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    Waco Community Services

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    This program is open to both those interested in building a new home or purchasing an existing home” Retrieved from http://www.waco-texas.com/housing-new-structure.asp. Again‚ this is a great program Waco has set up for people that may have never had a chance to own a home. As you can tell this is not specifically for seniors. The elderly in Waco have worked in the community and spend their money in the community. They don’t want a new home‚ most have raised their children‚ grand children and some

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    Even though Hurricane Sandy was challenging to forecast‚ lack of proper and useful information confused the public along with a false sense of confidence‚ eventually leaving 70% of the population behind after evacuation orders. The National Hurricane Center could not label the storm a hurricane and because of NOAA rules‚ they could not even set out warnings for it. Between the absence of hurricane warnings‚ late evacuation orders‚ and citizen’s previous experience one year earlier with Hurricane

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    harmonic structure and melody. Its origins began in the early and mid-1940’s‚ where it became synonymous with modern jazz‚ as the two of them came to a certain maturity point in the 1960’s. Its roots were from New York City. The creation of bebop began by the interest of jazz performers to create a new genre where it counters the popular swing with a type of music which is not danceable but only listened and appreciated. Its name came from nonsense syllables used in scat singing. The first known example

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    Music Moves Us

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    Samantha Alva Tecm 1200 October 23‚ 2012 Music Moves Us Music comes in different genres and styles. There’s country‚ rap‚ hip-hop‚ jazz‚ tejano. With different artist come different voices‚ that can sooth or get you riled up for a party. Music is all around us and has the power to change ones mood. Certain type of music evokes all types of different emotions. Jazz for example might get you relaxed and calm. While rap might make you want to go out and party. There are so many types

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    A historic moment in history was the Los Angeles River flood that lasted five days. During this flood‚ there was five days of continuous rainfall and the erosion controls that were in place could not hold the high level of water from coming down the mountains. (Hung 1) This was a flood that was unlike anything the city of Los Angeles had ever seen before. This resulted in the flooding of three area rivers and their tributaries; these were the Los Angeles‚ Santa Ana‚ and San Gabriel. The rain and

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    Scholarly material based on flooding in Diego Martin‚ specifically‚ and the preparedness levels of its residents proved to be very difficult to obtain. However‚ as major flooding events have occurred within the past five years it is expected that research is still being conducted on the area. In Beard’s (2012) article it is noted that the greater area of Port-of-Spain‚ which includes Diego Martin‚ is prone to flooding due to sedimentation and development of the area. Flooding may occur after a prolonged

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    As you all vividly remember‚ the Jersey Shore took a pounding during Hurricane Sandy. The winds‚ flooding‚ and whipping sand plummet the shoreline and communities forever changing the landscape. Some of you may not have gotten to appreciate this first hand. Maybe you do not have a house at the shore. Our two houses survived on the whole‚ but grasping the destruction and devastation‚ hit me in a way I never thought it could. I sensed in my heart that I was getting a glimpse into what transition

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    The Sultana explosion “All of a sudden‚ the boilers erupted in a mammoth explosion‚ nearly splitting the Sultana in half” (Billings 1). The Sultana was going upriver on the Mississippi River when the boilers and the steamer stopped working (Billings 1). When all of a sudden a gigantic explosion on the boat killed 1‚700 people which is more than the Titanic (Billings 1). The boat was going up river and the boilers and steamer stopped working which caused the explosion (Billings 1). “The strain of

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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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    Anna Bligh's Flood Report

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    The 2010-11 Queensland Floods had significant impact on Queensland with their massive economic cost and loss of life. The floods occurred following prolonged periods of heavy rainfall between December 2010 and January 2011. They resulted in much of the state being inundated with water and had a massive impact on many people. These impacts included the deaths of 30 people‚ 78% of the state being declared a disaster zone‚ and over $5 billion in reconstruction costs—the most expensive natural disaster

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