” which is dedicated to helping victims of sex trafficking. Because she has worked hard to stop human trafficking‚ she has been rewarded with the title of CNN Hero of the year in 2010‚ and $100‚000 to keep practicing her work. In the article in Himalayan Times‚ according to the writer‚ “Anuradha is the right choice for the award‚ as she helped 12‚000 girls”(“Anuradha”).Her work on human trafficking‚ rehabilitation‚ and organizing awareness program has made her one of the most powerful women in the
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An earthquake (also known as a quake‚ tremor or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity‚ seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency‚ type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. Tectonic earthquakes occur anywhere in the earth where there is sufficient stored elastic strain energy to drive fracture propagation along a fault plane. The sides of a fault move past each other smoothly
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Remembering as if it happened yesterday‚ waking up with my broken left ankle throbbing in pain. Limping out the door toward my SUV‚ I thought I should be on leave and enjoying the fresh snow in the mountains‚ but instead I am working today with a broken ankle. The base began a deployment exercise that day‚ and I did not want to report for duty. The day was gorgeous outside; the sun shining brightly and was a breathtaking day. Once I completed the deployment line‚ I reached the holding area‚ unexpectedly
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Facilities & Property Management Assignment 2 Table of Contents Page 1 * 1. Identifying Elements and Evacuation Plans Page 2 * 2. Disaster Management Framework * 2.1 Pre-Event * 2.2 Prodromal * 2.3 Emergency Page 3 * 2.4 Intermediate * 2.5 Long Term Recovery * Conclusion Page 4 * Referencing A hotel property is constructed to meet the needs of a growing community. With increasing disasters affecting properties in the world caused naturally
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connected to it for the story Persuasive Essay Write an essay on whether the play should have been put on or whether it shouldn’t have after the quake by Haruki Murakami (Japan) Close study Analyze a passage of your choice and find the specific vocabulary‚ chunks of text‚ and deeper meaning of the passage Creative Essay Write your own after the quake story that relates to a change that affected your life for either the best or for the worst Final: Theme Mashup Gather words or phrases from all of
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plains. They were formed and are fed by three major Himalayan rivers: the Kosi‚ the Narayani‚ and the Karnali as well as smaller rivers rising below the permanent snowline. This region has a subtropical to tropical climate. The outermost range of foothills called Shiwalik or Churia. The Hill Region (Pahad) abuts the mountains and where snow occasionally falls in winter. GEOLOGICAL The Mountain Region (Parbat)‚ situated in the Great Himalayan Range‚ makes up the northern part of Nepal. It contains
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farming‚ to feed communities globally and provides space for building homes. These environmental changes significantly impact the land‚ making it more challenging to sustain agriculture and support communities who live on the land. To begin with‚ the Himalayan Mountains are threatened by melting glaciers‚ which impacts the quality of life in the surrounding areas. As glaciers melt‚ water becomes scarcer‚ affecting agriculture and infrastructure in the Indus basin. Rising temperatures are causing the glaciers
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declined at all. * proportion of the population deprived of a minimum level of living is much higher * National Family Health Survey-3 (NFHS-3) shows that almost 46% of the children in the 0 to 3 years’ age group suffered from malnutrition in 2005–06 * 47% reported in 1998 by NFHS-2 * Indicators of human development such as literacy and education‚ and maternal and infant mortality rates‚ show steady improvement‚ but they also suggest that the progress is slow and we continue to lag behind
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Mount. Vesuvius Vesuvius is the only active volcano in mainland Europe‚ and has produced some of the continent ’s largest volcanic eruptions. Vesuvius and other Italian volcanoes‚ are part of the Campanian volcanic arc. The Campanian arc sits on a tectonic boundary where the African plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian plate. Apparently‚ no one was aware that Vesuvius was an active volcano‚ even after an earthquake in February of the year 63. The towns’ people thought the soil
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Excessive Poverty As American citizens‚ we should be the first to attest to the fact that we are very privileged in many aspects of life. For the most part‚ regardless of social class‚ each of us see at least one or two meals on a daily basis; even some of the less fortunate people in our country can attest to the fact they have some type of shelter to rely on at night. Unfortunately‚ however‚ often times we don’t look at our lives from this perspective. We’ve become accustomed to the “American
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