and smashing into each other," with the most intense seismic activity recorded when Sandy turned toward Long Island, New York and New Jersey, says Keith Koper, director of the University of Utah Seismograph Stations. "We were able to track the hurricane by looking at the 'microseisms' [relatively small seismic waves] generated by Sandy," says Oner Sufri, a University of Utah geology and geophysics doctoral student and first author of the study with Koper. "As the storm turned west-northwest, the
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WHY GOOD LEADERS MAKE BAD Neuroscience reveals what distorts a leader’s judgment. Here’s how you can keep your own judgment clear. BY ANDREW CAMPBELL, JO WHITEHEAD, AND SYDNEY FINKELSTEIN 6 0 Harvard Business Review 1827 Feb09 Campbell layout.indd 60 | February 2009 | DECISION MAKING lies at the heart of our personal and professional lives. Every day we make decisions. Some are small, domestic, and innocuous. Others are more important, affecting people’s
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The author of my biography about Henry Ford, Wheels for the World, is Douglas Brinkley who is a professor at University of New Orleans and wrote many other biographies before. To begin, Brinkley is an expert on Henry Ford because of his fascination of Henry Ford interested him to the exposure to the former chauffeur of Henry Ford himself. For instance Brinkley’s fascination started when he was in school, which is when he met the chauffeur, Will Donaldson. Will Donaldson, whose father was an employee
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Reconstruction provides humanitarian aid to the rebuilding of the country/ region. It’s to give post reconstruction of a country which has been damaged by conflict or natural disasters. The EU, UN and NATO were involved in the reconstruction of Haiti, hurricane Katrina and the Pakistan earthquake in 2005. The organisations provide support and assistance to asylum seekers and refugees. The UN provides this support though the office of United Nations high commissioner for the refugees. This may include military
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Discrimination- The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons. Institutional Discrimination- A denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals or groups, resulting from the normal operations of a society. Political Correctness- Avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against. 1. How is discrimination
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To the Editor: Currently, the county board of supervisors is taking under consideration a proposal merging the local county health department with the health departments of three adjacent counties, so that the merged departments will constitute one large department, which address the public health needs of the region, rather than focus on individual counties. The rationale for this move is the belief that a regional public health department could be able to consolidate resources and facilitate
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leading to a price increase. Also understood is the supply aspect of fuel and that factors it faces, such as failure in the distribution networks (Forbes) or lack of supplies. A good example would be hurricane Katrina, and the failure to accept and distribute supplies. When Katrina hit I was living in South Florida attending college, and I recall gasoline station owners turning customers away simply because there was no product to sell. The domino effect from this was very crippling to the
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The federalism is a description of a system which is in a same geographic area, two or more governments share power to rule this area, which can be a country or region. For United States, the Constitution grants power to the U.S government and each individual state’s government in the U.S. The federalism is originally from America during the period constitution was created, and it is a solution for the problems with the articles of the Confederation. And there was another kind of government
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Jshon Twine Com 205 Dunleavy Personal Application Agenda Setting Theory On your way to class in the morning you over hear a group of people talking about some eventful news that has taken place over the last couple weeks following the recent presidential election. The group seems to have strong views towards the particular subject so this draws you in to the conversation. After being briefed on what the topic of discussion is you also begin to voice your opinion on the subject because
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Security and Privacy Case Scenario two takes place in a small town that was hit by hurricane. The concern is the basement of the organization was flooded by the storm. This caused damage to patient files, and some was washed away when the water receded. Developing an idea to address patients who ask about his or her health record is a must. There also has to be a process that is in place in an event, such as a hurricane that protects the records. There will also be a detailed discussion on a management
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