On the 23rd August 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina hit the United States. It was the costliest hurricane‚ as well as one of the five deadliest‚ in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes‚ it was the sixth strongest overall. Due to the severity of this earthquake‚ much of the southern states of America were significantly devastated. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23‚ 2005‚ and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane‚ causing some deaths
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Describe a situation when you had to handle a dissatisfied and angry customer. I had a customer one day who had ordered two cakes‚ and I made them as the order form said. When she came to pick them up we found out that the person who took her order had completely messed up what she wanted. I apologized and gave her the choice between giving her a discount on the cakes‚ or making two new ones for her. Luckily she came early enough before the party that she had time to wait and opted that I remake
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Could you imagine a dark cloud coming over the United States large cities for 10 years. Well in the 1930s‚ a depression erupted causing millions of people to lose their jobs and making many banks and businesses go under. The depression effects made millions of people across the country try to stretch each dollar and the president had to step in with his new deal to save his country. To begin‚ the people of the United States had to stretch each dollar as far as it would go. Trying to stretch
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School shootings in general are tragic‚ because they often affect innocent victims and almost always could have been prevented. In the given scenario Harless actions are in fact unstoppable‚ but the actions of the faculty are quite the opposite. The school went about the situation completely wrong. Instead of confronting the students once notified they are possibly in possession of a firearm‚ they should have notified law enforcement‚ worked to secure the area then isolate Harless and McCoy. In this
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Subsequently‚ Huck helps others‚ gaining experience. Huck says‚ “At last I struck the time I saved him by telling the men we had smallpox aboard‚ and he was so grateful; and said I was the best friend old Jim ever had in the world (Twain 228).” Huck risked quite a bit when he helped Jim‚ especially helping an escaped slave. He risked going to jail and even had a conscience breakdown but he still decides to help Jim become a free man‚ even though he risks his own life. The king and duke were con men
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The change in climate is something we are all facing. We sometimes hear of winter days becoming longer in some states and summer months becoming hotter than usual. All of these changes are contributed to the choices we make in our day to day lives; do we recycle‚ are we conscious of our surroundings‚ etc. Would I consider this to be an issue of morality? Yes‚ I would. Everyone has the responsibility to be aware of their surroundings. We each must take a part on how we treat the planet‚ i.e.
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It was around 5 pm on a Tuesday evening when the National Hurricane Center in Miami‚ Florida‚ issued a warning to its citizens that a tropical storm would soon become a hurricane. Being only 350 miles from the populated city‚ Floridians didn’t have much to fear. At age four‚ I was one of them. But we and the residents of New Orleans‚ Louisiana and Mississippi didn’t know just how wrong we would be. Hurricane Katrina was the third deadliest hurricane in the United States history‚ claiming over a
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Effective approaches to prevent teen pregnancy After reading numerous articles and abstracts in regards to the ever so intriguing topic of teen pregnancy‚ I ’ve come to a conclusion which is a little different than I had expected. Before reading any of the literature on teen pregnancy‚ I was under the assumption that the sex education classes provided in school were an extremely effective weapon against unwanted teenage pregnancies. Of the literature references that I ’ve used and those of which
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health care centers‚ and charities. We are also going to try to stop trafficking at the start by increasing our international engagement with the source countries‚ enabling us to learn and understand human trafficking patterns to better be able to prevent trafficking before it starts. Lastly‚ we will be strictly monitoring the borders and creating profiles stating the risk of victims from particular countries so that the front line staff can focus on
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A. Steps to prevent baby dumping cases 1. Parents should pay more attention on their children Parents have to monitor their children’s activities and behavior. They should guide them with some sex education and also teach them to differentiate between correct and wrong things to do in any situations. Besides that‚ they should spend more time communicating with their children to give a better understanding of what their children are actually doing. Restrict the number of pornography websites in our
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