REGIONAL GOVERNOR SUBJECT UTILIZATION OF LOCAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FUND (LDRRMF) Background Republic Act No. 10121 otherwise known as The Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010‚ shifted the focus from disaster response and recovery towards disaster risk reduction‚ preparedness and mitigation It also modified the use and appropriation ofthe Local Calamity Fund‚ or what is now known to be as the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund. Pursuant to
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Was Dunkirk ‘A Miracle’ or ‘A Disaster’? In this following essay I will be discussing the different views and military tactics used for evacuating both French and English soldiers from Dunkirk. I hope to show both positive and negative views using sources and other sorts of information such as‚ newspaper articles and speeches. By using these I can portray a comparison in which is fair for both opinions but also that each source is reliable so both sides of the argument will be compared reasonably
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Social Benefit or Social Disaster Shannon Pieczynski Principles of Management 300 CSU Global Professor Aguiar 8/11/13 Social Benefit or Social Disaster Over the past decade social media has become a booming phenomenon. At first it was instant messenger‚ Myspace‚ Facebook‚ and Twitter but over the past four years we have been introduced to things like Instagram‚ Snapchat‚ Vine‚ and Kek. The social media world grows everyday and
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homes went down‚ and of the less than 100 houses‚ none of them are even able to be inhabited. So we’ve heard about about dark times arising‚ and the history of one of the bloodiest natural disasters of the century‚ but what we haven’t heard about is everyone else. How did others respond in the wake of this disaster? Some of the others tried to help with donations‚ and the people trying to lead a normal life‚ while others are not helping‚ or you’re in the case where you can’t decide if they’re helping
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Community Health-Disaster in Franklin County Connie DiPietrantonio Western Governors University HAT 4 – Community Health Nursing November 2011 Disaster in Franklin County The Role of Health Personnel and the Public Nurse The major role of the public health personnel in a disaster are varied and included the immediate safety and well-being of the members of the community‚ as well as attention to potential future long term issues. The public health nurse is one of the members
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world‚ the start of a preoccupation with bizarre‚ grotesque creatures in his mature work. A master graphic artist‚ Goya’s sixty-five etchings‚ “The Disasters of War” from 1810-14‚ are candid depictions of atrocities committed by both the French and Spanish armies during the invasion of Spain. Goya created images that “touched on the grotesque and disasters such as war” (Selz‚ 99). He reduces scenes of barbaric torture to their horrifying basics with gory precision. His observation at human cruelty
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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 per hour and waves as tall as three stories high put together the most
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Years ago when the halcyon days of democracy had yet not arrived‚ the world was governed by kings and queens. The king with his absolute powers ruled over his subjects with the help of his ministers and governors who could be aptly termed as the politicians of those days. Then one a minister in some province decided that he’d like to be the king himself but how? Then he alongwith his followers devised a stratagem to overt the king and claim the throne. And after a coup and perhaps bloodshed‚ the
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or human induced disasters. While some of these disasters are rapid‚ others are slow-onset‚ resulting in catastrophic situations leading to loss of lives and property‚ degradation of environment. These disasters occur in form of drought‚ desertification‚ flooding‚ epidemics‚ coastal erosion‚ dam failure‚ building collapse‚ oil spillage‚ maritime collision or accident‚ bomb explosion‚ communal clash‚ fire‚ air crashes and boat mishap‚ amongst others. Historically‚ salient disasters in Nigeria include
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Topic 1. # Introduction Earthquake Engineering can be defined as the branch of engineering devoted to mitigating earthquake hazards .In this broad sense‚ earthquake engineering covers the investigation and solution of the problems created by damaging earthquakes‚ and consequently the work involved in the practical application of these solutions‚ i.e. in planning‚ designing‚ constructing and managing earthquake-resistant structures and facilities In developing the Structural Engineering Slide
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