Whitney Gregory Dr. Alexander Third Year Writing 7 May 2010 Natural Disasters: Why Haven’t We Learned From Them Yet? George Santayan‚ a famous Spanish-American philosopher‚ once said‚ “Everything is life is lyrical in its ideal essence‚ tragic in its fate and comic in its existence‚” (“Quotable Quote” 1). This too can be said about natural disasters in today’s time. A natural disaster is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as‚ “any form of nature that has catastrophic consequence‚ such as an avalanche
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process of interacting with people over wires or through air thrills me and hence I decided to excel in the field of Communications by pursuing Master’s degree from xyz University. I took up Electronics and Telecommunications as my major for an engineering Bachelor’s degree. I was fascinated with not just communications but other fields of Electronics such as VLSI and embedded systems and combined application of these fields result into flawless communication technologies which are existent today
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Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster happened on February 1st‚ 2003‚ which broke on the way back to the Earth. All the astronauts‚ including two women died in this disaster. The reason why this disaster happened was a piece of foam insulation broke off from the Space Shuttle external tank which damaged the left wing of the shuttle. Even though some engineers of NASA had doubted that the left wing of shuttle had been damaged‚ the administration staffs restricted to
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and inspired millions and millions of people‚ devastated our confidence and broke our hearts in an instant on January 28th‚ 1986. The magnificent ship exploded and dropped into the ocean. The disaster claimed all lives onboard. In the week that followed sorrow turned into rage‚ as the exact causes of the disaster became known. The two rubber O-rings‚ which had been designed to separate the sections of the rocket booster‚ had faileddue to cold temperature. NASA and its contractor had evidence that rocket
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University of Phoenix IT/244 Intro to Security Week 3 – Assignment – DRP – Disaster Recovery Plan Date: 10/6/2013 Disaster Recovery Plan I. Risk Assessment a. Critical Business Process a.i. The mission-critical business systems and services that must be protected by this DRP are as follows: Payroll‚ Human Resource Data‚ POS backup media‚ and Web Servers and their services. b. Internal‚ External‚ and Environmental Risks b.i. Examples of internal risks that may affect business are unauthorized
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Gill Sans Bold Engineering Studies HSC Course Stage 6 Aeronautical engineering ES/S6 – HSC 41097 P0022161 Acknowledgments This publication is copyright Learning Materials Production‚ Open Training and Education Network – Distance Education‚ NSW Department of Education and Training‚ however it may contain material from other sources which is not owned by Learning Materials Production. Learning Materials Production would like to acknowledge the following people and organisations
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along with other students‚ how to become a world class engineering student. World class engineering students set goals in their academics. They want to graduate with a 3.6 GPA or higher and within four years. From the very beginning they will have a certain degree of engineering set in their mind and stick to it no matter how hard it gets. Currently I have 3.5 GPA before finals‚ but sadly I am behind in math courses so most of my engineering core classes have been pushed back one semester. To reach
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An allure for Science and Technology and a keen interest in the growing world of technology led me to take up engineering. I chose to major in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with an intense longing to explore into the challenging field. During my under graduate program I learned the different fundamentals of electrical and electronics which were well-balanced with practical exposure. Right from my school days I had an active interest for science and research. As a matter of fact‚ I used to
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The Challenger Disaster Space shuttle Challenger launched from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral‚ Florida on January 28‚ 1986. The initial shuttle launch was delayed for six days due to poor weather and technical problems. After launch‚ the space shuttle Challenger exploded a minute and thirteen seconds after liftoff. The last words heard by the crew was from the captain‚ Mike Smith stating‚ “Uh- oh‚” (Ranker) proving that he was aware of a problem in the launch. The several astronauts were
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America has seen many tragedies and failures. However‚ in the eyes if many‚ the worst of these tragedies was by far the Challenger disaster of 1986. On January 26‚ the world was shocked as everyone watched the Challenger shuttle explode‚ killing all seven crewmembers. The challenger disaster was by far one of the worst tragedies of the space exploration era. However‚ the disaster should not have occurred. In fact‚ it should have been prevented. On August 27‚ 1984‚ President Ronald Reagan made an "Announcement
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