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The difference between the ocean perspective and the land perspective

abuscheng

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Different perspectives on the map are important

What do you think is the biggest difference between the ocean perspective and the land perspective?

Visualizing Geita Cover

Artisanal or Snall Scale Mining in Geita.

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maryclare.crochiere

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Lessons in the Rubble: The World Trade Center and the History of Disaster Investigations in the United States

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What three points, details or references from the text did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the complexities of emergency response?

I looked into some of the big fires in America's history as well as the emergency response for them. It is very saddening to see how poor the response was back then and how many lives were lost unnecessarily, but at least we have improved.

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maryclare.crochiere

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Compassion Protocol: Legalizing Diseased Undocumented Immigrants

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How (if at all) is emergency response addressed in the article or report?

Emergency response is not addressed, but it could lead to more patients if illegal immigrants are more encouraged to seek advanced medical attention, and billing could be complicated, since it may be funded by the government.