The content of the reading and the lecture is about one of the largest explosions in history - the explosion in Tunguska in 1908. The reading supports the idea that it was a massive methane gas explosion while the lecture argues that it was an asteroid strike which caused the explosion. According to the reading passage‚ the fact that no rocks or material from an asteroid have been found and nobody witnesses an asteroid streaking across the sky means that there is no evidence of an asteroid strike
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Improving Education in Texas United States is known for their freedom of opportunity for education. Our education system has given us a wide variety in choices to what we want to achieve and earn our degree in. Our government has also given us the opportunity to achieve these goals for those who struggle to afford the education with such as loans and grants. So what is such the problem that students really struggle with? It has been recorded that only a little over 50 percent of students who start
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The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy The fallacy “Texas Sharpshooter” gets its name from imagining a cowboy shooting at a barn. Over time‚ one side of the barn that the cowboy continuously shoots at‚ becomes shattered with holes. In some places‚ there are many holes‚ in other places‚ there are few to none. If the cowboy later paints a bulls eye over a spot where his bullet holes clustered together‚ it would look like he’s pretty good with the gun. “The Texas sharpshooter fallacy is an informal fallacy
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The government of the state of Texas is a difficult and complicated institution that is composed of many different levels. The question comes in to everyone’s mind at one time or another whether or not to trust the government. It could be that people believe that the officials will take advantage of their power‚ or simply people don’t like the idea of being controlled by someone who is not a family member or friend. To avoid this centralized power‚ the government is divided into stages and this is
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are: BP‚ Aral‚ ARCO‚ Castrol‚ AMPM‚ and Wild Bean Café brand‚ different brands but they provide energy. (BP‚ 2012) Sustaining their employees‚ providing opportunities like being an expatriate‚ and following BP’s strategy are some ways they maintain global staffing. Primarily‚ BP approach to sustaining employees is “found in the principles‚ promoting‚ treating employees fairly‚ and providing open feedback‚ ensuring compliance with laws‚ regulations and our code of conduct.” (BP‚ 2012) BP goal
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| BP Amoco/Arco Merger | Merger and Acquisitions Term Paper | | | 12/10/2012 | | Contents Time Line of Events 3 Introduction 4 Industry Analysis 5 Overview of ARCO ’s Business 7 Overview of BP Amoco’s Business 7 Value Creation from the Merger: 8 Competitors Analysis 9 Antitrust Issues 11 FTC Arguments 12 What Happened? 14 Divestitures 14 Phillips Acquires ARCO Alaska 15 FTC dissent 16 Performance and key Financials 17 Annual Shareholder’s meeting:
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The 2010 BP Oil Spill allowed about 5 million barrels of oil to flow into the Gulf of Mexico before the gush was capped. Unfortunately‚ the explosion killed 11 people and injured several others (Benoit‚ 2011). To claim its ultimate negligence and reduce the pollution of the spill‚ BP created a multi-page website entitled “Gulf of Mexico Restoration” to communicate its message to the public. BP’s “Gulf of Mexico Restoration” website uses these three strategies to repair its reputation: displaying
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Texas Annexation Tiffany Calvert HIST105-1302A-03 Abstract This paper describes how America came to own the territory of Texas. The territory was obtained and there were many short-term and long-term consequences that came from the obtaining of this territory. These will be described as well. Texas Annexation The United States did not start out as all 50 states united at first. They were all individual territories at first. There were many treaties and wars that led to the different territories
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Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion The Challenger Space Shuttle‚ one of the most anticipated shuttle launches‚ was the first mission to ever include a teacher astronaut. Christa McAuliffe‚ the teacher that was going on the shuttle along with six others‚ was supposed to broadcast lessons around the country from space. Sadly‚ all the excitement and joy came to an end shortly after the launch. The mission marked the first time American astronauts lost their lives. One of the worst disasters of manned
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Cover Sheet Case Study: BP (Beyond Petroleum) Focuses on Sustainability University Instructor: 03/15/2012 Abstract When a person thinks of BP they image a green gas station and gas pumps. But BP has over 100 years of history behind it. BP was formally known as British Petroleum and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. It was founded in 1908 by William D’Arcy‚ a rich British man who invested all his savings in his quest for oil in the Middle East. At the time BP was committed to protect the
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