...Hurricane Sandy Research Paper Super storm Hurricane Sandy occurred from October 22, 2012 – October 31st, 2012. It was a storm that many people have never seen before and may never see again. Hurricane sandy destroyed homes, businesses, and took lives all in the process. When it comes to business continuity, what did the government, businesses/utilities, financial organizations and individuals do prior to the storm, during the storm, and after the storm. Hurricane sandy had an overall impact that will never be forgotten and taught us what we know today. The government played a role through FEMA in order to take actions prior to Hurricane Sandy. Government data forecasts were provided to the public. According to “Hurricane Sandy highlights role of government information in our everyday lives” by www.foreeffective.org, states that government satellites and airplanes collect the data on the storms strength and condition. The, the government scientists develop and apply the models that predict where the storm will go. Finally, a government agency, the national Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service, provides that information to the public. New York, Maryland, Washington, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina declare state of emergency and people are told to evacuate. During the super storm FEMA provided an effective and efficient response to the damages caused by Hurricane Sandy. During the storm, housing for the thousands of people the hurricane displaced...
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...Introduction Hurricane Katrina became the New Orleans¡¦ biggest nightmare in year 2005. Even though the city was spared the full impact of the hurricane, the city¡¦s levees were breached and flooded more than 80 percent of the city. At the end of the day, the total death toll has reached 1,836 as of May 2006, and the experts estimated the total cost of Hurricane Katrina at $81.2 billion or more. It was true that Katrina was a natural disaster; therefore, it was unpredictable and unavoidable. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) saw its approach to Katrina as a success story. However, many of the criticisms were directed toward the ill-prepared FEMA and the lack of coordination in the rescue operation, in which FEMA refuse volunteers¡¦ help including manpower and food. Some even suggested the abolishment of FEMA for good. The point at issue here is whether FEMA is effective in doing what it is suppose to do. We would identify the strength FEMA possesses, as well as the weaknesses the agency contained. Recommendations would be made in the end by using organizational behavior tools. What is FEMA? The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was established as an independent agency by presidential executive order on March 31, 1979. However, after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11th, FEMA became a part of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on March 1, 2003. Basically, FEMA integrates the emergency-related programs of Nations and is the central agency within the Federal...
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...BUSINESS ECONOMICS ECON545 JULY 2013 SESSION CHAPTER 15 QUESTION 14. Everyone’s Gas Problem When we discuss fluctuating gas prices, we have multiple reasons why this may occur. To begin, the price of gas could rise and fall due to breaks in the distribution. An example of the breaks in distribution could be a hurricane in areas of supply or an up rise or political upheaval in an area like Libya. Second, we can look at how close you are to a particular area of the US that would be near oil production or proximity. Third would be competition. How many stations are supplying gas in a certain area or region? As we get closer to a city like Chicago, prices may increase because of higher taxes. “According to the EIA, every time you pay for a gallon of gas, you are not only paying for the price of crude oil (61% of cost), but also federal and state taxes (15%), refining costs and profits (15%) and distribution and marketing (10%).” This is a classic case of supply and demand in economics which relates to the chapters we have discussed. Upon reading about gas and crude oil, I have learned that there are different types of oil. Light/ sweet oil is in high demand because it takes less time to refine into gas which in turn results in faster production. The price of light oil is higher because the supply is low. Heavier/ sour crude oil takes less production and is more readily available in turn the price is low. “Chicago, like most big cities, is required by the federal Environmental...
