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    forgotten. Born in Boston in 1734, Paul was the oldest son in a family…

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    A massacre is known to be a brutal and indiscriminate slaughter of unimpeachable people therefore the use of the word massacre for this event is ambiguous, in truth, the Boston massacre should have been classified as a little dispute, brawl, or riot between mother country and colonies owing to the facts that; all the propaganda that was printed emphasized and exaggerated the actual actions taken by both the colonists and the British, the colonists made the first move, and the British only used…

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    Boston Massacre Effects

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    their rights. At the time, without a doubt, the American Revolution was flared by a chain of events in the colonies. One of the most damaging events was the ‘Boston Massacre’, caused by the continued tension between the government and colonists in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, leading to five unarmed colonists death. The effects of the ‘Boston Massacre’ on the colonies were devastating, and hearing…

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    The Chernobyl Disaster

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    Disasters include a variety of elements, and the extent of time a disaster occurs can range from an hourly disturbance to days or even years of ongoing recovery. Disasters are most commonly classified as either a natural or technological hazard and can impact a relatively small community or even have worldwide effects. In April of 1986, Ukraine experienced one of the world’s largest technological disasters that has since proved to be an ongoing effort to reduce hazards associated with the…

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    Engineering Disasters One of the most famous engineers was Thomas Edison who famously stated that “ [he had] not failed, [he had discovered] 10,000 ways that did not work”. Despite Edison’s numerous failures, he eventually perfected his version of the light bulb, got it patented and proceeded to make his invention available to consumers. Edison’s approach illustrates the engineer’s ideal process, as he repeatedly tests and perfects the design of the desired result before releasing the result to…

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    Activation Process Summary

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    Activation procedures first begin with the designation of personnel to authorize declaration of disaster and signaling of resumption of normal processing, which TAMUITDRP effectively states that the President, Vice President, and Chief Information Officer hold these responsibilities. A team is also pre-organized with specific responsibilities if a confirmation of threat is declared. Within a large organization, each team has a leader (and alternates) that are key university personnel that are IT…

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    39 years ago , an unprecedented nuclear accident equate Chernobyl to disaster. On April 26, 1986 morning, the Soviet Union 's first nuclear power plant exploded,which located in Chernobyl,Ukraine. The radioactive dust generated by the accident resulting in 400 times than the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, stronger. April 26th is the 39th anniversary of the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident,39years later,how is Chernobyl now? It is not easy to answer the question before…

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    both international and local Japanese news programs, with the global network news reporters clambering through the rubble (Bestor, 2013). This unprecedented natural disaster that has shocked the world is known as the Tohoku Pacific Coast Earthquake and formally known as the ‘Higashi Nihon Daishinsai’ (the Great Eastern Japan Disasters). From a magnitude 9.0 undersea earthquake, to a 15-meter tsunami which ultimately resulted to a nuclear…

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    Explained how a business can analyze the return on investment of a disaster recovery plan The organization should do a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) which should calculate what might happen if there was an interruption of a business function and what information is needed to develop a recovery strategy. When doing a risk management test a potential lost scenarios should be identified. There are many types of scenarios to consider doing a disaster, like loss of goods from your suppliers, delay…

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    My views were not modified any of this controversial issues . Some of the issues like Gennetic Privacy and Discrimination. I had ruminated about before, but you cannot change your views if you did not have any. This class strengthens my views on GMO 's, Nuclear Energy and things like CRISPR and this class stored me with more information and perspective in a compelling and thought provoking way. I believe none of things are bad in premise, but can be used for horrible things, leading to…

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