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Realist Theory and 911 Terrorist Attacks

the very opposite of democracy which strives for peaceful relations - evidenced by an absence of war and tyranny (Democratic Peace...

Devastation and Preparedness for Hurricanes

to result in a tight curl which eventually reaches gale force winds. It is at this point that a tropical storm is formed. Hurric...

Guilt of the Survivor

In nine pages this paper examines the psychological difficulties that accompany surviving a catastrophic event such as war, a na...

Europe and the Black Death

This paper consists of six pages and examines the Black Plague or Black Death that had a catastrophic impact upon 14th century Eur...

Case Analysis of the Exxon Valdez Alaskan Oil Spill

in his command. Says, Rawl -- who admits that even though he was not personally responsible for the accident, much of the respons...

Environmental Alternatives to Prevent Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect

In fifteen pages this paper discusses alternative sources of fuel to ease the catastrophic effects of the greenhouse effect and re...

Slippery Slope of Euthanasia

This paper consists of seven pages and examines euthanasia's sliippery slope with catastrophic implications for the Netherlands, C...

Meteors and the Defense of the Earth

The rare fragment that survives and actually lands on earth-that is a meteorite" (pp. 90). Krajick (1999) adds that modern...

1911's Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

hours and poor pay" (Kovacik, 1998, p. 137) - had decided to stay late that particular March Saturday in 1911. With a standard we...

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombing

reveal, American sentiment during the three day period in August 1945 leading up to the dropping of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima ...

British Columbia/Economic Impact & Pine Beetle

is pushing the timber industry to salvage what they can of the "dead and dying trees," by greatly increasing logging quotas (Webst...

Terrorism: Prosecuting Terrorists Under International Law

affairs; if and when this body of rules is either ignored or blatantly disregarded, such disrespect for all other countries involv...

Group Medical Plans

greater risk than office workers, for instance. A mostly older workforce would be at higher risk for chronic conditions than a you...

Intrusion Detection Systems

over the course of a few days was that sites like eBay, Amazon and Yahoo would be knocked off line for many hours (Krebs, 2003). O...

Human Population Increases and the Toll on the Environment

Our rapid population growth has put us into a position of having to balance immediate economic benefit against...

Germany and Her Deliberate Path Towards World War I

of World War I were extremely complex. People, actions, and events merged to result in one of the most traumatic world events of ...

Conflict Anger and Violence

Anger is something that all human beings experience at one point or another in their day to day affairs. Some individuals, howeve...

Disasters

quake it was estimated that at least 400 people had died. The conditions were relatively dire as almost freezing temperatures at n...

Senegal's Offer to Help Haiti

It was in January of 2010 that an earthquake struck Haiti, an event that killed close to 200 thousand residents ("Haitians on way ...

Natural Disasters

atmosphere and at the same time, it releases drier and cooler air into the atmosphere (The American National Red Cross, 2001). The...

Geology: Earthquakes and Liquefaction

through both solids and liquids, usually at a rate of between "6 and 13 km/sec" (Environmental geology, 2008, p. 7). S-waves are s...

Recovery in Japan after the Earthquake, Tsunami of 3/11

This paper focuses on the recovery efforts that followed the earthquake and tsunami that hit the east coast of Japan on March 11, ...

Three Disasters at a Time

In March, 2011, Japan suffered a massive earthquake, a massive tsunami, and a nuclear accident. No country has ever experienced su...

Earthquake, Tsunami, Japan 2011

This research paper relates many of the problems encountered by Japanese officials who are addressing reconstruction after the de...

The Japan Earthquake - Disaster Response Review

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at disaster response tactics. The 2011 Japan earthquake is examined as an example. Pape...

Need for Earthquake Preparedness

This research paper presents an overview of earthquake preparedness and the factors that of which nurses should be knowledgable. F...

The Impact of Nursing, Earthquake,

This research paper focuses on nursing care in regards to earthquake victims. The writer reviews relevant recent literature in re...

Use of Social Media during Disasters: Article Critique

This 3 page paper gives an analysis of an article focused on the use of social media and the earthquake in Japan in 2011. This pap...

Why California Won’t Fall into the Ocean

the "plate boundary" between these two (Louis and Anderson, 2001). Because the earth is still cooling, it is still releasing its i...

The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

800 rooms and rising an "impressive" seven stories.6 The hotel featured a "central grand court surrounded by tier after tier of co...