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...Title “Moments later, another passing soldier looked at Zeitoun and muttered ‘Taliban.’” Zeitoun (213.) The soldier that called Zeitoun this name knew nothing about him other then the fact that he was Muslim. The soldier simply accused him of something that he is not. It seems as though this is a constant battle for the Zeitoun Family. Zeitoun and his wife Kathy are often criticized and treated poorly because of the religion that they belong too. We do not have to read far into the book to get our first of example where Zeitoun is criticized for being Muslim. His wife Kathy does all of the office work for her and her husbands business, Zeitoun A. Painting Contractor. Every so often, would-be clients would call and ask where the name is from and also where is her husband from. Kathy would tell them that it is Syrian. Sometimes even that much was all it would take for the client to hang up. Kathy, an American converted Muslim, would also get negative reactions from people too. A teenage girl even went as far as trying to grab Kathy’s Hijab off of her head as she was walking in a parking lot. Kathy’s own mom would often make comments to Kathy that she can take that “thing” off of her head. Even though Kathy was white she was still subject to harassment because of her religion choice. Islamophbia is defined as: hatred or fear of Muslims or of their politics or culture. A study by Zogby International for The Arab American Institute shows an increase in discrimination...
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...otherwise. Being as where it is, the North Pacific Ocean, they have been affected by multiple hurricanes, like Hurricane Iniki, which had an amazingly large casualty rate. Hawaii has also witnessed quite-a-few battles and wars. As many of you know, Pearl Harbor took place in Hawaii. Pearl Harbor started World War 2, one of the bloodiest wars that had ever taken place. That just goes to show how the Hawaiian culture is certainly one that can bounce back on new feet after horrible...
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...Introduction In this course, we learned many different ways in how trauma can affect people and how trauma can shape the music around us. In this paper, I will reflect on what trauma is and how it can affect people. I will then describe three events that occurred in The United States that had a significant impact on how music changes during periods of trauma. I will first inform you about the construction of the Cross Bronx Expressway and how it created Hip Hop culture. I will then look at what ideologies were promoted within country music after 9/11. Lastly, I will look at how Hip Hop artists utilized Hurricane Katrina to point out social injustices that remain in our country. What is Trauma? My definition of trauma is that it is a painful event that creates a lasting effect on someone. It can be physical, mental or emotional. The painful event can be either man-made or natural. An example of a man-made traumatic event would be the attack on 9/11 which killed thousands of people. An example of a natural, traumatic event would be Hurricane Katrina, which also killed many people and displaced thousands from their homes. Even though not all traumatic experiences result in death, death seems to be a consistent outcome from both man-made and natural traumatic events. Trauma and death can affect people differently. The difference can occur on a cultural level, community level, family level, individual level, even a generational level. Many cultures will deal with...
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...Confederate Monument located on the Courthouse lawn in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The bronze statue, which is 6 foot tall and weighs 200 pounds, was made by the W.H. Mullins Co., Salem, Ohio, John Segesman, chief sculptor (Jones, 2010). The first Confederate descendants’ organization in Lake Charles was Robert E. Lee Chapter 305, United Daughters of the Confederacy, which was founded in 1899. It raised the funds for the monument. The South's Defender's Confederate Monument was dedicated on 3 June 1915 on the grounds of the Calcasieu Parish Courthouse in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Today, 3 June, is the official Confederate Memorial Day in Louisiana. It is important we continue to remember thecourage and sacrifice of our gallant heroes in gray, who gave their all to defend their homes and families. They gave all for us so that we might inherit a land where the principles of 1776 were still alive and well. The six-foot, 200-pound bronzed copper statue of a Confederate color-bearer rests on an ornate marble pedestal and five-tiered marble base adorned with decorative cannon balls. This piece of art is considered classicism, the style of a specific era in the history of humanities (Janaro & Altshuler, 2009). The front of the monument is embossed with the words "The South's Defenders. Lower down are the war years, 1861-1865 and "Our Heroes." On the back of the monument are the words "Unveiled June 3, 1915." Under this are listed the officers and members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy...
