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...ses arise from whether a disaster is perceived to be of slow or rapid onset. This investigation reflects on the interplay of short and long- term social and biophysical factors on the scale of one particular disaster, Tropical Cyclone (TC) Nargis, which hit the Ayeyarwady Delta area of Myanmar in May 2008, killing perhaps 140,000 people in four hours. This will be achi...

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...sters 22 Chapter 2 –Components of Disasters and NRM 27 Economic Analysis – Five Forms of Capital 27 The Significance of Context 31 Ecosystems Functional Analysis 35 A Note on Statistics 39 Chapter ...

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... entre otras igualmente falsas y temerarias”. Las palabras de aquel dirigente socialista, escritor e historiador, nos recuerdan aquellas otras de Gr... ...io equitativo de la obra de Sarmiento requiere considerar la época y el medio social en que tuvo que vivir y actuar, así como su formación cultural ... ...e San Juan de la Frontera, a más de mil kilómetros de distancia de la antigua capital de un virreinato desintegrado, del que habían desaparecido sus... ...s. A la caída del estado colonial le siguió la anarquía y el caos político y social. Esa crisis de la independencia constituía el marco dentro del c... ... de ese mismo año: “... los que por pura malignidad han querido atribuir a la capital de Buenos Aires aspiraciones ambiciosas sobre el Estado de Chi... ...s horas que deben trabajar, una parte de las utilidades que su sudor da a los capitalistas. Entonces, la política, la constitución, la forma de gobi... ...entre sí, para proveer a su subsistencia presente y futura, dando su parte al capital puesto en actividad, a la inteligencia que lo dirige y hace pr... ...an a Cisneros con sus dos fracciones: la republicana de Álzaga, con tendencia social conservadora y fuerte apoyo en el comercio, ni los independenti... ...oyo en el comercio, ni los independentistas de Belgrano, más reformista en lo social que en lo político. El colapso español en el que sólo Cádiz que...

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...and, having fathered Lot, also died in Ur Kasdim (Ur of the Chaldeans). Ur was the capital of S(h)umer but the Kasdim - Khaldeans - did not make it... ...n Georgia (Dashnak or Dashnaktsutyun, "Union"). Mass demonstrations in the Turkish capital (in 1890 and 1895) and armed uprisings followed (in 1894... ...sts, it is not futile to continue to look for Atlantis. http://dmoz.org/Science/Social_Sciences/Archaeology/Alternative/Lo st_Civilizations/Atlan... ...iance on guerrilleros and militiamen. He then reconquered Caracas, Venezuela's capital, at the head of a small army and declared himself a dict... ...e royalists in yet another botched campaign, he retreated and captured Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia in December 1814. After a series of ... ...tp://wekker.seagull.net/bolivar/biograf_menu.html Bra Mary Phelps Jacob - a rich socialite - received the first patent for a bra in 1914. Her cor... ...99 and 1906 Gorky lived in St. Petersburg and participated in the activities of the Social Democratic Party. When it split in 1903, he, indeed, supp... ...he opposed the 1917 October Revolution (the Bolshevik coup against the post-Tsarist Social Democratic government). So damaging was his criticism of ... ...n raised by gay or lesbian parents exhibit the same level of emotional, cognitive, social and sexual functioning as children raised by heterosexual...

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...ung adult whose overriding desire is to belong to a higher - or at least, richer - social class. While he waits upon the subjects of his not so hid... ...cterized by the DSM IV (Diagnostic and Statistics Manual): "Failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviour, deceitfulness as ... ...ir meticulously crafted facade. They more often than not go on to great success and social acceptance while their detractors are relegated to the f... ...scenes, he keeps shouting: "Be careful, I am spontaneous". The Director and fat-cat capitalistic producers want him to be spontaneous, they want him... ...d ends badly. Finally, the "Truman Show" encapsulates the most virulent attack on capitalism in a long time. Greedy, thoughtless money machines in... ..., self- esteem, sense of self-worth, and sense of existence (spatial, temporal, and social). But one can easily imagine a brain in vitro as having t... ...raits and cognitive style, which may well be stable, are often influenced by Dan's social setting and by his social interactions. It would seem t... ...thers. Disparities of money create markets, labour, property, planning, wealth and capital. Mental inequalities lead to innovation and theory. Know... ...all the Industrial Revolution and, more recently, the transition from Communism to Capitalism). Climate change is not likely to be the only excepti...

