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    The Kentucky Flood The photo I am analyzing is the Louisville Flood image‚ one of many iconic photographs shot during the Great Depression by Margaret Bourke-White in Louisville‚ Kentucky. LIFE magazine covered the local disaster in February 15‚ 1937 in its issue and consequently the “American Way” billboard image was generated. Millions were left homeless due to the flood. The victims of the Louisville Flood are lining up to obtain food and clothing from a Red Cross relief station. The juxtaposition

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    THE STORY OF THE FLOOD- the Epic of Gilgamesh ’You know the city Shurrupak‚ it stands on the banks of Euphrates? That city grew old and the gods that were in it were old. There was Anu‚-lord of the firmament‚ their father‚ and warrior Enlil their counsellor‚ Ninurta the helper‚ and Ennugi watcher over canals; and with them also was Ea. In those days the world teemed‚ the people multiplied‚ the world bellowed like a wild bull‚ and the great god was aroused by the clamour. Enlil heard the clamour

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    Oryx and Crake

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    Hike Snowman eventually walks his way across the once park that he had been treading through. He enters the pleeblands—full of wrecked cars and debris. The area used to be residential. The shops on the ground floors are completely empty now. Plants grow through the cracks of most buildings. Soon the plants will overtake the buildings. Snowman ponders the possibility that he is not the only human alive. Maybe others survived in isolation. He imagines the questions that the human descendants will

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    that Ketsana brought‚ it flooded where it never flooded before. Water seeped into houses and in a matter of minutes‚ reached 30 feet. The speed of the flood took everyone by surprise. People have gone to their rooftops or their neighbor’s roofs to save themselves. Rich or poor‚ everyone was caught off guard and no one was spared in this massive flood. Picture this‚ this is a place where I have spent 34 years of my life and never had I encountered such a disaster. This is the national capital region

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    This collage is made of the genetically engineered animals which are mentioned in Oryx and Crake as well as some other photoshopped hybrid animals. Pigoons‚ rakunks‚ snats‚ wolvogs‚ glowing rabbits‚ liobams and ultimately‚ the creation of the Crakers are evidence of heavily practiced genetic engineering. This not only shows that the world is highly dominated by science and technology‚ but also demonstrates the gradual loss of ethics and moral among scientists and the general public. As Jimmy’s mom

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    Brief history of amul

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    History: Formed in 1946 as a Dairy Cooperative based in Anand‚Gujrat. Its brand name is taken from Sanskrit word “Amoolya” meaning precious and is managed by the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF). It was established because of the exploitation of marginal milk producers by traders or agents of existing dairies in the small town named Anand. Amul has appropriate and unique model that is targeted towards rural development. Amul was the pioneer of the White revolution of

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    Oryx and Crake

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    Jason Jun Mr. Dixie ENG 3U1 30 March 2014 Corruption of Corporations in Oryx and Crake In Oryx and Crake‚ Margaret Atwood illustrates a dystopian world where human beings and numerous hybrids organisms coexist. The setting is drawn in the future and Atwood foreshadows that some animals will go extinct and in order to fill up some gap in the food chain‚ human will have to fill the gap with modified organisms. Moreover‚ she suggests several interesting ideas about what she thinks might happen

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    Crake; from numbers to words Oryx and Crake is a story that takes place in a not-so-distant dystopian future that Margart Atwood believes we’re heading towards. The world has been taken over by corporations who are driven purely by greed and profit. These corporations have built giant “compounds” where they house their scientists‚ who are referred to as “numbers people” by Jimmy‚ the main protagonist of the story. These “numbers people” are using genetic engineering to “improve” humanity. Anything

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    Network Security

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    Network Security Some DoS attacks can be avoided by applying vendor patches to the software that has been compromised. Another way to deal with DoS attacks in the case of an attack coming from a number of known IP addresses is to put up a rule to drop all incoming traffic from those known attackers. Yet another way to deal with these types of attacks is to set up packet filters. This will act as a proxy for connections. Once the handshake is validated it will be forwarded to the correct destination

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    You Decide- Sec572 Week 2

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    You Decide – Assignment 1 SEC572 – Week 2 To develop network security strategies that will ensure that the organization’s network is protected from both internal and external security risks. A summary of the steps I can take to mitigate the risk in the following areas: Denial-of-Service attacks (DoS)‚ Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks (DDoS)‚ Masquerading and IP Spoofing‚ Smurf attacks‚ Land.c attacks‚ Man-in-the-Middle attacks. Denial-of-service DoS attacks DoS attack is simply to send

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