Knowing Exposure Risks Important to Saving Structures from Wildfires Sep. 4‚ 2013 — A recent study of one of California’s most devastating wildland fires by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) strongly suggests that measures for reducing structural damage and property loss from wildland urban interface (WUI) fires are most effective when they are based on accurate assessments of exposure risks both for individual structures and the community
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Why Should Colleges Stop Looking at Applicants’ SAT Scores “Why did they reject me? I thought I could get in since I have lots of awards and projects related to my major. I just did not do well in my SAT test. But how could they reject me simply because SAT score was not high? That’s so unfair!” As a tutor working in New Oriental‚ an agency that provides SAT test preparation services‚ I hear this sort of complain all the time. I have seen tons and tons of my students cannot get into their dream
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Speech- Social & Cultural Diversity “The rich marry the rich‚ and the poor marry the poor. The dags marry the dags and the wogs marry the wogs… and we all end up where we started.” During the time of reading Looking for Alibrandi‚ I tried to pay attention to the main concepts of the book and what we are studying in class of social and cultural diversity. How does the statement “The rich marry the rich‚ and the poor marry the poor. The dags marry the dags and the wogs marry the wogs… and we all
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Corporate Social Responsibility: Looking at Amtrak Sunset Limited Derailment Accident Kaplan University Corporate Social Responsibility: Looking at Amtrak Sunset Limited Derailment Accident Stakeholders are people that are affected by business decisions and/or who make those business decisions. Concerning the Case Study: Amtrak Sunset Limited Derailment‚ the confluence of events led to a great tragedy and in return there were many who were affected by the decisions of all parties involved
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became the band’s second successive number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100. "I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For" displays influences from gospel music and its lyrics define the spiritual desire to be with god. The song describes the journey that humans go on in our mission to find God. U2 has written a variety of spiritual songs‚ ‘I still haven’t found what I’m looking for’ makes distinct references to Jesus‚ ‘I believe in the kingdom… you broke the bonds and you loosed the chains’
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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT Working in the office environment for three years‚ I had been experiencing the serious effect of Occupational Overuse Syndrome (OOS)‚ as is exampled by a study in the UK which found that 75% of laptop users who used a laptop for four hours or more a day reported back pain. With the desire to have a thorough understanding‚ I have been motivated to have a research on this matter. OOS (also known as Repetitive Strain Injury) is simply a term used for a range
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Class Monitor: When students are in large classes it is very hard for the teacher to give every student individual attention. What can educational authorities do about this? It is quite obvious that when the students are in very large numbers in a class‚ the teacher can’t pay individual attention. I think as far as students are attentive in the class‚ teachers attention to individual hardly matters. Not all students in a class need personal attention‚ because they are smart and grasp the lessons
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age of 33. The organisation’s mission is ‘To provide choice in care and housing for young Australians with high care needs’. Youngcare’s core activities involve around revenue generation to fund its Youngcare homes‚ and at home grants for families looking after individuals with high care needs. Since its establishment Youngcare has consistently recorded strong financial performance‚ securing $4‚950‚328 in revenue and a surplus of $908‚317 in financial year 2012‚ and as at 30 June 2012 the entity had
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Beauty is More Than Skin Deep: Looking Good and Feeling Better It is often said that “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”‚ but is there any real truth to that? The phrase itself merely means that beauty has no set characterization‚ depiction‚ or even value for that matter. In a beauty salon‚ hairdressers use the environment of the salon and their clear connection to the beauty culture to accommodate to each individual clients interpretation of beauty. I think this was best stated when Lennon
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themselves and their world. This may or may not have positive outcomes‚ for one or two of the people involved‚ but we must all understand the consequences‚ whether good or bad‚ of changing perspectives. Josephine as a character in Kate Woods’ film “Looking for Alibrandi” highlights the ups and downs of being a teenage girl in turmoil‚ trying to find her own way in a community where she “doesn’t belong”‚ to find a positive outcome in what she feels is a world not made for people like her‚ especially
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