the 1970 Cyclone (Nov 12-13) with cyclonic surge of 3.05m to 10.6m high with wind speed of 222 km/h occurred during high tide causing most appalling natural disaster claiming 0.3 million human lives. On the 29 April 1991 a devastating cyclone hit Chittagong‚ Cox’s Bazar‚ Barisal‚ Noakhali‚ Patuakhali‚ Barguna and Khulna along with tidal bore of 5-8m high with wind speed of 240 km/h which killed 150‚000 human beings‚ 70‚000 cattlehead‚ and the total loss was about Tk 60 billion. [HS Mozaddad Faruque]
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During the 1950’s and 1960’s in America‚ there was racial discrimination and segregation‚ which was legalised through the Jim Crow laws. The Civil Rights movement aim was to challenge these laws and achieve legislative change‚ making the ”X” challenging the racist laws and enforcing equal ones. The movement was a ”Sustained upsurge” due to the constant protest and large scale buy in from the African American community‚ which lead to numerous groups forming because of it which sustained the CRM..
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American Politics The 1970s were by far the most turbulent decade for the United State domestic and abroad. The government was torn in many different directions and the Vietnam War had torn the public in two different directions as well. Throughout the entire decade every citizen of the United States had to question the legitimacy of the government and if they could honestly trust the government. Several events plagued the decade: Vietnam‚ Watergate‚ Iran Hostage Crisis‚ and Stagflation. The White
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Rumors are a type of special communication. They are naive pieces of information that helps people to make sense of things that they are confused about. They usually are not wordy or complex. It would only take a few words for them to be descript. Rumors also can help and satisfy people emotionally and psychologically. When it comes down to it‚ they can both help or cause problems. There are three basic characteristics of rumors. First is how do they get around. The second characteristic is providing
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Why did the U.S. enter an energy crisis in the 1970s? The United States entered an energy crisis in the 1970s for several reasons that were to some point self-inflicted. One of the contributing factors was the United States involvement in the development and arming of Israel. While the Soviet Union was sending arms to Syria and Egypt‚ the United States via President Richard Nixon was helping Israel defend their boarders and people by supplying them with arms. This in turn caused an outrage within
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The Eagles are the most successful American rock band of the 1970s‚ formed in Los Angeles in 1971. The members that have played in the band are Randy Meisner‚ Glenn Frey‚ Don Henley‚ and Bernie Leadon. They have successfully made ten albums and are still a band today. Hotel California was the Eagles fifth album and was their best selling album (despite The Eagles Greatest Hits). The album was made on Asylum (a recording company) in late 1976. This is their first album without one of their founding
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the start of the video game industry. Soon after its release‚ several companies began producing games that copied Pong’s gameplay‚ and eventually released new types of games. Music There was a ’boom’ of Australian music acts in the early 1970s‚ Spectrum‚ ACDC‚ and Daddy Cool were some of the most successful Australian bands of this time. The popularity of surf culture continued into the 70s. From 1972 to 1975 the Sunbury Music Festival (considered to be Australia’s answer to America’s Woodstock)
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the creating and growth of organized child protection through nongovernmental child protection societies. The year 1962 marks the beginning of the third or modern era: the era of government-sponsored child protective services.”(Myers‚ 1). Since the 1950s many laws have been implemented in order to protect children and keep them safe in our country. Children have become increasingly safer over the past fifty years‚ largely because of the effect of Henry Kempe’s article‚ “The Battered Child Syndrome”
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Anglo-Dutch consumer product from Unilever decided to grant 100‚000 individual flexible working hours so they can have a positive employment practice. The company did a trail run of Agile Working in one of their sites and saw how successful it was and then offered this flexible work program to many more employees. Unilever purchased technology equipment so their employees can complete their work outside of their office. The technology that has been handed to the employees has had a good response
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FIFTEEN YEARS OF DECENTRALIZATION: THE DSWD EXPERIENCE Alicia D. Bala The Local Government Code of the Philippines was enacted in 1991 to address the problems associated with a highly centralized Philippine bureaucracy. It was enacted to by the state to ensure the autonomy of local governments as contained in the Philippine constitution. One of the major features of the Code was the transfer of the responsibility for the delivery of basic services‚ including appropriate personnel‚ assets‚
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