The Molasses Flood of 1919 It was an oddly warm winter day in Boston‚ Massachusetts when a twenty foot high wave of sticky molasses tore through several structures in Boston’s North End. There are several theories on how the molasses tank ruptured in order to cause the flood‚ but historians and engineers have narrowed it down to one most probable cause. In the day‚ molasses was fermented in large amounts to make alcohols used in the booming ammunition manufacturing industry. Arguably one of the
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Beer-Bellies Nascar (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) was created in 1945 by Bill France. His dream was to create such a race that people from all over the world would come to see it. The three largest racing series in Nascar are the Sprint Cup Series‚ the Nationwide Series‚ and the Camping World Truck Series. These series use three types of tracks throughout the United States: speedways‚ super-speedways‚ and a single road course. Generally‚ when someone mentions Nascar‚ one perceives
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. Expository Essay- FINAL DRAFT Cameron Davis 10/16/17 2nd Have you ever heard of a system called the Xbox? This series has been loved for years ever since it’s release. The Xbox series has many designs‚models‚and looks. Microsoft has been producing Xbox’s for sixteen years ever since 2001. The Xbox has a long history coming from 2001 from the creators idea from actually putting it into action. Starting from the year 2001 the Xbox has been one of the well know gaming consoles for young children
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Time Series behaviour of BOT in India: Evidence from Co integration Analysis and Error Correction Model xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Assistant Professor‚ Department of Business Administration‚ Xxxxxxxxxx West Bengal University of technology Kolkata‚ India Tel: +91-9231058348 E-mail: partha.s.sarkar@gmail.com Abstract India‚ a developing economy contains trade deficit from its very inception. The main objective of the study is to portray some characteristics of India’s trade in pre liberalization
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Conferences in early 1919‚ prepared to negotiate the implementation of his “Fourteen Points” into the post-war treaty. The European side of the negotiating table sought to administer harsh penalties on the Germans for their involvement in the war‚ which was contradictory to the hopeful idealism that Wilson was trying to sell. While in the process of negotiating‚ President Wilson was stricken with a case of influenza‚ a part of the larger worldwide pandemic that was transpiring during 1918-1919. The strict
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drugs that are not going to improve the condition of the patients‚ and ultimately have more negative effects on them are for the doctors’ own good and apply to the cheating culture Danny Almonte was the perfect-game pitcher of the Little League World Series in 2001. Media attention was constant to the young boy‚ even more so when it was discovered that Danny’s father‚ Felipe Almonte‚ a Dominican Republic immigrant‚ had falsified his son’s date of birth‚ naming him to be twelve years of age when in
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NAZI GERMANY- PROBLEMS OF WEIMAR 1. CHAOS 2. CONSTITUTION 3. VERSAILLES 4. EXTREMISM 5. INFLATION 6. STRESSEMAN YEARS 1924-1929 CHAOS After the war Germany was left in chaos‚ law and order had broken down‚ there were armed ex-soldiers on the streets and violence was everwhere. The government was unable to cope with this as Germany was suffering a power vacuum- this meant that no one knew who was in charge since the Kaiser was removed. People were not used to democracy and wanted a central
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Forecasting Trends in Time Series Author(s): Everette S. Gardner‚ Jr. and Ed. McKenzie Reviewed work(s): Source: Management Science‚ Vol. 31‚ No. 10 (Oct.‚ 1985)‚ pp. 1237-1246 Published by: INFORMS Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2631713 . Accessed: 20/12/2012 02:05 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers
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of 5 Name: ______________________________ ECET 231 - Circuit Analysis I Lab 6 Series-Parallel DC Circuits Objective: Students successfully completing this lab will accomplish the following objectives: 1. Gain experience analyzing and verifying‚ by measurements‚ the characteristics of series-parallel resistive circuits. 2. Increase understanding of the relationship of voltage‚ current and resistance in a series-parallel circuit 3. Learn to compute currents through the use of voltmeter readings
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The BMW 7-Series makes a colossal innovative jump with each era. What’s more‚ instead of keeping its greatness to what’s in the engine or to innovation on the dash‚ the 6th era 2016 BMW 7-Series takes in a bit from BMW’s carbon-fiber "i" autos inside and underneath. The 2016 7-Series is about the same size as the active auto‚ yet it’s based on another Carbon Core stage that uses a mix of carbon fiber-strengthened plastic (CFRP)‚ ultra-pliable steels‚ and aluminum to slice up to 90 pounds there
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