In August of 1983 Hurricane Alicia slammed into Texas coastline causing mass destruction. The hurricane formed near Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico before hitting Texas. Hurricane Alicia was responsible for the death of 21 people‚ along with nearly two billion dollars in damages. Alicia was the first ever billion dollar hurricane to destroy Texas. Hurricane Alicia tore through Galveston and Houston with wind speeds of 115 miles per hour destroying parts of the cities and created at least 23 reported
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Super Safe Security Training Decision An Organization procedure for Success HRM 420‚ Training and development October 27‚ 2010 As the training manager for super safe security (SSS) regarding Carl Smiths concerns in response to the cost of conducting a second or refresher training‚ I would reassure him that this training benefits our organization goals and mission. I would also like to reassure Mr. Smith that proper training within the area of security affects us since many companies today
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(President Bush‚ National Security Strategy‚ June 2002) In the turn of the 20th century‚ after the collapse of the Soviet Union‚ the United States was the most powerful nation; it prospered economically‚ militarily‚ and politically. With this increase in power came a great consideration over how the United States would deal with foreign affairs. After the attacks on the World Trade Center the idea of preemptive measures became the highlight of the Bush’s National Security
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state‚ and federal law-enforcement agencies in sure that safety is by interacting with the United States Department of Homeland Security known as DHS. DHS mission is to strengthen preparedness on the national level with resilience against potential incidents‚ whether it be chemical‚ cyber like the attacks from North Korea recently or terrorist attacks. The Department of Homeland Security is an agency that should have Intel on any situation before it is to occur. DHS should also have ways of combating
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confined to the Horn of Africa; there is a lot of rifting activity in the far south as well. This extended into Kenya and Tanzania. The reason that this paper was written was to discuss the general geology of these rifts and highlight the geological process involved in their formation. Brief Overview and Main Points The main point of this paper was to discuss the general geology of rifts in African and highlight the geological process involved in the formation of rifts. (Wood James‚ 2005) The oldest
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THE STRATEGY EXECUTION SOURCE Article Reprint No. B0911A Risk Management and the Strategy Execution System By Robert S. Kaplan For a complete list of Harvard Business Publishing newsletters: http://newsletters.harvardbusiness.org For reprint and subscription information for Balanced Scorecard Report : Call 800-988-0866 or 617-783-7500 http://bsr.harvardbusinessonline.org For customized and quantity orders of reprints: Call 617-783-7626 Fax 617-783-7658 For permission
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international security. From Chechnya border bombings to 9/11‚ terrorism has simply worsened and remains a major issue with no solution. Terrorism continuing to expand has only become more deadly and harder to control. This‚ in turn has fueled distrust and division while advocating threats to international safety. Terrorism remains the largest enemy to world peace as it undermines national security‚ drives countries into anarchy and continues to downgrade democracy. The National Security Council has
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another Hurricane Katrina Sea gates are another option that have proven very affective in other areas of the world such as Holland‚ Britain‚ and Venice‚ which is also below sea level and has a large number of canals. Sea gates are simply giant air-filled walls that cut off water flow. These gates would most likely be placed on Lake Pontchartrain’s two narrow outlets and would be only be closed if a storm was approaching. Such structures have been considered since the 1960’s‚ but the idea was crushed
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Before I walked into the classroom for the first time‚ my head was filled with questions. The night before I worried about what to wear‚ when to wake up‚ when to leave‚ and what my first day would entail. I was so excited to start my journey as a social studies teacher but had no idea how the day would go. As I walked into the classroom‚ I saw rows of desks perfectly lined up‚ facing a white board and a smart board. I scanned the walls and saw posters relating to government and psychology and even
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Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) What is RPL? Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is a formal yet flexible assessment process that can be used to determine an individual’s current level of industry knowledge‚ identify skills and relevant workforce experience. In order for Qualifications to be issued‚ the RPL Assessment verifies your competency against the established industry standards that have been detailed in the Training Packages. RPL is used specifically to review the applicant’s learning
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