"Hurricane Katrina: A Natural and Political Disaster" Four days after Hurricane Katrina devastated much of the northern Gulf Coast‚ tired and angry people stranded at the convention center in New Orleans welcomed a supply convoy carrying food‚ water and medicine with cheers and tears of joy. Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. It was the sixth-strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the third-strongest land-falling
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Internet The decade’s worst or best invention? Internet is a thing and a daily habit that many of us simply can’t live without‚ but have u ever thought about the sideffects. I mean‚ when u r studying for exams or tests‚ internet might attract and lure you‚ for ex. facebook‚ twitter‚ blogs‚ youtube etc. If u open some sights which are forbidden or bad‚ ur PC might get hacked or get a lot of virus. At the same time it’s timepass thing and we all can’t live without for some hours even. things like
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inhabited islands‚ which will have better facilities‚ and attract economically feasible and sustainable investments in infrastructure. Although this system of movement of population is a difficult process‚ the government of Maldives is able to carry out the population concentration programme by involving the public in the decision making process. Since the population involved is convinced of the various benefits that lie in this new approach‚ the success rate of implementation is very encouraging.
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A Natural Disaster: Hurricane Katrina In August of 2005‚ the lives of the people living in New Orleans changed drastically due to a massive hurricane. Hurricane Katrina is the third deadliest hurricane to ever hit the United States. There were several lives taken‚ many families and homes destroyed. The financial damage caused by the hurricane was shocking. Several countries and people made donations to help rebuild homes and the city of New Orleans. There were several lives taken as well
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Thesis Mel Gibson’s Braveheart is routinely named in polls of film critics as the worst movie ever to have won the Academy Award for best picture‚ and it is easy to see why. The acting in the film ranges from the blandly unmemorable to the mortifying. Negligible as Scottish history‚ but it is undeniably a political film. Gibson clearly did not intend to venture into a political debate—the film is structurally and visually standard Hollywood fare‚ a costume drama of the sort normally considered
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With reference to various examples‚ discuss how ‘natural’ disasters are socially constructed. While natural disasters such as floods‚ drought and hurricanes are commonly thought to occur due to environmental forces such as weather‚ climate and tectonic movements; a deeper investigation into the ‘disaster’ displays other contributing forces. Human factors have a large‚ if not equal‚ contribution to the occurrance and outcome of such disasters (Pelling‚ 2001). As Pelling (2001) argues‚ there is
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yardstick (How to determine when a natural disaster is caused by humans?). The key terms that need to be defined are “natural causes”‚ “human causes”‚ “hazards” and “disasters”. A natural cause is a cause that is completely uninfluenced by humans and a human cause is a cause that has been influenced by human actions. A hazard is a threat with the potential to cause loss of life‚ injury‚ property damage‚ socio-economic disruption or environmental degradation and a disaster is a hazard that causes wide-scale
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DISASTERS We all crave for a peaceful and prosperous living in this world. But nature is not always as tranquil as a calm lake or as azure as a cloudless sky. Nature endows us with a considerable number of great natural resources that we exploit to develop our lives in order to keep up with the rapid change of our own country. However‚ regardless of whether we fight with all might to protect the environment or step to the opposite side whose people are apt to harm it‚ nature more or less
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Internet brings people closer Not long ago‚ the Internet was decried by dissidents of the online revolution as a threat to society‚ sure to split families‚ fracture friendships and turn users into computer crazed geeks. That is not how things are unfolding‚ according to a new survey which has found that far from driving people apart‚ new tools for email‚ online phone calls‚ webcams and instant messaging are bringing them closer. The Pew Internet and American Life project research‚ one of the
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information on the given topic ‘Natural Disaster’. I had to go through some books and surf through the internet to get this project done and going through these stuffs was really interesting and informative. I have tried to include much information about the topic. This report consists of an introduction to natural disasters‚ their causes and some measures to prevent these calamities. I hope the contents of this report will give the readers a quick look of the natural disasters and will be informative
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