Landslide Limos
ecruitment and Selection Strategies for Landslide Limousines

In defining recruitment and selection strategies for Landslide Limousines, taking a multifaceted approach ensures that an accurate 360-dedgree view of the business is seen from the customer's and potential applicants' point-of-view. The most effective recruitment and selection strategies balance the need for continually strengthening a businesses' brand to attract new customers while also providing prospective employees with a clear sense of why the business is a great place to work (Warren, 2009). This is the multifaceted aspect of how companies successful at both building their brands while also attracting excellent candidates strive to achieve. For Landslide Limousines to be successful they must first begin with the customer and deliver an excellent customer experience on every limousine rental first. Making the customer experience a priority will lead to Landslide gaining word-of-mouth throughout the Austin area. Its reputation will be enhanced and potential employees will…...

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References

Auger, P., Devinney, T.M., Dowling, G.R., Eckert, C., & Lin, N. (2013). How much does A Company's reputation matter in recruiting? MIT Sloan Management Review, 54(3), 23-28.

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Landslides
Real Estate: Mass Movements

Every year the news media seems to contain at least one report of a landslide in the United States or elsewhere in the world. These events are news-worthy because lives are lost and property destroyed. Most landslides leading to the loss of life and property take place in developing countries, where populations have expanded into unregulated, hilly areas around major urban areas (Smith and Petley 155-157). The areas tend to be characterized by steep slopes, seismic activity, and prone to strong storms. Since these factors are also present in the United States, primarily in Southern California and estern ashington, property and loss of life can occur here as well.

Over the past several years, estern ashington has garnered the attention of the U.S. Geological Survey because of the area's propensity for landslides (USGS). This region is hilly and mountainous, densely populated, and typically experiences high levels of rainfall…...

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Works Cited

EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). "Future Climate Change." EPA.gov, 2012. Web. 6 Dec. 2012.

Germer, Kai and Braun, Juergen. "Effects of Saturation on Slope Stability: Laboratory Experiments Utilizing External Load." Vadose Zone Journal 10.2 (2011): 477-486.

Smith, Keith and Petley, David N. Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster. New York: Routledge, 2009. Print.

USGS (U.S. Geological Survey). "Landslide Hazards of Seattle, WA, and Vicinity." Landslides.USGS.gov, 2012. Web. 6 Dec. 2012.

Landslide by Desmond agley
Desmond agley's Landslide is a novel that offers an immense variety of interesting plots and angles that keep the reader engrossed right through the tale. ob oyd, a geologist, suffers from amnesia but finds a mystical sort of connection with the land he is surveying for the Matterson Corporation and its people, especially Claire Trinivant. As the story unfolds, the reader is gripped by not just the suspense of ob's mysterious past but by the fact that ob faces dealing with the corrupt Matterson family who are determined to build a dam on the land being surveyed despite ob's warnings of the unstable nature of the terrain. ob's problems are compounded by his romantic involvement with both Claire Trinivant, the owner of the land under survey and with whose family the Matterson's have an ongoing family feud, as well as Howard's sister, Lucy.

agley adds even more suspense…...

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Bibliography

Bagley, Desmond. "Landslide." House of Stratus. September 2002.

Geological mass wasting, specifically mud slides. For annual fires resulting mud slides Malibu, CA. How mud slide caused, things man prevent slides, damages property infrastructure.
The city of Malibu, California, has a steep topography and the fact that heavy rainfall occurs in the area contributes to land movements being frequent. Such movements can involve rocks being detached from hillsides or mud and debris being spilled in an area and covering most of it under several feet of mass. Although the steep topography and the heavy rainfall are considered by many to be the most important factors causing landslides, vegetation fires denude the area and favor the flow of water and mud.

Mudslides are typically encountered on steep slopes and involve debris and earth that liquefy and accelerate to speeds of up to thirty-five miles per hour. The consistency of mudslides ranges from watery mud to thick, rocky mud that can carry…...

