Social Media and Disasters: Current Uses‚ Future Options‚ and Policy Considerations Bruce R. Lindsay Analyst in American National Goverment September 6‚ 2011 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov R41987 CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Social Media and Disasters: Current Uses‚ Future Options‚ and Policy Considerations Summary The development of new technologies that have emerged since the mid-1990s has led to Internetbased applications
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Current Issues IPL: Boon or Bane? IPL was started with much fanfare in 2008. It was regarded as the next big thing in cricket. Under the able guidance of Lalit Modi‚ it started off really well. It was inspired by the highly popular EPL (English Premier League). Since its inception‚ it has caught the eyes of players and viewers alike. It brought Bollywood and corporates under one roof. It resulted in a huge amount of money being poured into the game. Presence of Bollywood stars during matches raised
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(A) Jamaica and the IMF: Opportunities and Challenges to the Jamaican productive sector Jamaica and the IMF: Opportunities and Challenges to the Jamaican productive sector After a decade of anemic growth‚ the Jamaican economy moved into recession towards the end of 2007 on the back of the global economic meltdown. The crisis was particularly felt in Jamaica due to the existence of structural impediments such as declining productivity‚ high debt‚ and crime. In July 2009‚ the Government of Jamaica
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Risks can be done in hopes of a good outcome but with the chance of a bad one. When it comes to wealth‚ there are many people take the chances just for the opportunity of getting money. That’s what happened in the gold rush in the year 1848 once word got around about gold‚ many men went out and left their families to try to help them financially‚ yet some never returned. Maybe it was the greed inside them‚ how would their families know if something bad happened to them? There was no way in knowing
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Equality of opportunity This essay deals with the topic equality of opportunity by analysing Tom McAfee’s short story This is My Living Room and the historical source Traditional American Values and Beliefs. This is My Living Room is analysed with a focus upon the “I” character and Traditional American Values and Beliefs is related to this analysis by supporting these conclusions with historical facts. This is My Living Room is about a redneck living in Pine Springs‚ Alabama‚ who is telling
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strongly affected by current relative income‚ relative prices‚ and relative interest rates. 4. The current international flow model of exchange rate determination says that the spot rate should: a. Follow a random walk. b. Be affected primarily by a nation’s long-run economic prospects. c. Be strongly affected by a nation’s balance of trade. d. Be strongly affected by current relative incomes
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Topic A perspective of engineering and businesses in China Introduction Hong Kong industries and facilities were moved to mainland on 1990s. It makes Hong Kong lost the aim focus on engineering industry. According to large number of workers and low production cost advantages in China. Besides Hong Kong‚ China also attracts another country and develops their industry. It makes china industry growth up fast. China has become one of the leading countries in the recent few years
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Opportunities * Acquisitions * Asset leverage * Financial markets (raise money through debt‚ etc) * Emerging markets and expansion abroad * Innovation * Online * Product and services expansion * Takeovers Threats * Competition * Cheaper technology * Economic slowdown * External changes (government‚ politics‚ taxes‚ etc) * Exchange rate fluctuations * Lower cost competitors or imports * Maturing categories‚ products‚ or services * Price wars * Product substitution -------------------------------
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Opportunity may mean little to some‚ however for others it can mean everything. The opportunity to live a new life‚ the opportunity to thrive‚ or the opportunity to survive. An Opportunity is can be a door to something better; a chance at something of value. For many people in life an opportunity is all that they are searching for‚ and it is often a key part of their success. Countless people join the military or pursue a career with no guarantees of success‚ but the chance to better themselves or
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In microeconomic theory‚ the opportunity cost of a choice is the value of the best alternative forgone‚ in a situation in which a choice needs to be made between several mutually exclusive alternatives given limited resources. Assuming the best choice is made‚ it is the "cost" incurred by not enjoying the benefit that would be had by taking the second best choice available.[1] The New Oxford American Dictionary defines it as "the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative
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