HURRICANE IKE RECOVERY RESPONSE Hurricane Ike was the third most destructive hurricane to make landfall in U.S. history with an estimated $22 billion in damages to Texas. Ike’s damage started September 12‚ 2008 with a 12 foot storm surge flooding 75% of Galveston Island and made landfall September 13. Hurricane Ike sustained winds (110mph) were considered a Category Two‚ only being one mile per hour from a Category Three (111mph). Ike’s storm surge was considered that of a Category Five. Texas
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getting literally brainwashed.This makes you think about any child getting there head split open for drugs. Nowadays‚ here in America‚ this is called child abuse. A logos example is as follows‚ “... a flat tire among the unpaved roads poxed with potholes- some so vast a truck could fall in and tip over- was not unusual.But during the civil war a flat tire was a death sentence…” This is also an example of logical reasoning of if you want to survive unharmed in the civil war‚ avoid flat tires. Flats
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Medical Marijuana Should Be Legal Have you ever heard of Charlotte’s Web? No not the movie but the high cannabidiol (CBD) and low tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) strain of marijuana that saved a little girl’s life. Her parents had tried many different things to help with their young daughter’s epileptic seizures when nothing worked they finally turned to marijuana (Marijuana Stops). According to Marc Emery Scott‚ not only can it save lives but it can also help us get out of our enormous debt (Marijuana
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Name: Scott Addison Course: ILM level 3 Certificate in Principles of Leadership and Management Module: Maintaining a Healthy and Safe Working Environment Word Count: 1‚820 Date: 20th February 2014 1.1 Identify specific legislation relating to health‚ safety and welfare in the workplace. The Workplace (Health‚ Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 cover a wide range of basic health‚ safety and welfare issues and apply to most workplaces. Here
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Executive Summary The comprehensive document is an overview of Fastenal Canada LTD and how it relates to sales management. The document first provides an introduction to the problem and company background of Fastenal‚ which includes a description of various views of Fastenal. It further goes into detail about the recommendations that relates to the two main parties involved‚ which are the customers and the company itself. The document also includes an in-depth implementation plan‚ which
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Grade 11 Biology Bio Ecology Field Study By‚ Colton Hatcher Introduction Hastings Point is a small coastal town located in New South Wales that is sounded by a national park. Hastings point has been a great location for tourists due to its marine wildlife‚ beaches and fishing. This destination is home to a magnificent rocky shore perfectly suited for a vast majority and wide range of marine wildlife. The rocky shore has a wide spread of both biotic and abiotic factors which provides a
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International Journal of Advanced Research in Management and Social Sciences ISSN: 2278-6236 RURALISATION OF URBAN AREAS: REVERSING DEVELOPMENT IN ZIMBABWE Jacob Mugumbate* Francis Maushe* Chamunogwa Nyoni‚ PhD* Abstract: Urbanisation is on an upward trend in Zimbabwe as evidenced by expansion of urban centres. Notwithstanding advances towards urbanisation‚ some urban centres are actually de-urbanising or ruralising as witnessed by deteriorating livelihoods‚ services and infrastructure
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Surfaces and Guideways Introduction Basic Components Structural Design of Pavements Portland Cement Concrete Design Asphalt Concrete Pavement Design THE END Thank you Surface - the term surface refers to Roadway pavement which includes Portland Cement concrete‚ treated soil (gravel or other aggregate materials) and Asphalt concrete Guideway - A track along which Automated Transit Vehicles are guided. Guideway include monorails‚ concrete guideway for rubber tired vehicles and conventional duo-rail
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Tourism is travel for recreational‚ leisure‚ or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes".[1] Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. After slowly recovering from the contraction resulting from the late-2000s recession‚ where tourism suffered a strong slowdown from the second half of 2008 through the
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Jasmine Saunders‚ Ian McKenzie & Alicia Smith Despite concerns that global warming is a result of green house gasses emitted through burning fossil fuels‚ it is still prominently used for energy (Bent‚ Orr‚ & Baker‚ 2002). The energy harnessed from burning fossil fuels is used to do such things as produce electricity‚ power vehicles‚ heat homes and cook food. Oil is the most widely used fossil fuel and also the most widely consumed fuel (over nuclear and renewable) globally with a usage of 38%
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