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Works cited:

Gutierrez, Mari, "Preparing for El Nino," Retrieved February 16, 2013, from the Pepperdine University Website:  http://faculty.pepperdine.edu/kwaters/nf/nf03.htm 

Miller, Mark, "Mudslide Surfing," Weekly World News 8 Aug 2005

"Malibu Disasters & Hazards: Slides," Retrieved February 16, 2013, from the Malibu Complete Website:  http://www.malibucomplete.com/mc_hazards_slides.php 

"Westside: Road Closed by Mudslide in Malibu Is Reopened," Retrieved February 16, 2013, from the LA Times Website:  http://articles.latimes.com/1996-04-19/local/me-60336_1_road-mudslide-malibu

speech "Challenger Address to the Nation" by President onald eagan. Specifically, it will analyze the elements of the rhetorical situation in the address. It will also discuss how the elements relate to eagan's presidency and popularity at the time of the speech in January 1986. onald eagan endures as one of the most popular American presidents, and speeches such as this one are one indication of his popularity. They are poignant, resilient, and emotional, all of which characterize his administration and his outlook as a politician and a person.
When the Challenger space shuttle exploded during take-off in 1986, the event shocked and saddened the nation. America lost seven of its brightest and best astronauts, and the country grieved over the loss. eagan's speech acknowledged that grief and mourned along with the nation. The speech is quite indicative of eagan's public popularity at the time. Just like eagan himself, the…...

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Cannon, L. (2001). Ronald Reagan: The Presidential portfolio: a history illustrated from the collection of the Ronald Reagan library and museum. New York: Public Affairs.

Ritter, K., & Henry, D. (1992). Ronald Reagan: The great communicator. New York: Greenwood Press.

White, J.K. (2004). Ronald Reagan: The power of conviction and the success of his Presidency. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 34(1), 173+.

Reagan, Ronald. (1986). Ronald Reagan: The space shuttle Challenger tragedy address. Retrieved from the American rhetoric.com Web site: 29 Aug. 2005.http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/rreaganchallenger.htm

roll the can, does it wobble back and forth as it slows down?
What kind of sound does the can make when you slowly turn it upside down and right side up again?

My hypothesis is that the can is a can of fruit. Some of the answers given were that the can has solids packed in liquid, at least from the sound the can makes when shaken. It is a regular can shape, cylindrical so things like tuna or canned vegetables are out because they would be shaped differently. A can of beans has fairly gelatinous liquid so the sound made would be more muffled and vegetables tend to be packed tightly with little water in it. Fruit however, has a lot of liquid with some fruit packed in it and serial numbers on both ends. Also canned fruit is more common than other things and the can was found…...

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References

landslide Archives - Athens, GA Weather. (2016). Athens, GA Weather. Retrieved 21 April 2016, from http://www.athensgaweather.com/tag/landslide/

Tauxe, L. (2010). Essentials of Paleomagnetism. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Trefil, J. & Hazen, R. (2012). The sciences (7th ed.). Wiley.

Function #1: Mitigation

At this stage, gradual and long-term steps are taken to ensure that disasters do not occur, or that, when they do, they cause minimal damage. Actions at this stage include the identification of hazards, the research of the causes which generate the disaster, the creation of means in which to modify the causes of the disasters, the development of means which reduce the community's vulnerability to the disaster, the efforts to better consolidate old buildings, the construction of disaster-resistant buildings, the education of the population or the provision of insurance.

At this stage, the responsibilities of the central government include:

The identification of hazards and the research of their causes

The research as to how the causes of the disaster can be modified

The offering of research and development grants to local projects

The promulgation of buildings safety standards

elative to the competencies of the local governments in the mitigation stages, these include:

The adoption…...

