Floodplain management
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A floodplain management program averted widespread disaster when a major flood affected Fort Collins, Colorado, in Jul 1997. The local community launched the program in the 1980s due to Fort Collins' vulnerability to flooding from several rivers which pass near the city. The program included building regulations, building acquisition, drainage system improvements and flood warning response preparation. Analysts estimate that the program saved 98 lives and over $10 million in damages when the region suffered its heaviest and most prolonged rainstorm on record.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 1998
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Go ahead. Get good and mad!
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Anger is an emotion that all people experience, some from frequently than others. Anger can be controlled so that it can work for the individual by not wallowing in the emotion, thinking about the origin of the anger, deciding what to do about the feeling, aiming the anger in the proper direction, and expressing the anger in an effective manner.
Publication Name: McCall's
Subject: Arts and entertainment industries
ISSN: 0024-8908
Year: 1999
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Counting blessings
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Family rituals promote a sense of attachment between parents and children, like the nightly prayers.Parents can bond with their children by doing this nightly ritual. Prayers not only serve as the children's link to God but to a grandmother or a mother who taught the prayers.
Publication Name: Parenting
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0890-247X
Year: 1997
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