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    IMPACT OF SOCIAL ADVERTISING IN INDIA [1]J.Sindhuja‚ [2]K.Parthiban SCHOOL OF MANAGEMANT SASTRA UNIVERSITY THANJAVUR Social Advertising is the first form of advertising that systematically leverages historically "offline" dynamics‚ such as peer-pressure‚ friend recommendations‚ and other forms of social influence. Social media has the power to transform a campaign into a religion. Social Advertising is the media message designed to educate or motivate the Indians to engage in voluntarily social

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    2] A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (e.g.‚ flood‚ tornado‚ hurricane‚ volcanic eruption‚ earthquake‚ or landslide). It leads to financial‚ environmental or human losses. The resulting loss depends on the vulnerability of the affected population to resist the hazard‚ also called their resilience.[1] This understanding is concentrated in the formulation: "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability."[2] Environmental disasters are occurring with alarming regularity. But the

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    Disaster Management A Disaster can be defined as: A sudden accident or natural event that causes loss of life. The biggest problem with the disasters is the suddenness and swiftness with which they arrive. Disasters whether natural or man-made can strike at any time. The general response to a disaster is in terms of relief and rescue operations. If we are adequately prepared‚ its possible to severely reduce the impact of a disaster. The impact can be reduced through a good understanding

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    decimated by disasters and whose citizenry is regularly traumatised cannot be mobilised for any meaningful development. Most times‚ disasters occur with such regularity that huge human and material resources‚ which could have otherwise been used in national development‚ are lost annually to address disasters and for the rehabilitation of their victims. The magnitude of the pain or losses usually determines whether the occurrence is a minor accident or a disaster.1 A disaster is an event

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    In the case of disaster management‚ this is a very wide open field. A student should learn causes of disasters and figure out ways to reduce the risk of an catastrophe from happening in the first place. Here is what wikipedia has to say about disaster management: Emergency management (or disaster management) is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks. It is a discipline that involves preparing‚ supporting‚ and rebuilding society when natural or human-made disasters occur. In general

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS TOPIC PAGE Executive Summary 3 Background 4 Economic Environment 5 Social Considerations 6 - 7 Political Considerations 7 - 8 The Industrial Relations Climate 8 - 9 The Current State of the Private Sector 9 -10 Technological and Infrastructural Capabilities 10 - 11 Conclusion 11 Appendix 12 Bibliography 12           EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the factors

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    | | |Global problems of ecology................................................................................................... |3 | |Worst man-made environmental disasters of all time............................................................ |4 | |Bhopal |

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    Economic situation after Emancipation The Post Emancipation period resulted in most of the ex slaves leaving the estates. Many of them set themselves up as peasant (small) farmers. This resulted in a massive labour shortage which threatened to cause the sugar industry to collapse. The sugar industry was already in a poor state because of (1) shortage of labour and (2) sugar beet competition. To avoid total decline‚ planters tried to introduce immigration in the form of bringing in laborers

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    exposed to a wide range of natural disaster. The Philippines archipelago‚ located near the western edge of the Pacific Ocean‚ is in the direct path of seasonal typhoons and monsoon rains which bring floods‚ storms‚ storm surges‚ and their attendant landslides and other forms of devastation. The Philippines also sits on the "ring of fire" where the continental plates collide and thus experience periodic earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The Philippine exposure to natural disasters may be characterized

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    Slavery in the Caribbean

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    Rationale Area of Research: Slavery in the Caribbean “What evidence is there to prove that the Africans‚ who arrived in the British West Indies‚ were ill-treated?”This project seeks to examine the nature of slavery in the British West Indies and to prove that the slaves endured harsh‚ inhumane conditions. Acknowledgement First of all I would like to thank the Lord for giving me the health‚ strength and understanding to complete this project. Secondly‚ I would like to pay credit to

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