total death toll has reached 1‚836 as of May 2006‚ and the experts estimated the total cost of Hurricane Katrina at $81.2 billion or more. It was true that Katrina was a natural disaster; therefore‚ it was unpredictable and unavoidable. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) saw its approach to Katrina as a success story. However‚ many of the criticisms were directed toward the ill-prepared FEMA and the lack of coordination in the rescue operation‚ in which FEMA refuse volunteers¡¦ help including
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to four wives who were commoners. Yamtuan Antah had four sons and two daughters (Abdul Samad Idris‚ n.d.). On 22nd October 1887‚ he fell sick and passed away (Malaycivilization UKM‚ n.d.). Contribution Yamtuan Antah’s main contribution to the Malayan history is that he was patriotic and courageous enough to take action against Datuk Kelana and the British to save his state‚ Negeri Sembilan‚ from being colonized. He was adamant and persistent even though there were many battles he had to go through
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4222-226 Gain access to the homes of individuals‚ deal with emergencies and ensure security on departure (HSC 2019) Be able to identify agreed ways to gain entry to and leave individuals homes Entry and departure to the service users home will have been agreed at the initial risk assessment and if a key safe is installed then the code will have been disclosed. Other ways of entry could be by being let in by a relative or family member and this should be advised by the carer’s office. This should
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THE Malayan Union‚ which the British Labour Government inaugurated in post-war Malaya on April 1‚ 1945‚ lasted slightly more than two years. Although it was a shortlived constitutional experiment‚ it led to dramatic political developments. In present-day Malaysian history textbooks‚ the Malayan Union is regarded as having awakened political activity‚ and heightened ethnic consciousness and nationalism among the peninsula’s different ethnic groups. For the Malays‚ their opposition to the Malayan
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the country before independence 4. Analyze the processes involved in obtaining independence for Malaya 3.0 List of Topics 3.1 The Bloodshed Struggle 3.2 The Struggle without Bloodshed (through literature and negotiations) 3.3 The Malayan Union and Peoples’ Reaction to it 3.4 The Federation of Malaya 3.5 The Growth of Political Parties 3.6 The Negotiations for Independence 4.0 Terminologies 4.1 Bloodshed Struggle Struggle that involves death of those who fight
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the United States and Hurricane Katarina‚ Cyclone Nargis in Burma‚ and the Sichuan earth earthquake in China (Coppola & Maloney 2009). Reports indicate that individuals and communities struggled to cope in the aftermath of these and many other emergencies and endured a high risk of exposure to the consequences of these disasters which affected their likelihood of survival. (Coppola & Maloney 2009). The first section of this paper presents the definition of a disaster and the subsequent sections
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It was a beautiful spring morning in Los Angeles. I awoke from an ambulance passing by and I realized I was late for work. When I was on my way to work‚ I saw more and more ambulances come hurdling passed me‚ wondering what is going on. When I got to my job as a female security guard for The Los Angeles County Prison there was no one new brought in. As I was waiting for new people to join our jail I was looking at the news with my feet propped on the desk‚ eating a salad and there is some type of
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Premiership of Tun Abdul Razak Tun Abdul Razak was to be the man who had to fulfil the need of country for a dynamic new leader with enough personal magnetism to unite its multi-racial population after the resignation of Tun Abdul Rahman. Because among the leaders of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)‚ Tun Abdul Rahman was probably the one person who had enjoyed the trust and confidence of all races in the country. He was the leader of the struggle for independence. Tun Abdul Rahman
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The British Military Administration‚ or simply BMA‚ was the governing authority in Singapore after Japanese surrendered (1945-1947). Immediately after the war‚ many issues arose‚ such as the lack of food‚ poor sanitation‚ and the people’s lack of money. The BMA was only ‘successful’ when it resolved or reduced many of these issues. I believe the BMA is ‘unsuccessful’. Firstly‚ the people of Singapore possessed no money to purchase their needs. Immediately after the war‚ the Japanese currency of
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The writer will discuss in this writing assignment how The Emergency Medical Treatment Act included problems with the possibility of complicating hospital compliance. The Emergency Act (EMTALA) is known as the federal law that has been and still is consistent with the knowledge that in an emergent situation in healthcare‚ patients have the right to health care service regardless of their financial status. The United States Congress in 1998 passed an act called EMTALA‚ that coincides with Consolidated
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