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    Morris‚ Manitoba: Feast or Famine? In 1974‚ 1976 and 1979‚ it cost a combined $37.6 million dollars to rebuild due to the Red River flooding. With all the flooding‚ it also increases the stress on the people of Morris but it can also bring the families closer together in a time of distress. One physical characteristic that contributes to the annual flooding in the Morris Region is the drainage basin it sits in. The water from the Red River flows up from North Dakota and into Manitoba. Morris

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    during the mid 1840s to 1850s in Ireland were definitely not the best for many families‚ it was a time of tragedy. These were the years during the horrific times called the Irish Famine‚ also known as the Potato Famine or Great Hunger. The Irish Famine claimed innumerable amount of lives‚ leading to a “mass emigration of famine survivors to the United States” (McCallum). There were countless of families who emigrated to America during this catastrophe in order to escape starvation‚ poverty‚ and death

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    potato farm in Ireland during the Great Potato Famine. It was the worst famine in Europe in the 19th century. This famine started in September of 1845 and ended in 1852. During this time‚ life in Ireland was extremely difficult. We suffered from much starvation and disease. Approximately one million of us died and another million emigrated to other countries‚ especially America. The population of the country dropped 20 to 25%. The Great Famine began mysteriously. My family and I woke up one

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    Adobe Acrobat XI – Forms Made Easy by G. Jo Greene. April 3‚ 2013 The objective for my project was both personal and professional. First‚ I wanted to be able create customized user-friendly forms that could be distributed and/or accessed by multiple parties at once. Second‚ I wanted users to be able to complete the forms and submit them electronically so that the data could be captured and tracked accurately. Finally‚ once captured‚ I wanted to be able to export the data in a manner that

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    Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality PHI 200 Mind and Machine August 19‚ 2012 In this article Peter Singer’s goal is to shed light and bring awareness to the way people in the world are suffering due to poverty and natural disasters. He also explains how many people struggle to survive because they live below the poverty line‚ some on a dollar a day. Singer makes the point that we should be doing more to help those who are not in the position to help themselves. By using Bengal as an example of how

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    INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE Presented to ANALIZA PANA-AGUILAR Instructor In partial fulfillment of the requirements in PA 1114: Management Information System THEA MARIE SALDANA JUNNIBEV BANGCAYA March 2013 BACKGROUND OF THE AGENCY MANDATES BY THE 1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION The National Statistics Office (NSO) is the major statistical agency responsible in collecting‚ compiling‚ classifying

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    The 1845 Great Irish Potato Famine negatively affected Ireland and its people. Due to this famine‚ many factors resulted from it and changed the course of Irish history. Three of these factors are reduced population‚ decline of the Gaelic language‚ and increased harshness of the Irish landlords. The Great Potato Famine was caused by a type of fungus called potato blight‚ which caused the potatoes to become mushy and inedible (Trueman). The 1846 potato crop was a failure due to this fungus

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    1) Irish Potato Famine. 1845-1849. Called the Great Famine. In the early 19th century‚ Ireland’s tenant farmers struggled to provide for themselves and to supply the British market with cereal crops. By the early 1840s half the Irish population‚ mostly the rural poor‚ became to depend almost exclusively on the potato for their diet. The rest of the population also consumed it in large quantities. A heavy reliance on just one or two high-yielding types of potato greatly reduced the

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    Singer Critique: Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality PHI208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Instructor: Christopher Kinney Marissa Witt October 21‚ 2013 In Peter Singer’s 1972 article Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality‚ he describes the dire situation that nine million refugees faced in East Bengal in 1971 and urges the wealthier‚ or affluent‚ nations to take immediate and long term moral actions to stop the spread of extreme global poverty. With this‚ he offers a philosophical

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    in-depth research was famine. Nearly 800 million people on the planet suffer from malnutrition and other hunger related illnesses. Famine is a widespread inability to obtain food that often results in death or sickness. The U.N. even declared hunger the “largest humanitarian crisis in history.” I was surprised to learn famine is not an issue centered around a lack of food‚ but rather a lack of access due to a vast array of different causes that we discussed in class. Famine is caused by many different

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