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References:

Arnstein, S.R., 1969, A Ladder of Citizen Participation, AIP Journal

Boyce, W., 2002, A Seat at the Table: Persons with Disabilities and Policy Making, McGill-Queen's Press -- MQUP, ISBN 077352181X

Branigan, T., 2009, More than 500 dead in Typhoon Morakot, The Guardian, Edition of August, 14

Canton, L.G., 2007, Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs, Wiley-Interscience, ISBN 047173487X

" The Great Society initiative included policies concerning increased education assistance, fundamental protections of civil rights and the right of all Americans to vote, urban renewal, Medicare, conservation, beautification, control and prevention of crime and delinquency, promotion of the arts, and consumer protection (President Lyndon B. Johnson's Biography 2009).
Contributions.

The contributions made by President Johnson were both numerous and significant. In this regard, Firestone and Vogt (1988) report that, "As LBJ led Congress to the completion of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to a major tax bill, the first significant federal aid to education, and the program of medical care for the aged that had been pending since Harry Truman's day, surely confidence and optimism were not unwarranted" (1). Following his reelection to the presidency in 1964, Johnson was not content to rest on his laurels but continued his quest for improved civil rights in the country. For instance in…...

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Works Cited

Abbott, Philip. 2005. "Accidental Presidents: Death, Assassination, Resignation, and Democratic

Succession." Presidential Studies Quarterly 35(4): 627-628.

Blight, James G. And Janet M. Lang. The Fog of War: Lessons from the Life of Robert S.

McNamara. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.

Metamorphic, Igneous, And Sedimentary Rocks and Their Application to Planets in the Solar System
The objective of this study is to examine metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks and their application to planets in the solar system.

There are reported to be three primary classes of rocks, which are classified according to their origination. The three rock types are metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks. Igneous rocks are formed when bodies of magma cool. As time passes and the rocks undergo process due to various weather cycles the igneous rocks erode and the particles and chemicals, which settle into beds, become compressed or cemented forming into what are known as sedimentary rocks. In the event igneous rocks are buried and then undergo a high state of heating and compression they form into what are known as metamorphic rocks. Eventually, the rocks undergo heat and compression and then melt with the molten rock forming another…...

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Basic Rock Types (2012) Zooinverse. Geology Basics. Retrieved from:  http://www.moonzoo.org/Geology_Basics 

Major Rock Types (2012) Rocks & Other Mineral Sources. Retrieved from:  http://www.galleries.com/rocks/default.htm 

Nelson, SA (2012) Earth Structure, Materials, Systems, and Cycles. Tulane University. Retrieved from: http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/Natural_Disasters/struct%26materials.htm

Gorges Dam
The Chinese government believes that construction of the Three Gorges Dam has helped produce solutions to the country's energy needs, and to flood control (of the Yangtze, the third largest river in the world). The arguments used by the Chinese as to flood control have some validity when a researcher realizes that over the past 2,000 years, there have been "200 catastrophic floods along the Yangtze's banks" (Watson, 2005). Also, because 70% of China's electricity comes from the burning of coal -- which causes choking smog in the big cities and contributes to the greenhouse gases that are causing climate change -- hydroelectric development seems like an alternative to coal-fired power plants.

Six Specific Risks with the Three Gorges Dam (TGD) in China

Meanwhile, what are six risks that the Chinese were willing to take when they built the dam? Certainly one is environmentally related, and Chinese scholars and journalists…...

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Bibliography

Alberts, Henry C., Alberts, Renee M., Bloom, Mitchel F., LaFlamme, A. Dianne, and Teerikangas, Satu. 2004. 'The Three Gorges Dam Project from a Systems Viewpoint.' Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Vol. 21, 585-602.

Campbell-Hyde, Blake. 2009. 'Breaking Ground: Environmental and Social Issues of the Three Gorges Dam in China.' American University. Retrieved June 18, 2014, from  http://www1.american.edu .

Watson, Stephanie. 2005. 'Why could China's Three Gorges Dam cause an environmental disaster?' Discovery Company. Retrieved June 18, 2014, from  http://science.howstuffworks.com .

Yardley, Jim. 2007. 'Chinese Dam Projects Criticized for their Human Costs.' The New York Times. Retrieved June 18, 2014, from  http://www.nytimes.com .

