train tunnels. The army corps engineers are serious – they’re part of a planning and response team based in Illinois and are regularly deployed around the country to help with events like this. Many of them assisted in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit. Crews were even driven in from as far away as Mississippi to help with electrical crews in the
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I am Ciara Mauldin and I am applying for your Available Scholarship at Fortis College‚ which is the Lindsey Nicholson Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. LaBarron Evans came to Mattie T. Blount High School and spoke with my class about college decisions‚ and also mentioned that he was the Assistant Director of Admissions at Fortis College. I spoke with him one on one; he encouraged me to come take a visit at Fortis College. I am now going to tell you “Why I Want to join Fortis College.” On your web page
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Public Policy Influences Government Stakeholders: Government Stakeholders Influences Public Policy James Dykes Williams University: ORG-807 January 22‚ 2014 Public Policy Influences Government Stakeholders: Government Stakeholders Influences Public Policy The American people expect that government and government-reliant organizations will protect their interests when there are imminent threats to the well-being of citizens and humanity. In the process of sustaining trust from
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Cited: Brinkley‚ Douglas. The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina‚ New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. New York: Morrow‚ 2006. Print. Cannon‚ Davis and Benjamin Wisner. At Risk: Natural Hazards‚ People ’s Vulnerability‚ and Disasters 2nd Edition. New York: Routledge‚ 2004. Print. Cooper‚ Patrick. "Latest Hurricane Katrina Developments". USA Today. Gannet Co. Inc.‚ 2008. Web. 27 February 2010 "Cyclone Nargis" “Fast Facts: Haiti Earthquake
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Defining the Humanities Paul Talley HUM100 March 25‚ 2013 Marilyn Olander Defining the Humanities After reading this week’s lecture and my understanding of what humanities are is the study of what people have experienced and how they express this experience. Humanities are how people have interacted throughout their existence and how people interact today. Humanities are the study of the philosophical beliefs of a culture. The philosophical approach to understanding a culture is what separates
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Influence of Media on Society Media‚ the name alone to everyone seems all too familiar‚ however the meaning and purpose of the word is understood differently amongst people. For ages media has been a key source for knowing what is happening throughout the world. As time evolved the speed in which media information becomes available has increased dramatically‚ but the quality of media is one to question. Today our media behavior changes all the time because the gratifications we seek from the media
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Is Walmart good for America? As the largest retailer in history‚ it’s no surprise that Walmart is the target of both vicious attacks and effusive praise. According to its own website‚ Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. operates more than 8‚000 stores‚ employs more than 2.1 million people‚ and sells more than $400 billion worth of goods in every year. Though this bulk intimidates those who fear for the viability of “mom and pop” retailers‚ Walmart’s great strength is that it devotes its considerable power to
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The first thing that me and Shah Jahan have in common is that‚ we both can not tolerate competition. When I know that I have competition it makes me try even harder to prove everyone wrong‚ as with him. He went as far as getting the people that competed with him killed. Even though I would never go as far killing anyone‚ I do get very angry when people try to make me feel bad about myself by trying to compete with me to show that they are better. Shah Jahan did not tolerate competition when it came
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Dams and levees weren’t enough to protect the 1‚836 people who died in Hurricane Katrina‚ and yet officials relied yet again on these devices against Hurricane Harvey 12 years later. Years have passed‚ and still so-called “experts” believe that because the circumstances may have been slightly different than before‚ they had the upper hand against nature. Various natural disasters have proven again and again that no human has power over the environment‚ and again and again these lapses in judgement
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In the summer of 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina unleashed what resulted in a widespread devastation wreaked on the city of New Orleans. New Orleans—the colorful‚ zealous Mississippi Delta city‚ home to world-renowned restaurants‚ jazz and blues’ clubs‚ and universities‚ saw many of its neighborhoods flooded‚ even washed away by Katrina’s strong waters that breached the barrier of its levees. The extent of this catastrophe has triggered fierce debate over how the city should be rebuilt; taking into
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