On September 11‚ 1992 at exactly 5:15 am‚ the sound of sirens filled the island of Kauai. This was the day that the category 4 hurricane Iniki hit Hawaii. Iniki was the most powerful storm‚ the deadliest‚ and by far the costliest storm ever to strike Hawaii. The death toll of six was remarkably small for such an intense hurricane‚ however the cost for damage repair was insanely high. Iniki caused roughly $3 billion in damages. More than 14‚000 homes were affected‚ with 1‚421 completely destroyed
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Different Points Of View Throughout the three of these passages‚ the authors are all evaluating the same topics‚ but are telling them from different point of views. The passages are‚ “Klondike Gold Rush”‚ “from A Woman Who Went to Alaska‚” written by May Kellogg Sullivan‚ and “City of Gold‚” by National Film Board of Canada and all of them share the same topic‚ yet only two of them have the same point of view. For example the first passage‚ and the third passage share the same point of view‚ which
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events that occurred in their lifetime. There are several chances that one expects something pleasant to happen and it comes true. On the other side‚ an occasion doesn’t appear when somebody expects it. I can explain this with my personal account of Hurricane Sandy‚ an event that occurred on October 29‚ 2012 and ended on November 2‚ 2012. This affected the northeast portion of the United States. As a result of this event‚ I had lost power‚ had a tough time doing tasks‚ and took my education away. On the
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WEST hopelessly into DEBT. What the west have done is they have funded Unsustainable lifestyle using others money i.e. Debt. Debt was thought as developing Countries’ problem‚ but it has now become Developed Countries’ Problem. The financial sector was saying the prices of the Houses are never going to fall at least since the Great Depression but actually now they have fallen. Shanghai – China’s Commercial Capital. China & other Developing Economies produce what the Richer Economies need.
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Chavez is known for his actions in advocating for field worker’s rights. Chavez had the inspiration for the worker’s union due to his own experience‚ he had grown up in the fields of Gila Valley (Mich 165). This allowed for Cesar to understand many of the injustices occurring in the working fields. Although‚ it took some time for Cesar to be recognized as a leader and for him to form his union‚ he devoted his life in ensure the rights of others. Chavez’ used both his knowledge of organization and his
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"What Rights Did Women Have" What rights do you bealive a women has compared to a man? Do you think they have just as much or less than a hard working respectable man. If you aren’t sure about your answer then continue reading about an officer of the Women’s Rights from 1848-1928. Today it is November of 1903 and there are me‚ and many other guards and police officers waiting on the landing dock of Plymouth‚ England. Around noon the steam boat appeared out of the misty
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Hurricane Season: A Coach‚ His Team‚ and Their Triumph in the Time of Katrina Hurricane Katrina was a big deal in Louisiana but it didn’t brother John Curtis’s high school football team during the 2005-06 season. In this novel by Neal Thompson‚ Hurricane Season‚ Neal Thompson tells us about how Hurricane Katrina destroyed Louisiana‚ but John Curtis’s football team were full of dumb mistakes. The head coach of the Patriots was J.T. Curtis and the high school players were preparing themselves for
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an administrative or business situation. Please address all correspondence to Dr Susan Tai‚ Department of Business Studies‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong‚ E-mail: bustai@polyu.edu.hk. Supermarket Cyber Storm: Where adMart Went Wrong INTRODUCTION A revolution was taking place in the grocery store industry‚ and was creating the potential for drastically lower food bills for Hong Kong consumers. This was the result of Mr. Jimmy Lai Chee-yings latest business venture‚ adMart
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Hurricane Sandy and the Subway Hurricane Sandy‚ the largest Atlantic storm ever and second most costly storm in United States History (Preliminary estimates of losses due to damage and business interruption are estimated at $65.5 billion)‚ made it painfully clear exactly how fragile a city composed mostly of low-lying islands can be. At the beginning of the storm‚ Mayor Bloomberg announced that New York City public schools would be closed Tuesday‚ October 30 and Wednesday‚ October 31‚ however
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Mrs. Weidel would stay with such a man. All of this would change one summer day. One summer day‚ when Joyce was eleven‚ she could hear the Weidel’s dog whining and crying for hours. When Joyce’s father came home from work he went over to the Weidel’s to see what was going on with the dog. Mr. Weidel had shot this poor dog. Joyce’s father spoke to Mr. Weidel and convinced him to put the dog to rest. Finally one of the Weidel boys shot the dog. Joyce would come to discover the dog’s grave
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