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...y produce every type of handicraft and they create every type of familial, social and cultural works, especially those we call works of art, that a... ... my own love and not with the love of another, even if the Other is with a capital O. If, instead, my Personal SELF is already with me inside the w... ...an, and Giorgio pointed out that I was asking you to be courageous, with a capital ‘C’. So. If you want to follow me in my reading of the paper I am... ...sk you to be even more courageous; I have to ask you to be courageous with capitals on all the letters, not just the ‘C’. To help you better underst... ... this does not happen the artist cannot exist, either on a public level or socially or historically. The artist can exist on his or her own, but no ... ...secute them. This is true of all human relationships, be they personal or social. How can we break this spiral of perfectionism and hatred? I kn... ...ics have one and the same soul: in every sphere of life, be it personal or social, we want to blend together TRUTH and BEAUTY, like artists know how... ...d of daily life, in the field of human relations, be they interpersonal or social. I hope that every Existential Anthropologist can say, at the e... ... my opinion, the real problem is as follows: that which we call Life with a capital L, and that finds expression in all the forms of life that we are...

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... carreira de professor, ensinando Filosofia na UFMG; mais tarde, Psicologia Social, na Faculdade de Filosofia de Assis (SP). Aprovado em concurso na ... ..., passou a lecionar em Ribeirão Preto onde fez doutoramento em Psicologia Social. O pós doutoramento foi feito na University of Hawaii, junto ao p... ...osas. Já haviam passado onze anos que ele partira com sua família para a capital. O filho era então um recémnas cido e a filha estava com seus oi... ...r que julgava insípida e medíocre! Uma ou duas vezes por ano ele deixava a capital e ia visitálos no inte rior. Voltava com o ar de quem fora vitor... ... A Aroldo Rodrigues, Ph.D., que tanto tem trabalhado por uma Psicologia Social Científica. Leonardo, o meu neto, gosta de entrar no porão da ... ...i mesmo o seu encontro com Zé Vicente no ano de 1915? Eu soube que na Nova Capital de Minas tem cantador que já canta até esta história, porque o fa... ..., do Rio de Janeiro. Ali em Serrana, naquele ano de 1948, a influência da capital da República era enorme. Carlos espreguiçou um pouco e de um sal... ...a Mineira. Desta forma, Astrogildo partiu de Serrana e viajou para a nova capital , Belo Horizonte. Naquele ano de 1924 , graças à carta do chef...

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... the whole world. 38 K abbalah for b eg Inners - p art o ne As the capital of Kabbalist studies in the 16 th century, Safed attracted many p... ...sed him because “I wanted to talk to him about Kab- - balah, and he, about socialism.” An excerpt from the newspaper Haaretz, published December 16, ... ... life possible. Without it, parents wouldn’t care for their children and social life would have been impossible. For example, if I owned a restaura... ...us on it. But the most powerful means to increase any desire is still our social environment. We will talk about the environment more in Part Four, ... ...one to have an envi- - ronment that is spiritually supportive on personal, social, and international levels. 123 6 a n ew m ethod for a ... ...ssing but it doesn’t pose a problem serious enough to destabi- - lize the social structure. However, when spiritual Reshimot appear in millions of p... ...nd failed miserably. Even America, the land of freedom of opportunity and capitalism is failing to make its citizens happy. Ac- - cording to the New ...

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...s we could not fit into Or were forbidden from entering. We invested our capital In the Silicon Valleys of this great nation. Third-world bitches, i... ...er a little clothing And a little food or take them on little trips To the Social Security Office or the doctor's office Past 5 p.m.-- But of differen... ...ng away on a 120 degree boxcar With urine in their stomachs, Acknowledging capitalistic thirsts... Sigue sobre pagina".. Double hubble The peso is in...

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... to take a dip breth I shood poot a fool stop and start the next sentens with a capital leter. It was so izy to do it, bicoz I sey them aoot laood en... ...sesor you’ll have a red sqwigely lain under ich misteik and a green one under capital letters or rong pankchoeishen. You shood fix it. If you plei... ...16 years old “This collection of stories samples a wide range of significant social and emotional experiences in the lives of a range of young adu...

