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    that I think everything was done the way it should have been done. All the nurses and physicians did what they could to keep the hospital running as smoothly as they possibly could. The hospital went through a devastating natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina. It was so devastating that it was hard to believe it really happened. No one could stop it only mother nature. It happened and it was real. Memorial hospital became like an island of only the hospital as the flood waters rose around it(Anna

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    Question 1: In 1900s as the population of the black community increase in many southern cities so is also the need to build more affordable houses that they will live in. The characteristics that plagued the black community in the 1900s even up till now is that majority of the working class in the black community are lower income earners. There is high rate of unemployment and crime rate. There also exists high rate of maternity. The challenge city planners face is to carry out a land reform considering

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    Considered as one of the top five deadliest storms in America‚ Hurricane Katrina was a tropical cyclone that engulfed the United States and killed close to 2000 people. It also destroyed property and goods worth billions of dollars. Though it began far in the Bahamas‚ the storm left a trail of devastation along the Gulf Coast‚ Florida‚ and Texas‚ but most of the damage occurred in Louisiana (Hartman and Gregory 24). Katrina traveled along the coastal region of Mississippi leading to massive flooding

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    economy?

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    Which is best for the economy: employment stability or employment flexibility? A recent article in the ILO’s International Labour Review analyzes the relationship between employment stability and productivity in six major sectors in 13 European countries. According to the authors‚ both‚ extensive and short job tenure can produce adverse affects on productivity. They propose a policy of ’protected mobility’ on the labour market‚ together with active labour market policies seeking to combine both

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    Gregory of Nazianzus argued that cattle plague‚ drought‚ hailstorms‚ and crop loss in Nazianzus were caused by the unrighteous activity of the city’s residents. In 2005‚ evangelical leader Pat Robertson raised the possibility that the disaster of Hurricane Katrina was a direct result of the fact that ‘we have killed over 40 million unborn babies in America’. One year later‚ African American humanist Anthony Pin wrote that the aftermath of Katrina was a moral indictment of the oppressive structures

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    Preparing for a Hurricane/Storm Seven hurricanes and four tropical storms are predicted during this year’s hurricane season‚ which runs from June 1 through November 30. You should know how to prepare your family and home‚ procedures to be taken during the storm and the aftermath. You can ward off some of the dangers if you are prepared which allows to you to stay ahead of the storm. If you do not have a family disaster plan‚ one should be prepared right away. Portable radio‚ torch lights

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    Fashion In The 1900's

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    style is much different from when I was growing up” say’s my great grandma. Today’s fashion has changed drastically amongst almost the past century. Most people use fashion to set a statement‚ express themselves‚ and for religion‚ etc. Back in the 1900’s your fashion statement meant something‚ with the new millennium‚ it’s a competition with name brand labels‚ and who can afford to wear what. Now-a-days clothes have been highly favored‚ back then it was a necessity. Clothes were needed to cover your

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    develops the main character in this movie to convey the messages of this film. The film Hurricane by Canadian Norman Jewison exposes the corrupt justice system in America during the 60s. Through his carefully structured effective cinematic techniques‚ camera work‚ elements of design‚ historical references and symbolisation Jewison illuminates the text to convey to the audience specific viewpoints‚ of how Rubin Hurricane Carter was a hero‚ and the corrupt justice system he lived in. He establishes how people

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    struggle to improve legislation. But long before these milestones‚ race-specific policy changed rapidly at the state level. It was unfair to the diffusion of anti-discrimination policy that provides the opportunities to be able to study the political economy. Also the effects of the policies before the federal coverage applied a comparatively uniform standard to most places at the same time. In the first two decades were the most intense and some people have said that it was the lowest point for Black

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    Understanding Indian Economy The economy of India is currently the world’s fourth largest in terms of real GDP (purchasing power parity) after the USA‚ China and Japan and the second fastest growing major economy in the world after China.  India’s annual growth rate is above 8% while that of China is about 10%.  India is a developing country and our economy is a mixed economy.   In a mixed economy the public sector co-exists with the private sector. Dadabhai Naoroji is known as the Father

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