working in the process industry should not have the same subjective attitude about risks in the industry. Generally‚ the people making the risk decisions (e.g.‚ engineers) are usually not the ones faced with the eventual risk (e.g.‚ workers or nearby residents). The companies that had industrial accidents did not go out of business the next day. Therefore‚ the losses must have been considered “tolerable.” This brings back into question: how many accidents might the industry be willing to consider
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The World War 1 was the first of the two “Great Wars” of the 20th century‚ which showed what a man could do to another. The first one‚ was lit by problems such as‚ alliances of European countries‚ imperialism‚ militarism and specially the assasination of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinard in his visit to Bosnia. The murderer was a Serbian nationalist‚ and afterwards Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Germany‚ the Austria-Hungary ally declared war on Russia‚ England
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Social media websites like Tweeter and Facebook are innovative‚ but can they be used to start a revolution? Some people believe that these and other social media networking sites are reinventing social campaigning. On the other hand‚ many stay true in the belief that these websites cannot bring about the same significant societal changes that hands-on activism can. In Malcolm Gladwell’s writing “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted”‚ he unveils how social media lacks the strong ties
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One Good Turn Deserves Another When someone does you a good deed‚ you must never forget it. You must look out for the opportunity to do a good deed to that person. If you do not get that opportunity then you must pass on the good deed to someone else. It is quite a strange fact of life‚ that a good deed done to another always bring some kind of reward to the person who has done the good deed. Hence you must always return good with good. People go throughout their day encountering random acts of
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A rock is another rocks raw materials‚ meaning rocks that dinosaurs used to step on‚ are what make up the rock we use to skip on the lake. The quick and simple way to answer how that could be true is‚ the rock cycle‚ but the rock cycle is actually very complex. It involves the formation and deterioration of rocks also it is connected with many of the other cycles in the earth. The rock cycle shows “one rock is the raw material for another” due to rocks going through three different phases: igneous
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Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted In his article‚ “Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted”‚ Malcolm Gladwell offers harsh critiques of the superficial relationship between social media and social change. Gladwell writes‚ “social media cannot provide what social change requires” (Gladwell‚ 315). Gladwell argues that social change requires “strong ties” and “a level of hierarchy organization” in which social media‚ comprised of networks built of “weak ties”‚
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surely becoming a part of human lives‚ but it can never replace regular books.The reason of my disagreement based on following points: It is not affordable for all;Internet is useful only when you own a computer with Internet connection which is not affordable by mediocre.what to talk about the poors ‚they sometimes don’t have money to buy even regular books.Labrary and its books are the only resource for them. It does not work for all ages;you can not make use of Internet unless you have basic
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Why Do Trees Change Color? Everyone relates the bright‚ scenic colors of the trees with fall. What most people don’t know is why. For this process‚ also known as photosynthesis to happen it involves three different pigments that give the leaves their color. Trees are autotrophs; this means that they make their own food. The leaves obtain water through their roots‚ but also they need sunlight‚ carbon dioxide‚ and chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is the pigment that gives leaves their green color and makes
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1. Why can’t any legal system be truly “neutral?” according to the author. The legal system can’t be truly neutral because of the hierarchical status of some people 2. How was the justice system used to control southern blacks after slavery? Don’t know 3. Did society recognize a major difference between poor people and criminals? Society favors those who own property and those in right positions‚ the lash of the criminal justice system fall on the poor people. The author states that respectable
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It was one decision. It was a single choice she had made. It was one moment. But how could it set so much into motion? She didn’t know‚ then‚ of the negative consequences of her action. She didn’t even imagine them. All she could see were joyous possibilities -- possible happiness‚ possible love‚ possible desire and change and experience and all things new. That’s the thing about optimism‚ it leaves us unprepared. Her possibilities became realities. She had something she was afraid to lose. She
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