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    Increase awareness of Habitat for Humanity’s disaster response program in the United States In order to increase awareness of the disaster response program facilitated by Habitat for Humanity‚ it is vital to perform heavy marketing. There are many Medias to use and due to the high-demand of an exponential brand awareness growth‚ it would be optimal to utilize a variety. Using numerous methods can greatly expand the target market. Social media websites are some of the most browsed pages amongst

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    In 2010‚ a huge earthquake hit Haiti and almost flattened the tiny country. A year later‚ in 2011‚ an equally huge if not bigger earthquake hit Japan. Many people were affected in Japan but now the country is running smoothly again while Haiti’s poverty rates are still as a high as 80%. Why did these earthquakes have such different effects on these countries? The most significant reason these earthquakes had such different effects is the simple matter that Japan is just much more prepared than

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    Is Locke’s distinction between primary and secondary qualities tenable The world we live in is often taken to be the direct cause of all of our sense experience and this common sense approach is rarely given a second thought. However‚ upon reflection the experiential process of acquiring and interpreting sense data is complex and still under discussion. John Locke proposed the idea that our minds are born in a state of Tabula Rasa and therefore all knowledge must be gained through experience.

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    Carella 1. What is a primary source versus a secondary source? Please describe each and provide an example of each kind of source that we have used in the class so far. A primary source is a first-hand eyewitness account of an event or time period. Most of the time it is written or made during‚ or close to‚ the event or time period. It could be a creative writing‚ a primary source‚ a historical or legal document‚ work of art‚ music records‚ but original‚ not interpretive. A secondary source is a second-hand

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    Emergency Response: Disaster in Franklin County Katherine Helm Western Governor’s University May 2013 Role of the Major Public Health Personnel In the event of a disaster‚ the community relies upon the public health personnel to evaluate the needs of the community‚ assess the available resources‚ provide reliable information‚ and coordinate health activities. It is essential that local health workers are trained professionals who are reassuring and organized to address health‚ social‚ cultural

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    During 2016 Ms. Noble has been an active member of the SNS Disaster Response Team and is always willing to assist with special request. When complaints from clients and or their families are brought to Ms. Noble’s attention she handles those complaints appropriately. She is consistent in notifying upper level management when issues arise. She assures that appropriate action is taken when there is a need for protective services. She makes herself available for assessor team staff to come to her

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    Thesis: Earthquakes have been a natural part of Earth for many years and are caused by a shift in the Earth’s tectonic plates. Tectonic plates shift when two separated pieces of Earth’s crust push together because of the pressure of the hot air below them pushing up on the plates from the heat of the Earth’s core. This pressure must be released somehow‚ so when the pressure becomes too great for the plates to withstand‚ one part of a plate gives way to the pressure by rising above the other part

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    Tertiary literature sources A variety of tertiary literature is available to help our in the research. Most of these publicatons are called indexes and abstract ‚ and selection will be held by your university library.Tertiary sources also known as search tools are designed either to help locate primary & secondary literature. Other example of tertiary literature sources is encyclopedia‚ dictionary‚ citation indexes‚ catalogue‚ web based portals‚ data bases and journal contents pages. The tertiary

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    Disaster Planning Disaster Planning prevention‚ preparedness‚ response‚ recovery PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DISASTERS .................................................................................................. 2 – NATURAL DISASTERS........................................................................................................................... 2 – MAN-MADE DISASTERS ...................................................................................................................

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    disaster is a natural or man-made (or technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be ostensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ orexplosions. It is a phenomenon that disasters can cause damage to life‚ property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people. In contemporary

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