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...with Visuals Strayer University August 31, 2014 The topic of taxation is a very controversial subject. Due to its complexity, people from the left to the right have objected to it. There was a time when the federal government was funded only with revenue from imported products. A little bit of history informs us that income tax started in 1861 with the Civil War, when congress passed a bill required everyone to pay three percent of their income starting at $600 to $10,000 each year (Boortz & Linder, 2005). Since the end of Civil War, the battle began to get rid of the income tax. The truth is that the tax takes money off our pockets. But, I proposed that tax increase on income $ 250,000.00 or more per year because that will decrease taxation on the lower income levels, and increase revenue to the government to fight budget and reduce the national debt. As stated above, income tax was a battle in 1896 and continues to be a battle in 2012. The Sixteenth Amendment of the US Constitution was born to collect revenue from American workers, and that was a fight between Democrats and Republican over income taxation. Due to a 2% tax in 1894, the two major political parties took the fight all the way to the US Supreme Court with a question about the constitutionality of that law. The Supreme Court ruled that the income tax was unconstitutional. As a response to that ruling, Joseph Bailey a democratic senator from Texas presented a bill requesting an income tax. Republicans on their...
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...pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering; on every hand and far down the receding and fading spread of roofs and balconies a fulttering wilderness of flags flashed in the sun; daily the young volunteers marched down the wide avenue gay and fine in their new uniforms, the proud fathers and mothers and sisters and sweethearts cheering them with voices choked with happy emotion as they swung by; nightly the packed mass meetings listened, panting, to patriot oratory with stirred the deepest deeps of their hearts, and which they interrupted at briefest intervals with cyclones of applause, the tears running down their cheeks the while; in the churches the pastors preached devotion to flag and country, and invoked the God of Battles beseeching His aid in our good cause in outpourings of fervid eloquence which moved every listener. It was indeed a glad and gracious time, and the half dozen rash spirits that ventured to disapprove of the war and cast a doubt upon its righteousness straightway got such a stern and angry warning that for their personal safety’s sake they quickly shrank out of sight and offended no more in that way. Sunday morning came — next day the battalions would leave for the front; the church was filled; the volunteers were there, their young faces alight with martial dreams — visions of the stern advance, the gathering momentum, the rushing charge, the flashing sabers, the flight of the foe, the tumult, the enveloping smoke, the fierce pursuit...
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...“Can God Allow Innocent Suffering” Most of us wonder why things happen to us the way they do. We base what happens around our beliefs and values. Some people consider things such as natural disasters or a loved one dying being innocent suffering. This question is debated between whether it can be accepted or there isn’t anything causing or stopping it from happening in the first place. So the question is, can God allow innocent suffering. The Contradictor discusses that there isn’t a God at all. People will do their best to explain why their beliefs are true. In all reality, facts are facts and unless people are able to support their reasons then the facts will always override the opinions. People are always going through something, whether it be personal or happening to many. People do stupid things like school shootings and innocent children suffer. Fires break out and kill an innocent family in the middle of the night. Hurricanes that cover the area of more the three states causes thousands to loose their homes and personal belongings, have no way to get shelter and are starving. Do these people deserve to be put through all of this and later in life to only look at it like it was a tragedy. The question is why people suffer. If there is a God, why would these bad things happen to innocent people. Its obvious that God can do what he wants and if he wants to eliminate it (and why would he not?), then why do people still go through these tragedies? If we are capable of doing...
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...popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering; on every hand and far down the receding and fading spread of roofs and balconies a fluttering wilderness of flags flashed in the sun; daily the young volunteers marched down the wide avenue gay and fine in their new uniforms, the proud fathers and mothers and sisters and sweethearts cheering them with voices choked with happy emotion as they swung by; nightly the packed mass meetings listened, panting, to patriot oratory which stirred the deepest deeps of their hearts, and which they interrupted at briefest intervals with cyclones of applause, the tears running down their cheeks the while; in the churches the pastors preached devotion to flag and country, and invoked the God of Battles, beseeching His aid in our good cause in outpouring of fervid eloquence which moved every listener. It was indeed a glad and gracious time, and the half dozen rash spirits that ventured to disapprove of the war and cast a doubt upon its righteousness straightway got such a stern and angry warning that for their personal safety’s sake they quickly shrank out of sight and offended no more in that way. Sunday morning came — next day the battalions would leave for the front; the church was filled; the volunteers were there, their young faces alight with martial dreams — visions of the stern advance, the gathering momentum, the rushing charge, the flashing sabers, the flight of the foe, the tumult, the enveloping smoke, the fierce pursuit, the...