Project PerformanceThis custom-designed home will be built on a hillside and will include a patio with retaining wall. The total cost of the project is estimated to be $1 million and will take 12 months to complete. This paper will examine the projects risks and provide recommendations for each one. It will discuss project performance management via earned value management. And it will identify three EVM metrics that will be used for this project.isks and ecommendationsLandslide/MudslideOne of the primary risks is the potential for landslide or mudslide, which could damage not only the property itself but also neighboring properties. In order to mitigate this risk, it is recommended that the foundation be designed with reinforcement to resist lateral movement, and that the slope of the hill be graded to reduce the chances of water pooling and causing instability. Furthermore, insurance should be obtained in case of natural disaster.In addition, and…...

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ReferencesGhosh, A. K., Joseph, W. B., Gardner, J. T., & Thach, S. V. (2004). Understanding industrial distributors\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' expectations of benefits from relationships with suppliers. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing.Mosey, D. (2009). Early contractor involvement in building procurement: contracts, partnering and project management. John Wiley & Sons.Shapira, A. (2018). Construction planning, equipment, and methods. McGraw-Hill Education.

Women in Film Noir
Teaching is in many ways a solitary profession: A teacher in his or her own classroom spends hours in contact with students but often relatively little time talking to other teachers and educators. Administrators are also in many ways isolated from the teachers. Perhaps because of this fact, the administrators interviewed for this project emphasized the personal importance of collaboration with other members of the professional and the necessity of providing support for each other. This section summarizes the findings of this research concerning how education professionals defined and evaluated different aspects of cooperation within the profession.

Subject Population and Research Design

This study was conducted at a kindergarten through eighth grade school in the district where I am employed. I conducted six interviews with administrators who ranged in experience (in administration) from one to eight years. Five were women and five were former teachers in the district. The…...

Slide 9: Technological innovations in emergency management

The starting point in the creation of a plan on how to improve our program from a technological standpoint has been constituted by the review of the it industry. The scope of this research has been that of identifying the innovations in the field and their relevance for our agency and its mission. The results of the research endeavor are briefly presented below:

GIS is an important tool to use in the collection of data necessary and its usage is credited with overall successful emergency operations as it allows the intervention teams to gather data pivotal at all stages of the emergency management process.

emote sensing technology is enhancing the quality of the emergency management act at the stages of mitigation and preparedness and it has proven efficient in the management of both natural hazards as well as man made disasters.

The NOAAPort C-Band DVB-S satellite downlink…...

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Bea, K., 2006, Federal emergency management policy changes after Hurricane Katrina: a summary of statutory provisions, Federation of American Scientists,   last accessed on December 7, 2010http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL33729.pdf 

Durmaz, H., 2007, Understanding and responding to terrorism, IOS Press

Freitag, B., How can emergency managers address our warming climate? University of Washington,   last accessed on December 9, 2010http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=8&sqi=2&ved=0CE8QFjAH&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftraining.fema.gov%2FEMIWeb%2Fedu%2Fdocs%2FFreitag%2520-%2520How%2520can%2520emergency%2520managers%2520address%2520our%2520warming%2520cli.doc&rct=j&q=global%20warming%20and%20emergency%20management&ei=iK0ATY7aIc7xsgaxxKDzDg&usg=AFQjCNEz6tI4T6-ThuYIsw1_oXTxhx2SoQ&cad=rja 

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In fact, the entire damage was caused by the tsunami itself along with other factors like the geology and geography of the region. The damage that the tsunami caused to mainland India, a seismically quiescent region, was concentrated mainly on the eastern coastline but some damage due to diffraction also occurred on the southernmost tip of the western coastline. A factor which played a major role in the scale of devastation that occurred in this region is the bathymetry of the Bay of Bengal. The Bay of Bengal is quite shallow with an average depth of 2600 meters. The shallowness can be attributed to the huge amount of sediment that the Ganges iver deposits in it. (Strand; Masek, 40)
After the earthquake, the bay was sealed off by the deep Sunda Trench and the tsunami waves were reflected back towards the Indian Ocean striking the eastern Indian coastline within two…...

