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    Woman Hollering Creek

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    beliefs and ways of knowing that guide communities of people in their daily lives” (qtd. In Rothstein-Fusch and Trumball 3). Every culture is different and unique in its own lifestyle. Culture is basically life itself. The short story “Woman Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros is a clear example of these characteristics by bringing together life in Mexico and the United States. The reader gets the opportunity to view both sides of Cleofilas‚ the protagonist of the short story‚ culture as she moves to

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    Disaster Recovery

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    Media Madness Disaster Recovery Plan Overview By Loki Consulting‚ Inc. Iris Morgan Heather German Gwen Northrup EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Loki Consulting‚ Inc. was established in 1997 as a result of Hurricane Fran. Many businesses were devastated by the storm due to the absence of a disaster recovery plan. Realizing the need for disaster recovery consultation‚ Loki Consulting‚ Inc. was created to provide businesses with expert knowledge on implementing a critical component of any organization

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    Disaster Management

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    ROLE OF STUDENT IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT Knowledge on first aid‚ rescue and evacuation. Help in the preparation of the school disaster contingency plan. Aware the parents and community on various types of hazards and what are the preparedness measures to be taken. Plantation in the school premises. Boosting the morale of the community after the disaster. Senior students can help villagers in preparing the Village Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan. The students

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    The Myall Creek Massacre

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    Place and Time The Myall creek massacre happened near the Gwydir River‚ in the central New South Wales district of Namoi. It happened on the 10 June‚ 1838 at Myall creek. The Kamilaroi Nation The Weraerai tribe of the Kamilaroi nation were the tribe involved in this conflict. At the Myall creek station there were mainly older men‚ women because several days before the massacre‚ 10 of the most able-bodied men had gone to a station about 24 kilometres away‚ named Newtons on the big River‚ where they

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    Bhopal Disaster

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    ASSIGNMENT 1 TITLE:BHOPAL DISASTER DATE: 30 NOVEMBER 2009 1. Abstract The night of 3rd December marked an industrial disaster when more than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ India that instantly led to the death of approximately 3‚800 people and causing permanent injuries for thousands more. The company involved shamelessly tried to avoid its legal responsibility. Nonetheless‚ a sum of $470 million was paid as compensation‚ a considerably small amount in

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    The Chernobyl Disaster

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    the 26th of April in 1986 one of the worst nuclear disasters in history occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine. The number 4 reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant ended up exploding after several errors that occurred during a scheduled safety systems test. The explosions released large amounts of radioactive materials into the sky and it was spread over great distances by wind streams. The repercussions of the disaster are only now being better understood today. The

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    Muscogee Creek Nation

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    of Americans‚ the Muscogee Creek Nation has changed tremendously. We no longer dress up in head dresses and make sacrifices‚ but we do try our best to preserve and teach our culture and heritage. Today the Creek Nation is still an organized community with a leader‚ meetings‚ rituals‚ and a language. Creek Indians can be found in many places today‚ and there is no definite way to tell that one is of the creek descent except by their blood. To declare yourself as a creek citizen you must first be

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    Fukushima Disaster

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    nuclear meltdowns and releases of radioactive materials. According to the International Business Times (Australia) "Fukushima is not the worst nuclear accident ever but it is the most complicated and the most dramatic disaster.” (IBT‚ 01) On April 2011 The Nuclear Institute rated the disaster a Level 7 “Major Accident” on the International Nuclear Event Scale. The International Nuclear Event Scale How the reactors were damaged An earthquake of magnitude 9.0 on a Richter Scale initially damaged

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    Yesterday‚ the 8 orange team went to the Conodoguinet Creek for class. We went there to see the velocity of objects running down the stream. We got water samples to see what the alkalinity levels were in the creek. Finally‚ the last thing that we did was pick up rocks and brought them to shore to see if there were any macroinvertebrates that were attached to the rock. That is why our class went to the Conodoguinet creek yesterday. When my group went to the first station‚ we were testing the

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    The Fukushima Disaster

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    On 11 March 2011‚ disaster struck Fukushima‚ Japan when an immense tsunami hit and caused massive equipment failure to the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant‚ which led to vast radioactive leaks and consequences. The Fukushima disaster is one of the worst nuclear disasters to ever take place‚ comparable to Chernobyl. Some energy specialists believe that the detriments of nuclear energy far outweigh the benefits due to the consequences it has caused in history and what it will cause in the future because

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