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...that diversity in our past, and present will continue to grow and shape our society in the future, thus benefiting us by allowing us to see beyond the lines of color and difference. Nonetheless, diversity in the past and present has helped me to also believe that although we are all different in some type of way we can overcome those differences and live peacefully amongst each other, thus growing as a whole. On the other hand with diversity there comes great challenges and struggles because we lack knowledge of other cultures and let our differences divides us as people. Such division can cause challenges like negative stereotypes, prejudice behavior and discrimination to list a few. In addition, I have learned that not only did the African Americans suffer but also the Native American Indians, Asian Americans and my own culture. Such suffering in the making of our great nation was the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarch by force and taking of our land as well. Nonetheless, although my book did discuss much about my culture, these are facts that I already knew because we were taught in Hawaiian history classes. In addition, there really is not much about the Hawaiian culture that I do not know about because we were taught at a young age how to play the ukulele, dance the hula, and celebrated the Hawaiian traditions and the wearing of Lei’s...
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...that diversity in our past, and present will continue to grow and shape our society in the future, thus benefiting us by allowing us to see beyond the lines of color and difference. Nonetheless, diversity in the past and present has helped me to also believe that although we are all different in some type of way we can overcome those differences and live peacefully amongst each other, thus growing as a whole. On the other hand with diversity there comes great challenges and struggles because we lack knowledge of other cultures and let our differences divides us as people. Such division can cause challenges like negative stereotypes, prejudice behavior and discrimination to list a few. In addition, I have learned that not only did the African Americans suffer but also the Native American Indians, Asian Americans and my own culture. Such suffering in the making of our great nation was the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarch by force and taking of our land as well. Nonetheless, although my book did discuss much about my culture, these are facts that I already knew because we were taught in Hawaiian history classes. In addition, there really is not much about the Hawaiian culture that I do not know about because we were taught at a young age how to play the ukulele, dance the hula, and celebrated the Hawaiian traditions and the wearing of Lei’s...
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...family, friends, and the death of their pride. The Danger was no longer imminent the time on the clock expired; Katrina had hit the shore with a vengeance, and left with no intention on covering her tracks. She unleashed her fury on the morning of august 29, 2005 with no mercy insight. The time for evacuation had come and gone. For the thousands that heeded the warnings and stayed were now in a battle for their lives. Whether it was the few thousand the filled the superdome or the brave few that stuck it out in their homes the outcome was the same. The carnage was real what were once streets, homes and landscape were now nothing more than mangled shards of wood and scraps of metal that was now underwater. For days people lay stranded on their rooftops, screaming and crying in hopes of help. Others laid face down in the water dead overwhelmed by the harsh conditions and scarce necessities. While others swam and walked in the water taking a chance of finding aid before they too were to parish. People in the superdome headed out to take toll of the hurricanes wrath and evaluate the damage. Rumors suggested that the levees that had protected the city from flood where exploded by the government. The people of New Orleans...
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...Baptism of Pocahontas John G. Chapman I believe the artist is trying to show how communication between the Indians and whites can be reasonable and somewhat sensitive. During this time Indians were expected to recognize submit to the beliefs of the Christian Church. The painting is also trying to promote religious and patriotic sympathy. Some of Pocahontas’ family were looking on and while others were turning away. There is some interest from other people in the crowd, but others seem uninterested. It shows a different side to the relationship with Indians and how people felt towards them. You see people bearing all over the church which shows a sense of caution. John Chapman received his commission in 1837, and it was hung in 1840. What is interesting, is at this time frame America was struggling with deciding what to do with the Indians. This was the time frame of “Manifest Destiny “and major westward expansion. Native Americans were being forced to either submit or be killed. While Chapman was painting, the Seminole wars were going on and the relocation of the Cherokee Nation. The message in this painting is shaped by these events. We see a sense of the superiority of the whites over the Indians. It shows the submission of the Native American to European religion and the birth of the “Manifest Destiny”. I believe the artist clearly communicated his message with in this painting. The content and the context of this painting expresses his view and the view of the American people...
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