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    Though there are many things in common between the Sumerian and Hebrew stories of the Flood‚ there are also many differences. It stated that both are required to build an ark along with taking every kind of animal onboard.  They are also similar in the fact that the flood is called upon by God or the gods because of man’s actions. Similarly‚ both Noah and Utnapishtim are from Mesopotamia.(Lambert)  There are a few dissimilarities along with the story‚ the main being the fact that in the Hebrew version

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    Table of Contents Hong Leong Bank Berhad 2 Background 2 Expansion in Peninsular Malaysia 3 Owner 4 Board of Directors 4 Secretary 4 Values‚ Vision and Mission Statement 5 Vision 5 Mission Statement 5 Social Responsibilities 6 Scholarship 6 Environmental Preservation 6 Student Assistance 7 School Building Fund 7 Community Welfare 7 Codes of Ethics and Codes of Conduct 9 Interview with Hong Leong Bank Branch Manager (Satok‚ Kuching) 9 Assessment toward Hong Leong

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    Floods come every year and more or loss welcomed since flood waters leave the soil silt-enriched.But when they start playing havoc with human life and property they become a horrible catastrophe.Than they bring disaster and destruction and leave behind hunger disease and death.Crops are destroyed.Green fields turn into vast lakes.Mud-houses collapse.Both men and animals are drowned.Roads‚bridges and highways are swept away.All means of communication and transportation are upset and shattered

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    this Pandemic bring? How will the Human society prepare‚ or eventually do to prevent the Pandemic. The Gardeners from Margaret Atwood’s novel “The Year of the Flood” are a group of eco-subversives that prepare for a Pandemic. The Gardeners use different religions to make up their beliefs. In both “ The Year of The Flood” and the article by David Shenk “ How to Survive the Avian Flu‚ Smallpox‚ or Plague” tell the reader to grow food‚ stock pile food‚ and live an isolated life. In the article by Jared

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    Alice Paul February 2‚ 2014 Did you ever wonder how women got their rights‚ and who helped make that happen? There were many women that helped get their rights in the past‚ such as Alice Stokes Paul. Alice Paul was a suffragist and women’s right activist that was born on January 11th 1885 in Moorestown‚ New Jersey‚ USA. She changed the world in many different ways‚ however she did go through tough times while making change to the world. Although Alice was only

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    FLASH FLOOD Flash flood is one of the natural disasters that harmful to people. This kind of natural disaster usually cannot be expected by people because flash flood is a sudden occurrence. Flash flood happened suddenly with very little warning. So that‚ this will become a hazard situation when nobody knows that there will be happen a flood while all of them are busy doing their job. This shows that it is important to be aware of any signs of the flood and always remember to get to the high ground

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    2013 North India floods From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia 2013 North India floods NASA satellite imagery of Northern India on June 17‚ showing rainclouds that led to the disaster NASA satellite imagery of Northern India on June 17‚ showing rainclouds that led to the disaster Fatalities: About 5‚700 (presumed dead) (as of 16 July 2013) Damages: 365 houses destroyed‚ 275 houses partially damaged (in Uttarakhand)[1] 4‚200 villages affected[2] Areas affected: India India (Uttarakhand

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    Operation Flood was a rural development programme started by India’s National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in 1970. One of the largest of its kind‚ the programme objective was to create a nationwide milk grid. It resulted in making India the largest producer of milk and milk products‚ and hence is also called the White Revolution of India. It also helped reduce malpractices by milk traders and merchants. This revolution followed the Indian Green Revolution and helped in alleviating poverty and

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    Edward Mai #22 01/21/05 HALO:The Flood By William C. Dietz Today I am going to tell you about a great book I read lately. It is called HALO:The Flood. The Flood is based on the award-winning Xbox game‚ Halo. This book was interesting because it tells the story through several different perspectives. Some of the perspectives include: the super-soldier‚ Master Chief‚ an alien‚ another alien‚ a sergeant‚ and a few soldiers. Although some new character perspectives are introduced

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    FLOODS IS ASSAM ON 22nd JUNE 2012 Assam‚ the gateway to the north-eastern seven sister states of India‚ is facing the nature’s fury once again as the Brahmaputra and its tributaries (Kapili etc.‚) continued to flow above the danger mark due to heavy rainfalls since June 1st week. Around 116 people are killed and an estimated population of 22 lakh have been affected in the worst ever flood in recent years causing large-scale devastation in 2809 villages in 27 of the 28 districts of the state

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