Tavaski Gordon March 7‚ 2014 HS 256 Unit 5 Paper Disaster Response A disaster brings violence‚ terror‚ and trauma‚ to all who experience its wrath and devastation. Destruction and suffering is the entertainment that disasters provide to its audience‚ through a campaign of psychological and physical damage. According to the fields of disaster psychiatry and disaster psychology‚ a disaster is a major ecological and psychosocial destruction that far exceeds the coping ability of a disaster
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Hero. That word has become so broad and widely used that it seems undefinable. People say that their heroes are sports stars‚ celebrities‚ or fictional characters. None of those are real heroes. Heroes are brave people who are motivated to help others‚ not just anybody in the spotlight. Heroes are brave. They put their life on the line to save others. An example of this happened on December 3 when state trooper Michael J. Miles saved an unnamed 3 year old boy from his abductor‚ Michael Ramirez‚
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Great Falls College—Montana State University Workplace Discrimination Based On Augmented Appearance Katrina Christopherson Business Law and Ethics Teri Ford-Dwyer April 1‚ 2015 An amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ Title VII‚ makes it unlawful for any employer that has more than fifteen employees to discriminate against the employee based on religion‚ race‚ sex‚ color or national origin (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission). The Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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Others describe it as strong and have courageous personality. A hero is a person who is able to help another in various ways. A person can become a hero by doing a sacrificial act when someone is in danger. It can be a doctor who saves life‚ a firefighter who is risking his life to get everyone out in a burning house or even a soldier who maintains peace and order in country. To others it can be a father or mother who provides everything that his/her children needs. Each meaning has its own level
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Rascal Flatts would be the last song I would hear before my career changed forever. I was Sergeant Eli Horne with Engine Company 10‚ Ladder 10. I woke up every day to do the job I wanted. Ever since I was a little boy‚ I wanted to be a firefighter. My dad was a firefighter and he was preceded by my grandfather. It was 5:45 am and it was yet again time begin my day as an “an everyday hero” as my ex-wife had called me. I never would have guessed that at the same time I woke up‚ terrorists were passing
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The United States has one of the highest fire death rates in the world. In 1998 the “NFPA reported about 14.9 deaths per million population. Between 1994 and 1998 about 4‚400 Americans died and about 35‚100 were injured yearly. Also about 100 firefighters a year lost their lives in their hazardous job related duties.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arson) Fires kill more Americans a year than natural disasters combined. Arson is the most expensive crime committed‚ this can be attributed to the several
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make money‚ tons of it‚ but have you ever thought about other people doing others jobs‚ especially the dangerous ones and don’t make as much money as you? While athletes devote their lives into their job‚ nurses‚ doctors‚ construction workers‚ firefighters‚ and military fighters don’t even gain that much and they serve this country (Nurses make 71‚000 dollars‚ doctors make 189‚000 dollars‚ construction workers make about from 20‚230 and 59‚900 dollars‚ and military fighters make 76‚841 dollars).
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What started as a small spark ‚ possibly in a barn‚ ignited one of the most destructive and largest catastrophes‚ in Chicago’s history. The Great Chicago fire of 1871 is still a mystery. MAny have speculated‚ pointed fingers‚ and taken blame for the devastating fire that destroyed hundreds of acres‚ took many lives‚ and charred the Windy City to ashes. The truths to what really happened on that late night on the eighth of October may never be unravelled. Many do however feel that the evidence
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Rachael Dudley Due: 7/19/2015 Professor: Ms. Storey Topic: Issue 6 Side B: Professional athletes should not be expected to be role models. So‚ what really is considered a role model? According to the Webster dictionary‚ a role model is a person whose behavior‚ example‚ or success is or can be emulated by others‚ especially by younger people (Collins). Growing up one of my main role models was my
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The sound of a screaming child getting beaten‚ just because she is black. The struggle of life for the blacks‚ who had to be careful to not disrespect any white person. They had the fear of God in them to not break their set rules. The blacks eventually had enough and began to protest. One of their protest is the March from Selma to Montgomery. The March on Washington was one of the biggest “riots” in history. But‚ to be claimed as a riot‚ it sure was a quiet one. This protest helped the blacks get
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