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    Small Is Beautiful

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    Small is Beautiful The word ‘small’ represents what is minor or of minimum importance but small can also be beautiful. For instance ‘smile’ is a five letter word‚ a small word as you may see it‚ but is of great importance. Smile is a beautiful thing. It brings cheer and happiness in one’s life‚ it helps one to stay fit and healthy not only mentally or emotionally but physically too. Smile brings joy and tenderness in one’s heart amidst various amounts of sorrow‚ tension and turmoil. Not only does

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    The text “Killer Waves: How Tsunamis Changed History” by Becky Oskin is suggesting the tsunami in the 15th century transformed the people’s societies with culture transitions‚ circumstantial increase/decrease in trade/interaction‚ and the migration away from the coast. With food sources destroyed‚ societal changes had to be made in order to survive. The societal changes created a shift in culture‚ resulting in the Maori people to have a larger warrior based culture‚ to protect the remaining resources

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    Effects of Tsunami

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    finds ways to flow through the building bottom (i.e. windows‚ doors‚ garages). Agricultural Damage * Many agricultural zones hit by tsunamis experience significant erosion in a short amount of time. This reshaping of the land or loss of it to the ocean causes two major changes: seawater dumps high levels

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    Jaya Surya Teja Vuyyuru 10ME30050 Education  Year Degree/Certificate B.Tech & M.Tech Dual Degree‚ Mechanical Engineering 2010-2015 2010 Board of Intermediate examination 2008 Board of Secondary Education Institute/School Indian Institute of Technology‚ Kharagpur CGPA / % 8.89/10 (until 5 semesters) Sri Chaitanya Junior College‚ Vijayawada Bashyam Public School‚ Guntur 95.7 % 91 %   Summer Training Sophomore Summer: Organization: JOCIL Limited Department:

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    DISASTER MANAGEMENT’S PROJECT Handling Natural Disasters – Tsunami Made By – {name} What to do BEFORE a Tsunami * Find out if your home‚ school‚ workplace‚ or other frequently visited locations are in tsunami hazard prone areas. * Know the height of your street above sea level and the distance of your street from the coast or other high-risk waters. * Plan evacuation routes from your home‚ school‚ workplace or any other place you could be where tsunamis present a risk. *

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    SUBMITTED TO: PROFESSOR AMITADHANDA DEAN(ACADEMICS) NALSAR UNIVERSITY OF LAW‚ HYDERABAD A large number of people to the extent of 220‚000 people were killed in the tsunami which hit South Asia in 2004. There were disastrous consequences of this natural calamity. Loss of millions of lives and displacement of millions more. All the reports and the media focussed on every possible impact of the disaster which included its impact on the environment

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    Applications Information Center‚ Institute of Behavioral Science‚ University of Colorado‚ 1998 Sri Lanka Navy‚ Naval History Book‚ 2002 U.S. Government‚ 21st Century Complete Guide to FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency by Progressive Management‚ 2004 U.S Web Sites and online documents Basaen‚ I.‚ Contribution to the UN-ISDR’s online discussion on the Draft Framework to Guide and Monitor Disaster Risk Reduction‚ www.unisdr.org‚ 2003. Benouiar‚ D. Contribution to the UN-ISDR’s online discussion on

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    Dispatches from the Edge

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    DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE A Memoir of War‚ Disasters‚ and Survival ANDERSON COOPER To my mom and dad‚ and the spark of recognition that brought them together Contents Introduction 1 Tsunami: Washed Away 9 Iraq: Inkblots of Blood 47 Niger: Night Sweats 83 Katrina: Facing the Storm 121 Photographic Insert Aftermath 165 Epilogue 203 Author’s Note 209 Acknowledgments 211 About the Author Credits Cover Copyright About the Publisher Introduction I WAS TEN WHEN my father

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    The Killing Sea Essay

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    The Killing Sea Sarahs family gets split apart when the tsunami hits. Sarah’s first thought  when she wakes up after the tsunami is that her family is most likely dead‚ when she finds Peter she almost never lets him out of her sight again. When the 2004 indonesian tsunami hits many people were separated from their family. An example is that according to bbc news 228‚000 people were killed in this tsunami. These people probably had family somewhere that they were separated from or that will miss them

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    It is likely that virtually the whole population of nearby Herculaneum‚ which suffered a similar fate‚ perished in the pyroclastic flow. They had made it as far as the seafront‚ but tsunamis that had accompanied the eruption made it impossible to escape by ship. It is difficult to tell how many people were killed‚ only 2‚000 bodies have been recovered from Pompeii and surrounding towns‚ and some assume that most of the inhabitants of Pompeii escaped. Although‚ recent accounts make it clear that

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