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    Gun, it is one of the most hazardous object or material that any man kind could have ever created. Although law enforcement officers often use it to protect themselves from menacing suspect, gun should not be allowed in school to teachers nor students for any purposes or reasons because it is extremely dangerous. Allowed gun in school to teacher and students especially in a country where violence has become an epidemic could lead into a greater deal of fear to students and teachers just as it is…

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    some possible loopholes that was perceived due to some circumstances that challenged that intergovernmental relationships, obviously, in the wake of hurricane Katrina and the survey taken by the National League of Cities. Interestly the Katrina catastrophe has sparked arguments as to why it has resulted in a huge disaster when the intergovernmental system was so intact and could…

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    the entire nation. Nevertheless, Kennedy also accentuated on the willingness of its government to prepare agreement with Germany. The agreement was in the context of fostering peace and independence to the nations that have been affected by the catastrophe of the Berlin wall. Moreover, the president argued that the Western Berlin government need to adopt security concerns that are appropriate to all the nations (Smyser, 2009). Hence, the president Kennedy created awareness to the public about…

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    honorable William Shakespeare. Brutus, is an honorable man who was trying to keep Rome how it was when his ancestor Junius Brutus got rid of all of the rulers. The idea of a tragic hero is someone who usually comes from noble birth who suffers a catastrophe. Shakespeare uses the traditional ideas, but he also put a spin of his tragic hero’s. Shakespearean tragic hero’s included complexity, letting us see the inner turmoil of the character, the choices the character makes instead of fate, and…

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    The Chernobyl disaster (1986) was probably the worst possible accident in a nuclear power plant. It was the biggest catastrophe ever happened since the beginning of operating nuclear power stations. It started by a total meltdown of the reactor core. The explosion and the consequent reactor fire, burning for 10 days, resulted in a vast emission of radioactive material, early deaths of 31 persons and adverse consequences for the public and the environment [198]. This Chernobyl disaster provided…

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    of events that eventually lead to their doom. The events after the “incentive moment” build to the middle or climax of the story, called the “catastrophe” or change of fortune (McManus). The incidents building up to the catastrophe in Romeo and Juliet first began in the incentive moment when the two profess their love for each other. Then, the catastrophe occurs when Juliet says, “This is thy sheath. There rust, and let me die,” and kills herself, meaning she would rather die than live without…

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    this week? Howitt and Leonard (2009), in their segment on Hurricane Katrina, depicts in detail the features of New Orleans in emergency crisis in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. A hurricane crisis which eventually escalated into a natural catastrophe as the storm's destructive winds and rain resulted in the rupture of the levees that had protected New Orleans from the waters of Lake Pontchartrain. According to observers, Hurricane Katrina engulfed 90,000 square-mile disaster zone —…

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    Doomsday Seed Vaults

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    case maybe, it is easier to go back to the wine for a sip or two until the bottle is empty. The vault has more than 860,000 samples, from almost all nations and of course the seeds are stored so the world or a particular nation can recover from a catastrophe,…

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    of the elements needed for Brutus to be a tragic hero are used. Brutus is the tragic hero of the play because he has complexity through an internal conflict, a tragic flaw, choices that were influenced by his tragic flaw, and he also suffered a catastrophe. Shakespeare used many of these heroes throughout his writings, and each one was different from the…

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    Naomi Klein in her book The Shock Doctrine, is the exploitation of a community suffering from a state of shock as a result of a natural, political, or biological disaster in order to make a monetary profit. The collective people sharing in this catastrophe are in a state of shock rendering them into a position of heightened vulnerability. This heightened vulnerability opened the door for major worldwide corporations to come in under the guise of providing aid and support and leave without…

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