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References

Bernard, Eddie N; Robinson, Allan R. The Sea Tsunamis.

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Bilham, R; Engdahl, E. R; Feldl, N; Satyabala, S.P. Partial and Complete Rupture of the Indo-Andaman plate boundary 1847-2004. University of Colorado, Boulder.

Seism. Res. Lett. 2005.

Instead, however, the headline does follow the sequence of events as they happened to present a more chronological overview of the event while still maintaining a good inverted pyramid structure. For example, take the head line of the news story in Appendix A: 'Iranian election uproar tests U.S.', this headline without giving specifics of the actual election result implies that the results were not great overall because of the impact that it has on the relations between U.S. And Iran. Hence, whoever reads this headline and know even the slightest bit about the background of the U.S.-Iran relations will interpret the possible results without actually reading about them.
Similarly, when analyzing the headline in Appendix B, 'Regime Change Brewing in Iran?' another format of headline comes to mine. The headlines can also be used to exhibit the actual strategic breakdown of the news story in a single sentence. This simply…...

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Paragraphing is also a very important aspect in the language use of any news troy as it not only breaks down the news story into separate parts but also allows the journalist to use transitional words like meanwhile or furthermore that allows the story to have a flow and simultaneously allows the journalist to represent different emotions and importance of facts through difference in language use form one paragraph to the next (Ghadessy, 1988).

Conclusion

In the paper we have discussed how in the modern era the text of and the

I. Introduction
A. Explanation of heavy rain
B. Importance of discussing heavy rain
C. Thesis statement

II. Causes of heavy rain
A. Weather patterns
B. Climate change
C. Urbanization

III. Effects of heavy rain
A. Floods
B. Landslides
C. Destruction of property

IV. Impact on society
A. Disruption of daily life
B. Economic consequences
C. Health risks

V. Mitigation strategies
A. Improving drainage systems
B. Implementing flood control measures
C. Public awareness and education

VI. Conclusion
A. Recap of key points
B. Call to action for addressing heavy rain issues
VI. Conclusion
A. Recap of key points regarding heavy rain and its causes, effects, and....

I. Introduction
A. Overview of the topography of Palestine
B. Importance of understanding the geographical features of the region

II. Physical features of Palestine
A. Mountain ranges
1. Judean Mountains
2. Samarian Mountains
B. Coastal plains
1. Mediterranean coast
2. Gaza Strip
C. Jordan Valley
1. Rift Valley
2. Dead Sea
D. Negev Desert
1. Arid climate and desert landscape

III. Impact of topography on human settlements and land use
A. Agricultural practices in different regions
1. Terracing on mountain slopes
2. Irrigation in the Jordan Valley
B. Influence on historical and cultural development
1. Importance of Jerusalem as a central highland city
2. Bedouin communities in the desert

IV. Challenges and opportunities posed by the topography
A. Water scarcity in desert regions
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1. The impact of earthquakes on communities and infrastructure
2. The role of technology and advancements in predicting and monitoring earthquakes
3. The relationship between earthquakes and plate tectonics
4. The psychological effects of experiencing an earthquake
5. Earthquake preparedness and response strategies
6. The history of major earthquakes and their effects on society
7. The environmental impacts of earthquakes, such as landslides and tsunamis
8. The economic consequences of earthquakes on businesses and industries
9. The cultural and societal significance of earthquakes in different regions
10. The connection between earthquakes and climate change.
11. The effectiveness of early warning systems....

Certainly! Here are a few potential essay topics related to deforestation:

1. The impact of deforestation on global climate change
2. The effects of deforestation on biodiversity and ecosystem health
3. The role of deforestation in contributing to natural disasters such as floods and landslides
4. The economic consequences of deforestation for local communities and industries
5. The social and cultural implications of deforestation for indigenous peoples and their traditional ways of life
6. The potential solutions and strategies for combating deforestation and promoting sustainable land management
7. The ethical considerations of deforestation and the responsibility of individuals and governments to protect forests
8. The relationship between deforestation....