both boats loaded up and shut the single door‚ ready for the flood
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forever. Albert Einstein is known as one of the greatest scientists of all time. Einstein was born in Germany on March 14th‚ 1879 with a Jewish background. He passed away on April 18‚ 1955 at Princeton‚ New Jersey(Albert Einstein-Biography). When he was 16‚ he got expelled from school for his bad attitude‚ but in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1905 he obtained his doctor’s degree. Einstein spent a lifetime
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| Albert Einstein | 1879-1955 | | | | | Table of Contents Introduction 3 Albert Einstein Life 3 Albert Einstein Work 5 General Theory of Relativity 7 Nazis in Power 9 Conclusion 10 Famous Quotes 10 Famous Problem 11 References 13 Introduction Albert Einstein‚ who many people regard him as the greatest physicist of the 20th century‚ was born in Ulm‚ Germany on March 14‚ 1879. Was a German origin and Jewish‚ but he felt neither German‚ due to the militarized
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The Einstein Tower: An Expressionist Landmark Introduction Erich Mendelsohn began his creative architectural sketches while standing guard in World War I‚ along with many other famous architects such as Mies van der Rohe‚ Gropius‚ and Le Corbusier. What was it about standing guard between life and death that enticed a certain creative architectural vision? Maybe it simply provided an ability to envision a world unlike the one being occupied or maybe it reminded these young men of the preciousness
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Albert Einstein 1879-1955 Einstein was undoubtedly the single greatest contributor to science in the 20th century. Few will argue with that point. His gifts to today’s understanding of the universe‚ energy‚ time among others base many branches of modern science. His contributions are not restricted only to the fields of science‚ but also to the individual person: from powerful heads of states to the average citizen. Albert Einstein helped Oppenheimer1 develop the fundamental science needed to
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A living genius some would say. Einstein was an exceptional learner. He took bold steps out of the normal science teachings searching the world for more answers. What made Einstein so fascinated by science was it his family‚ teachings or friends? One will just have to keep guessing to find out the true philosophy of Einstein’s life and true thinking’s. For now he’s just a part of life changing history. Albert Einstein was born on March 14‚ 1879‚ in Ulm‚ Germany. From a young age‚ Albert was already
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Albert Einstein Of all the scientists to emerge from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries there is one whose name is known by almost all living people. While most of these do not understand this man’s work‚ everyone knows that its impact on the world of science is astonishing. Yes‚ many have heard of Albert Einstein’s General Theory of relativity‚ but few know about the intriguing life that led this scientist to discover what some have called‚ "The greatest single achievement of human thought
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