Piper Alpha: Lessons Learnt‚ 2008 Piper Alpha was a large North Sea oil platform that started production in 1976. It produced oil from 24 wells and in its early life it had also produced gas from two wells. It was connected by an oil pipeline to Flotta and by gas pipelines to two other installations. In 1988‚ Piper Alpha was operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd ("OpCal")‚ a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. On 6 July 1988‚ there was a massive leakage of gas
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How does peter weir portrayal of the relationship between book and his world move us to a deeper understanding of power? The romantic‚ mystery filed movie witness was directed by peter weir in 1985. The movie is based around a young Amish boy Samuel who witnesses the brutal murder of a police officer and a police officer John Book who heads the murder investigation. In the film the responder is exposed to‚ two parallel plots that of forbidden love with Rachel and of course the murder plot. It
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The buck poem in Witness by Karen Hesse is about a buck who repeatedly gets stuck in the ice. Merlin Van Tornhout finds a buck trapped between the ice on a river that dogs chased it into. The buck had tried crossing but fell between the ice and got stuck. Constable Johnson comes and together‚ Merlin and him pull the huge buck out. Unfortunately‚ the cold buck gets scared and jumps right back into the hole it was just pulled out of. Merlin and Constable Johnson take it out‚ and this time the buck
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THESIS: “Having not just two cultures‚ but two time zones”. Weir‚ the director of the film Witness‚ cleverly used juxtaposition to divide the two overlapping worlds. The dichotomy in the contemporary American society and the idealised representation of Amish people‚ and their dissimilar values and morals are powerfully shown visually. Linking Sentence from the intro Weir speculates the attitudinal divide of the values and morals of the two worlds. He focuses in the conflict of cultures and social
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Witness to the assassination of Malcolm X Christian Hamlin HIS/145 01/30/2014 Professor Lucht Witness to the assassination of Malcolm X The death of the great Malcolm X was a most tragic day. On February 21‚ 1965 Malcolm X was preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity in Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom where he was gunned down by three men‚ one of the gunmen was a member of the Nation of Islam Talmadge Hayer (Journal‚ 2014). Malcolm X was a great leader not because he wanted
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LESSANE responded to the incident location in reference to vandalism to a vehicle. Upon arrival and conducting a property check‚ Officer LESSANE observed oil on the front windshield‚ hood‚ roof and driver side front window‚ of a white Chrysler Town & Country van. Interview with the complainant: (MELISSA MOCK) MOCK stated on the above listed date and time‚ she got into a verbal dispute with her brother‚ WILLIAM YOUMANS. She stated both her and YOUMANS resides at the incident location. MOCK stated YOUMANS
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The Roswell Incident: Conspiracy or Cockamamie? A closer look at Project Mogul. COM/172 The Roswell Incident: Conspiracy or Cockamamie? A closer look at Project Mogul. In early July of 1947‚ most likely around July 4th or 5th‚ something crashed to the Earth in the high desert of eastern New Mexico (Carey & SChmitt‚ 2009). Mac Brazel‚ a ranch hand on the J.B. Foster ranch‚ went to check
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Extended Response How does Peter Weir use film techniques to highlight a particular theme? The film Witness directed by Peter Weir and starring Harrison Ford is an Action/Thriller and Romantic film. Throughout the film the theme making choices is an underlining message. Rachael and John both have to make choices which can result Rachael choosing between her son or John and John choosing between the city life and the farm life. The film technique Peter weir uses to highlight the theme making choices
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Dr. Vellani English II Block 1 18 March 2012 Christopher: A Very Unusual Character in a Very Unusual World Many adolescents have difficulty dealing with society. One of the few examples of teenagers struggling to be independent is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Throughout the novel‚ Christopher endures many situations that made him grow as a person. Mark Haddon’s novel is a significant piece of literature for all generations because it allows people to relate or view life in
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A design element on the first floor was a small room called the “Outbreak of 228 Incident”. The background of the room was designed to look similar to the background of the event that led to the outbreak. Brick buildings covered all three corners of the room. In the middle of the back of the room‚ there was a suitcase and inside the suitcase were cigarette boxes. The design of the wallpaper made me feel like I was in the place where one of the major events that started the outbreak happened. I immensely
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