One of the major hazards that many communities have dealt with in the recent past is flooding. The Memphis metropolitan area is no different. In fact‚ The Memphis metro area dealt with severe flooding as recently as 2011. With this being said‚ the overall goal of mitigation is an important factor in the preparation and response to disasters such as these. That goal being‚ to create economically secure‚ socially stable‚ better built‚ and more environmentally sound communities that are out of harm’s
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Station Eleven Essay In the novel‚ Station Eleven by Elizabeth St. John Mandel‚ the author decided to start the book by introducing the readers to Arthur Leander‚ who is one of the main characters. Arthur Leander who was performing as King Lear in Shakespeare’s play. As he was performing something really tragic happened to him‚ he had a heart attack on stage. After the death of Arthur Leander‚ there was a Georgia Flu outbreak that was spreading all over the world. A disease known as the flu pandemic
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My thoughts about the film‚ Fruitvale Station‚ are plenty. The film was more critical of Oscar‚ and I understand some of the criticisms that are leveled on the one side portrayal of Oscar. This movie is much more one-sided than I had expected it to be. We are introduced to the story of the footage where police are seen shooting the handcuffed Oscar. The movie made it so hard for me to sympathize with the officers who are supposed to protect the people and maintain the law. Even if the character Oscar
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It was the summer season. We were free from school. We were a party of four friends. We decided to go to Mussourie— a fine health resort in the Himalayas. We went to Dehradun by train. From there we decided to go to Mussourie on foot. A bus could also take us there‚ but we just wanted to have a novel experience of hiking. We reached Rajpur. It is just at the foot of the hills. It was from here that we set out for Mussourie on foot. We hired two coolies at Rajpur to carry outr luggage. Our route
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The International Space Station (ISS) The International Space Station (ISS) is a research facility which is being assembled in Low Earth Orbit. Construction of the station began in 1998‚ and is scheduled to be complete by 2011. Operations will continue until 2015. At present‚ the ISS is the largest artificial satellite in Earth orbit. It is bigger than any previous space station. The ISS program is a joint effort by the space agencies of the United States (NASA)‚ Russia‚ Japan‚ Canada and ten European
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Saturday‚ September 26‚ it is way beyond words what Metro Manila has gone through in the hands of the recent storm‚ Ketsana. With the unusual amount of rain that Ketsana brought‚ it flooded where it never flooded before. Water seeped into houses and in a matter of minutes‚ reached 30 feet. The speed of the flood took everyone by surprise. People have gone to their rooftops or their neighbor’s roofs to save themselves. Rich or poor‚ everyone was caught off guard and no one was spared in this massive
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Ningbo Railway Station is located at the prime area in Haishu district ‚ its construction exerts fundamental influences on Ningbo city since it brings multitudes of positive changes to the city and the citizens‚ including improving the city’s image‚ boosting the city’s economy and offering the convenience for the passengers. The new Ningbo Station improves the city’s image which acts as the “name card" of this city‚ its magnificent appearance may become the “window” for nonlocal people to catch
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Police Station Compound In Hong Kong‚ a huge population lives on very scarce land. The price of land in Central is one of the highest in the world. As the result‚ most of the old buildings are demolished for new expensive buildings. But some buildings should be kept since they are historic and the historical value cannot be measured in money. The Central Police Station is one of the best buildings because it represents the just and fair of the world famous Hong Kong police. Central Police Station Compound
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12 Tanay Naik‚ Lucky Nanwani Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Purpose 1 1.2 Scope 1 1.3 Overview 1 2. Overall description 2 2.1 Product perspective 2 2.2 User interfaces 2 2.2.1 Cashier station 2 2.2.2 Management station 3 2.3 Hardware interfaces 3 2.3.1 Pump 3 2.3.2 Gasoline storage tank 3 2.3.3 Main computer 4 2.4 Software interfaces 4 2.4.1 Communications interfaces 4 2.5 Product functions 4 2.5.1 Pump interface
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The Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system serving Delhi‚ Gurgaon‚ Noida and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region of India. The network consists of six lines with a total length of 189.63 kilometres (117.83 mi) with 142 stations of which 35 are underground. It has a combination of elevated‚ at-grade and underground lines and uses both broad gauge and standard gauge rolling stock. Four types of rolling stock are used: Mitsubishi-ROTEM Broad gauge‚ Bombardier MOVIA‚ Mitsubishi-ROTEM Standard gauge
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