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    The period between 1980- 1999 was bad for Canada. Many people in Canada experienced unemployment. Devastating disasters ended in death and loss of resources. HIV and other diseases were discovered and spread throughout the country. HIV is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system‚ this virus also leads to obtaining AIDS. Job losses were common in Canada. New technology reduced the need for human labour causing tens of thousands of Canadians working in the manufacturing industries to be laid

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    "Hurricane Katrina: A Natural and Political Disaster" Four days after Hurricane Katrina devastated much of the northern Gulf Coast‚ tired and angry people stranded at the convention center in New Orleans welcomed a supply convoy carrying food‚ water and medicine with cheers and tears of joy. Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. It was the sixth-strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the third-strongest land-falling

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    In the poem "After the Disaster" by Abigail Deutsch she expresses the thought that things could be worse in someoneone’s life and that many different things may come up and impact your life. I believe the primary feeling of the poem would be a little depressed and sad just based off of what all she talks about along the story and by the words she uses to describe this "disaster." But throughout the poem the author‚ Deutsch‚ uses sound‚ symbolism‚ and metaphors to convey the idea that many different

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    A community’s ability to cope after a disaster is critical in ensuring that the community and its citizens are able to return to a sense of normalcy after the disaster. Oftentimes‚ the response to a disaster can be a determining factor in the ability for the community to prepare for the next disaster. The conceptual model of societal response to disaster lays the framework for a society to understand the ways in which a disaster affects the community‚ either before‚ during‚ or after the event. The

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    AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM‚ PROVIDING FOR THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONALIZING THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN‚ APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of

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    Thi Lanh Nguyen MKTG 455-01 Nike’s Supply Chain Software Disaster One of the worst supply chain disasters was Nike’s supply chain crisis in May 2001. According to the analysis of the Boston Consumer Group in April 26‚ 2004‚ trying to reduce inventory tied up in out-of-style products and boost sales of hot-fashion products‚ Nike installed i2’s demand-planning software into its legacy systems without testing the new system. The new software system supposed to help Nike match supply

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    BRITISH MIDLANDS‚ KEGWORTH AIR DISASTER PRE-CRISIS British Midlands Airways Limited (trading as BMI or British Midland International) was an airline with its head office in Donington Hall in Castle Donington‚ close to East Midlands Airport‚ in United Kingdom. It was acquired by international Airlines Group in April 2012 and was merged into British Airways by 28th October 2012. The airline flew to destinations in Europe‚ the Middle East‚ Africa and Central Asia from its operational base at London

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    A natural disaster is the happening of a dangerous hazardous event‚ which can cause damages for the societies (Petrucci‚ 2012). Floods are one of the most common natural disasters over the world and they have occasional devastating influences in developed as well as developing countries (Ahern‚ 2005). Recently the floods increasingly happen over the world in general and specially in Australia. For example‚ a sequence of floods in Queensland in early December 2010 did happen and led to a damage of

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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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    Who I think is responsible for the ‘Rena Disaster’! ! The Rena Disaster was a oil spill disaster that happened off the coast of Tauranga in New Zealand on the 5th of October 2011. The crash was cause by the grounding of the Rena Ship on the Astrolable Reef at 17 knots. I think that the captain of the Rena (Mauro Balomaga) was the one responsible for the disaster. ! ! First of all‚ I think this because it was mostly the Captain’s decision to take the shortcut on the way to the Port

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