9. Piper Alpha video review The Piper Alpha’s tragic chain of events occurred because of a number of safety procedures were not met or implemented. The almighty dollar was given preference over the safety of hundreds of lives. We found a number of unsafe situations that could have been avoided if the right Safety management system was in place. These are our findings. 1. The oil rig recently introduced a new gas pipeline in the weeks leading up to the disaster. The rig wasn’t designed to be a gas
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one individual from another‚ unless they are monozygotic twins. DNA profiling uses repetitive sequences that are highly variable‚ called variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs)‚ in particular short tandem repeats (STRs). VNTR loci are very similar between closely related humans‚ but are so variable that unrelated individuals are extremely unlikely to have the same VNTRs. Process 1) Sample of DNA obtained 2) Repetitive sequences of DNA used for profiling 3) produce more copies of DNA by polymerase
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treat humans as if they were not humans at all. They were allowed to treat them like animals‚ and reject the right to let them learn to read and write. Most importantly‚ slave owners were unaware of the negative effects that owning slaves had on them‚ as opposed to a previous time where they had not owned any slaves. In the 19th century slaves were a very valuable and luxurious thing to have‚ it was viewed as a sign of wealth. However‚ slave owners were not always as cruel as they sound. Frederick
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humans love life even now. This essay will explore how fifteen historical events sparked the Renaissance. The Crusades‚ which lasted from the late 12th century to the late 14th century‚ played a large role in the rediscovery of ancient texts by creating a clear path for significant cultural and economic exchanges between both the European and Islamic world. Whilst this was happening‚ European crusaders encountered Islamic scholars who had preserved and
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of which are negative to others and themselves. Some of these effects cause problems emotionally with parents and the person charged‚ with friends‚ and a lot of complications to the justice system. Shoplifting also affects people that the accused doesn’t even know and causes a ripple affect for months after the crime is committed. Teenagers aren’t the only people who practice in this act either; there are also adults and a select number of children who do as well. The consequences of shoplifting
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and human rights however these can be positive changes or negative changes. The Social factors changing the games include those of Sybil Newall and Hassiba Boulemerka who are both promoting women’s equal rights by participating in the games‚ a primarily male event. Boulemerka talks of wanting to inspire other women to participate‚ believing that some were scared but were physically capable (Documents 2 and 8). However other social impacts were less positive such as when countries would participate
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Chapter 15: Historical Research Answers to Review Questions 15.1. Define historical research. Historical research is the type of research that examines past events or combinations of events to arrive at an account of what has happened in the past. 15.2. Why would a person want to conduct historical research? Historical research is conducted to • Uncover the unknown‚ • Answer questions‚ • Identify the relationship that the past has to the present‚ • Record
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Examine the positive and negative effects of globalisation on people and the environment. The international monetary fund (IMF) defines globalisation as ‘the growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide through increasing volume and variety of cross border transactions in goods and services‚ freer international capital flows and more rapid wide spread diffusion of technology. Globalisation can only work if a country embraces it. The world is divided in 2 at the moment. The ‘core’ and
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major role in the popularity of the sporting events‚ which is why recruits are not just athletes‚ but also stellar scholars. Technological advances greatly impacted college sports by making talented athletes famous‚ and making sports entertainment a popular and important source of school revenue (Sack 31). College sports have affected American entertainment and the economy‚ influencing culture in both positive and negative ways. A possible negative effect of paying collegiate athletes would be
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Apple suffered loss of revenue and loss of market share for over thirteen years. Second‚ Apple is losing its customer loyalty and the specificity of its products by installing more and more Microsoft and Intel software onto its products. Third‚ in 2008‚ as more than a quarter of its iPhones fell into “gray market‚” Apple suffered a certain amount of loss of service share revenue. At last‚ more and more smartphones from Apple competitors are entering the market‚ which brings iPhone and iPod a lot
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