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...tarted selling cookies again after my non-compete clause expired, I could capitalize on my high visi­ bility and long association with a product I ha... ...traditionally set aside for fish fries, as these combina­ tion dinners and social events were called. Actually, fish wasn't the only food available. ... ... signal to run to the Friday night fish fry. The fish fries were good for socializing. Most of the people who came to buy Ruby's fish also came to v... ...ow self-esteem." I told myself that if I were going to continue my active social life, I would need money. That meant I would have to go to work. I... ...b each evening and concerts on the weekend. Maria wanted to come along to socialize. I discouraged her, partly because I wanted Michael and Gregory ... ...alth products. After leaving Nature's Gateway, Portola set up a ven­ ture capital firm to locate struggling companies, buy them, turn them around, t... ... million dollars per year. They built it up to over $80 million. Portola capitalized on a name that personified quality. And since I had few respon... ... up or complain about what had hap­ pened, or to give in to the ridiculous social notion that I was a fail­ ure. Rather I threw aside all the negative... ... It might some­ day be a scene in a movie. I am being sued by the venture capital group that pur­ chased (Nameless) Amos. They claim I do not have th...

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...y tiny gains accumulate. The hours pass, the tables empty, it's only I and the croupier. My capital is nearly doubled. Eli, his countenance spent, k... ...me to his bookstore to inspect a new shipment. I used to spend all weekends there, reading, socialising, and devouring unwholesome food in the adjac... ...er public places. I cherish the risk of being found excreting in these urns – the potential social condemnation, the forced commitment to a madhouse... ...ted to immutable classification. This forced admission would undermine the pillars of their social order. It's better to pretend that they do believ... ...d, thrifty person to have chosen such accommodation. It sort of placed us both, despite his social inferiority, on equal footing. He solemnly infor... ... President in charge of Sovereign Debt Financing 1985 to 1986 Represented Canadian Venture Capital Funds in Israel. 1986 to 1987 General Manager o... ... Freelance consultant to many of Israel's Blue-Chip firms, mainly on issues related to the capital markets in Israel, Canada, the UK and the USA. ... ... placements locally in the USA, Canada and London. 1993 to 1996 Publisher and Editor of a Capital Markets Newsletter distributed by subscription o... ...ia and the Czech Republic. Collaborated with the Agency of Transformation of Business with Social Capital. Economic commentator in "Nova Makedonija...

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... to compare not merely the extent of natural knowledge, but also that of social difEerentiation and that of technical achievement. For through both... ...y builds up the psychical person from innate habitual instincts, or the" social law" of an irresistible social process to which will and consciousn... ...isagreeable. He who speaks the separated. I, with emphasis on the F 6~ capital, lays bare the shame of the world-spirit which has been degraded t... ...ny relation to the wo:rld 106 and to living beings, since the status of social life, that is defined from outside, is in him surpassed by means o... ...eans of a. strength that works only from within. But in this idea of the social life two basically different things are combined-first, the communi... ...ing of community, to which there is an escape even from the dungeon of " social life ", is the achievement of the same power that works in the rela...

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...e will you be flying out of?" asked the taxi driver. Following patriarchal social etiquette he was addressing the man instead of the girlfriend despit... ...e blade coming up to slit others. He knew that he had behaved contrary to social instinct but he hadn't been able to stop himself. "Don't you kn... ... cowardly seeking meaning for themselves in a unit. There were only these socialized wills rolling along on a road in marginal darkness under the spe... ...ive and hedonistic. In small quantities all emotions aid judgment calls in social situations but unfortunately they are produced and expended in bulk.... ...s, the firing of neurotransmitters left and right, the pleasures gained in social interaction, memories from the past, the mood generated from the env... ...uthep. He didn't resist Kumpee's plan to replant them in the modern sordid capital of Bangkok. He sensed all along that Kumpee would leave them and h...

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... one to respond. In mere minutes, the entire world was thrown into chaos. Capital cities were gone. Governments were virtually wiped out. In the da... ...s fair share of street violence in its past. The former home of the state capital was any- thing but paradise. Then the Flash Storm came. The tall o... ...dings began to topple. The Charter Oak Bridge col- lapsed into rubble. The capital building crumbled into debris. The governor’s mansion lay in ashes... ...odiac’s forces and a group of them set up shop in the ruins of the former capital. Somehow, some way, the Seekers discovered where they were, and at... .... My God, things will never be like they were. Our baby won’t even have a social secu- rity number,” Eve began to get worked up. “Eve, the world was ... ...high-functioning Autism. My brother had it. They tend to be brilliant but socially awkward. I’m not a doctor, but talent like this is rare to fnd in... ...d. “I guess it’s possible,” Talbot agreed. “I just fgured she was a litle socially awkward in light of her parents being butchered in front of her b... ...uy. I’d bet whatever’s valu- able nowadays that we’re going to fnd another social reject.” Lexi gasped. “Oh my God, do you really think?” Vincent made... ...your face during the whole Jade thing.” “I’m fne. It’s just weird. She’s a social reject. I was too. I can kind of understand why she’d hate the worl...

