The Bhopal disaster (commonly referred to as Bhopal gas tragedy) was a gas leak incident in India‚ considered one of the world’s worst industrial catastrophes.[1] It occurred on the night of December 2–3‚ 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ Madhya Pradesh‚ India. A leak of methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals from the plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate death toll was
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Essay Assignment Introduction From1760s to 1830s‚ UK originally completed the industrial revolution and achieved the large-scale production of the machines. And then other European countries followed the UK and finished the industrial revolution. All these greatly promoted the development of the market economy in Europe. From the ending of the 19th century‚ the major capitalist countries in Europe and the United States had successively entered the stage of monopoly capitalism from the unrestricted
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1. In what ways are the Marshall Field’s flood disaster recovery effort a project? Why are large- scale disaster response and recovery efforts projects? A. Because of following reasons the Marshall Field’s flood disaster recovery effort is a project : This project Involve a single‚ definable purpose or end-item(product or result). The purpose is specified in terms of cost‚schedule‚ and performance requirements. This project is a one-of-a-kind activity‚ never to be exactlyrepeated
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Environmental Disaster Who would have known that on April 20th 2010‚ the United States would soon be facing the worst environmental disaster. On that fateful day‚ an offshore oilrig named the “Deepwater Horizon” suffered an explosion. Seventeen people were injured and eleven people died from the accident. The damaged oilrig sank into the Gulf of Mexico the next day‚ and a one-by-five mile oil slick appeared in the ocean. At the time‚ it was unknown whether the oil was from the rig or if the
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The theme of “The Landlady” and “The Possibility of Evil‚” are things are not what they seem. In “The Landlady‚” the owner of a little bed and breakfast is an old lady‚ but she’s hiding the true purpose of her bed and breakfast. She somehow knows when the person she selects is in town and she summons them into her bed and breakfast. Where she then acts all innocent and drinks tea with them. Soon readers realize that something’s not right‚ and start to notice the signs. This short story ends up with
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BOYAN JOVANOVIC New YorkUniversity The Diversification of Production produce more than one product. In this sense their production is diversified‚ or horizontally integrated. This paper addresses two questions. First‚ why have firms become more diversified over the past century? And second‚ why are diversified firms more oriented toward research and development (R&D) than nondiversified firms? I tackle these two questions under the assumption that a firm diversifies to maximize its efficiency
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Assignment: Disaster Plan 123 Textiles Corporation is located in a high-crime area that also experiences occasional earthquakes. A new network was set up with the server by a window. All systems are backed up once a month on an exterior drive. One night‚ a thief entered through the window and stole the server. Create a disaster plan that would better protect the organization’s technological assets. The choice to locate the network server by a nearby window is a very poor choice. Placing
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MARA CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 2 BM/JUN 2012/ECO415 PART A QUESTION 1 Sarawak Plywood Prices Firm Up Again KUCHING: Sarawak’s plywood prices firm up again as Japanese importers have continued buying for construction activities after March’s earthquake and tsunami. Sarawak Timber Association Panel Producers’ Committee chairman Wong Kai Song said new orders from Japanese plywood importers had continued to come in. According to Wong‚ the demand from Japan will continue to improve
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Disasters to Success Can success be disastrous? Everyone has a dream of having a million dollar house‚ Lamborghini‚ and an attractive spouse. To most people‚ that is how they define success; but will that really make them happy? Success can be very disastrous and can ruin lives. An old saying that every child has heard says “be careful what you wish for.” Every child has wished to be rich and successful but haven’t fully thought about the disasters to success. The dream of success can often
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