Over 5 million people spread across 20‚200 communities hold a flood insurance plan. In the year 2005 the National Flood Insurance Plan (NFIP) had paid out close to 16 billion. The premiums paid by the 5 million have only surmounted to 2 billion‚ therefore the NFIP has the ability to reach out to the US Treasury. With the US Treasury enabling the NFIP to meet its financial obligations‚ the financial obligations are becoming the obligation of the taxpayers (GAO‚ 2005) (Wells‚ 2005). The goals of
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FACTORS AFFECTING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE KSSR IMPLEMENTATION There are many factors that affect the effectiveness of implementation of KSSR. We are going to touch on three factors which are the element across the curriculum‚ LINUS program and interesting Teaching and Learning session with a holistic assessment. These three factors have played an important role in the effectiveness of KSSR. The three added values that have been introduced in the curriculum are the element of creativity and innovation
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crisis event. The response planning provides disciplined and rapid incident assessment to “ensure a response‚ and it unites the national response doctrine as presented in the NRF‚ which describes basic responsibilities and roles for incident response across the board for all levels of private and government sector” (“Developing and Maintaining”‚ (2010‚ p. 21). When it comes down to recovery‚ we believe that all leaders of their organization should create a design a long-term recovery plan so that
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MIS Project Management at First National Bank During the last five years‚ First National Bank (FNB) has been one of the fastestgrowing banks in the Midwest. The holding company of the bank has been actively involved in purchasing small banks thoughout the state of Ohio. This expansion and the resulting increase of operations had been attended by considerable growth in numbers of employees and in the complexity of the organizational structure. In five years the staff of the bank has increased
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National healthcare spending HCS/440 November 9‚ 2012 Linda Watson National healthcare spending The United States spends more on health care than any other country in the entire world. The current level of national expenditures is astounding. According to us.governmentspending.com‚ the anticipated total of healthcare spending in the United States is $7‚400.00 per person each year (Kaiser‚ 2009). Over the years the total of healthcare spending has continued to increase at a rapid rate
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Marine National Park in the Gulf of Kutch is situated on the southern shore of the Gulf of Kachchh in the Jamnagar District of Gujarat state‚India. In 1980‚ an area of 270 km2. from Okha to Jodiya was declared Marine Sanctuary. Later‚ in 1982‚ a core area of 110 km2 was declared Marine National Park under the provisions of the Wildlife (protection) Act‚ 1972 of India. It is the first national marine park of India. There are 42 islands on the Jamnagar coast in the Marine National Park‚ most of them
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Furthermore‚ another example of this kind of wilderness that involves an isolated place without a through and permanent human place is the Yellowstone National Park. Based on the established definition of wilderness‚ Yellowstone National Park is one of the best examples that relate to wilderness. Generally‚ Yellowstone was initially established as a place for recreational leisure‚ scientific work‚ and conservation from the natives (Jacoby‚ 82-83). Yellowstone was once again brought into conflict
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1930. Closed down uncompetitive shipyards‚ mills and mines‚ did mean that those who survived in business could attract new investments. 1930 coal mines had more modern machinery. Unemployment rose 1932-33 1931 cuts didn’t save the Gold Standard. National gov was supposed to protect the finance. Leaving gold standard meant the pound fell in value. Making exports cheaper. Other countries left the gold standard and fell in value too. Other countries introduced tariffs making exporting more difficult
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NATIONAL STEREOTYPES THE ENGLISH Personality tests indicate that national stereotypes are constructed on the basis of prejudices and rumours. "Themselves" consider them to be superior in all respects to anyone else in the world‚ allowing other nations to assume a number of qualities‚ becoming less in number as these countries move away - the farthest country being the poorest in quality. Who are these "themselves"? The Americans‚ the Germans or the British? They are the Persian‚ described by the
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lets me believe whatever I want to believe and allows me to walk out those beliefs without restraint. Veterans alive or fallen have fought for these privileges and fought for our rights and our freedoms to explore all of these liberties. In our national anthem‚ it says “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” We live freely in this land because of the brave souls that fought for it. There are a multitude of veterans everywhere and in many families‚ they deserve our gratitude and respect
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