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...galbene, cu stafide... Bisericile nu sunt sus ţinute de stat, ca-n ţările socialiste, ci rezist ă fiecare cum poate, din dona ţiile evlavio şilor (o... ...ăgire. Încearc ă s ă dea un sens vie ţii, o motivare. Al ţii merg pentru socializare (mai discut ă cu un prieten, cu un cunoscut) – ca la un club. ... ...chussets, North Dakota, Insula Rutland. Parcul de Stat Rutland. 47 Capitala Artelor Plastice 13 iunie 1999 Ne-am f ăcut bagajele pentru ... ...rtelor Plastice 13 iunie 1999 Ne-am f ăcut bagajele pentru Santa Fé, capitala statului New Mexico; mergem cu ma şin ă japonez ă. Trecem prin B... ...e truck-ul plin de copii zburdalnici; urc ăm pe munte lâng ă Window Rock, capitala rezerva ţiei de indieni Navajo, s ă culegem de pe jos alune mici ... ...i, ci în a şti pentru ce tr ăie şti.” Revista public ă analize şi sinteze sociale, politice, economice, religioase, istorice în limba român ă, dar ş... ...mas cuprinde 700 de insule, dintre care doar 33 locuite. Noi ateriz ăm în capitala Nassau, din insula New Providence. Fost ă colonie britanic ă, B... ...locul verii. Aici, taxele pe salariu sunt cam de 40-50%, dar serviciul social este foarte bun (serviciul medical gratuit, pensii, ajutoare pentru... ...e, 60 de solda ţi ap ărau palatul, iar în timp de r ăzboaie şi nelini şti sociale - 500 de solda ţi. La ore fixe, în fa ţa palatului, se face schimb...

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...e in behalf of the dispersion of Judah. He had been standing in his watch-tower, in the capital of another country, and crying aloud those very trut... ...ur God,” if we should be judged worthy. And this I say, with the full perception of the capital and fundamental points on which we differ, and among... ...f Daniel, and I think I can point it out here also. Seeing with his wonted sagacity the capital idea that the great object of the book is the manisf... ...he fulfilment of the curse. Oh it is a strange delusion of Satan, thus to have made the capital curse of God eclipse the capital promise of God; Sat... ... of this matter for himself; but I return to declare my conviction, that this great and capital head of spiritual doctrine “that Christ baptizeth wi... ...ural man, and can present a stronger pleading to his mind, and to his heart, and to his social affections, and to his political well-being, than any... ... hyssop that groweth on the wall: and the mystery of that mighty ocean of political and social wisdom, which is recorded in the book of the Proverbs;...

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... something to do with demographics and genocides. I then thought him pompous and socially constipated. But there was something in his brown eyes ... ...nt Hungary we knew that a visit to Gestapo headquarters anywhere – let alone in the capital city of the Third Reich - meant protracted and agonizing... ...stry was planning to exterminate millions of healthy Germans deemed asocial or anti-social. They were up to their eyeballs in the blood of Russians,...

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...ny friends over, and was absolutely forbidden to date. Any semblance of a social life was laughable at best. Britta was right about her father's vie... ...es a young lady and panics. So, to compensate, he forbids her from dating, socializing, or having any friends, except for Britta. It isn’t healthy fo... ...r her friend's last few sentences. “Britta, I don’t know. I’m not good in social settings and besides, Dad won’t let me go. You know how he is about ... ...t dressed,” it means we're going out to see Father or attending one of his social functions.” “Don't you want to see him?” Jacques decided to switch ... ...al grin. Henry couldn’t stand the Jaksenville Alpha. But when he’d needed capital for his scientific research, Dayid Yon had been one of the first t... ... time, I’ll make sure Mya comes. My daughter is good with horses, but her social skills are lousy.” Ahdum laughed. “Yes, I’ve seen that up close. Hav...

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...nregistered works. It is true that today’s ephemera represent tomorrow’s social history, and that works of scholarly value, which are now falling i... ...rship, commentary and research ways). 137 American University Center for Social Media, Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair ... ...r argued that requiring every owner to register would impose a very large social cost, but only a tiny fraction of the works registered will ever be... ...Response Time: 3 hours. Total Annual Burden Hours: 300. Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0. Total Annual Costs (Operating/ Maintaining Sys... ...n obtaining permission for subsequent creators and users to use works in socially productive ways, such as by incorporating these works in new cr...