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For both the Lusitania disaster and 9/11 attacks, the historic phase came immediately. In the Lusitania disaster, help took several hours and unfortunately by then many had succumbed to hypothermia or drowning. Local fishermen helped recover bodies, find the unaccounted for and bodies were laid to rest in Queenstown following the disaster, with a memorial to commemorate the victims. Immediately after reports of the 9/11 attacks first responders raced to save as many people as possible from the…

Tourism is one of the fundamental sector that contributes to every country’s economy. Singapore, as a developed country, have witnessed the nation’s tremendous growth in terms of its tourism attractiveness and competitiveness. The evolution from a chaotic fishing village to a popular tourism hub in Asia. The tourist arrival numbers has been increasing yearly from 9 million to 15 million since the introduction of the Integrated Resorts as reported by Singapore Tourism Board (STB). Thailand, a…

received funding from the bailout, it was still not enough for some airlines. Mass hysteria over flying also erupted after 9/11. Americans were too afraid to fly, which also led to declines in airline travel. Although changes made at security checkpoints and legislation such as the Aviation and Transportation Security Act were passed, Americans were still fearful of flying. This effected the industry majorly, as well as the…

To help the reader understand certain situations both light and dark values are employed to differentiate between tense and calm situations. The use of black borders around certain frames were also employed to show the difference between a flashback and present times. The main story takes place in Rwanda and is about Deogratias after the genocide, with flashbacks that leads up to the story peppered throughout…

initiative and integrity in addition to thinking critically, communicating and collaborating skillfully and being able to set and meet goals. Moreover, practitioners are supposed to develop critical leadership skills to enable them to act beyond borders that limit their potential thus avoid professional derailment. However, delivering of progressive healthcare is a challenging process for many healthcare practitioners. Leadership is described as the individual’s behavior that involves directing…

nuclear accident,39years later,how is Chernobyl now? It is not easy to answer the question before knowing the details about the Chernobyl nuclear accident. The Chernobyl nuclear facility, which located in Ukraine about 20 kilometers south of the border with Belarus, had four working reactors (units 1, 2, 3, and 4) at the time of the accident. The accident happened on the very early morning of 26 April 1986 when engineers ran a test on an electric control system of unit 4. Because of a…

744). The Act was approved on June 27, 2013 by the US Senate. Immigrant advocates believed that S. 744 would increase the militarization of the border, and create a temporary status for ten years before immigrants can obtain their legal permanent residents. They are concerned that the S. 744 would increase the profiling of Latin@s immigrant and other immigrants by government. It also includes new…

This chapter focuses on the definition and relevance of the facial appearance. The chapter starts with the description of the facial features as they are the basis of the facial appearance and crucial for the perception and recognition of faces (Andrews, Davies-Thompson, Kingstone, & Young, 2010). The distinct analysis of facial features played a significant role in the flowering periods of physiognomy. With detection of a holistic processing of faces, modern research investigates more complex…

I was born November 8, 1977, in San Salvador, El Salvador. I was raised around Ilopango which is a small town right outside of the capital and my birth place. It was much more rural, like a countryside really. It was a pretty place to grow up. The town was extremely small. There were only a few houses that were largely spread out throughout the town. In no way was my situation luxurious. My parents didn’t really want me, or any of us really. I knew my dad and my mother and where they were but in…

considered strong; if you lose, the country is considered weak. This, however, does not determine how justified the country was in deciding to go to war. The Mexican American War marked the first time the U.S. fought on foreign soil. This war began over a border dispute between America and Mexico. It started with Texas gaining independence from Mexico in 1836. At first the U.S. did not want Texas to join the Union due to the issue of whether it would be admitted as a slave state or a free state,…