Lessons from Esso’s Gas Plant Explosion at Longford In September 1998 Esso Australia’s gas plant at Longford in Victoria suffered a major fire. Two men were killed and the state’s gas supply was severed for two weeks‚ causing chaos in Victorian industry and considerable hardship in homes which were dependent on gas. What happened was that a warm liquid system (known as the “lean oil” system) failed‚ allowing a metal heat exchanger to become intensely cold and therefore brittle. When operators
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Choose three (3) works of art from three artists from the Baroque period through the Postmodern era. Your three (3) works of art should come from the time periods or art movements covered in the reading from Unit 4 and Unit 5. Your choices must comply with the following criteria: •The 3 artworks chosen must be of the same style or time period. For example‚ you can choose one of the following suggestions: ◦3 Baroque works of art‚ or ◦3 Impressionist works of art‚ or ◦3 Abstract Expressionist
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Letter From Birmingham City Jail: An Appeal of Logic‚ Emotions‚ and Personal Conviction In persuasive essays‚ authors attempt to help their readers consider a point by using a variety of techniques to present their arguments. To captivate a reader’s attention in an appealing way‚ they offer logical reasoning‚ emotional testimonies‚ and their own personal convictions to present different arguments in favor of their platform. These three phenomena‚ known as logos‚ pathos‚ and ethos‚ are valuable tools
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and cannot expect to be perfect. The stories “A Hanging” and “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell‚ an English novelist‚ journalist and policeman himself‚ gives the insight into the internal conflict that officers face. This essay will compare the ideal conduct expected from an officer and the realities emphasized in the stories. Policemen have big responsibilities and it is hard for them to express their complete morals and ethics because they always conflict with public views that are diverse‚
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In the article “The Flight from Conversation‚” Sherry Turkle makes a point that technology has negatively changed people in their ways of interacting with each other. She states that people have lost the skills for interacting face to face because they prefer to text or email each other. In the text‚ the author spends over fifteen years studying people and asking them about their lives. She also found that cell phones change what people do and who they are. They change what people do because nowadays
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’The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald opens effectively and prepares the reader for the rest of the novel. Fitzgerald does this by using techniques such as symbolism and setting. The symbolism in the first few chapters of the novel is very important as it prepares the reader for the rest of the novel. A good example of this is in the first chapter when Daisy‚ Tom and Nick go into Daisy’s garden. " ’Why candles?’ objected Daisy. She snapped them out with her fingers." This is important as light
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We are Not Apart from Nature We Are Not Apart From Nature Sitting alone in the forest on a quiet day in December‚ feeling rather ill‚ depressed‚ and in need of rest‚ I let my mind wander as the cold breeze blew all around me. The world‚ at that moment‚ appeared much more peaceful and much more accepting. The mental war I was fighting seemed to be subdued‚ at least for a moment. The trees swayed ever so slightly and birds chirped demurely‚ their life totally unaffected by my presence. In
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B. King II Eng-002-01 November 30th‚ 2010 Obama Outline Paragraph 1- introduction -discuss => W.E.B. Du Bois/ double consciousness -discuss=> Obama/self-identity -thesis=> Barack Obama contributes to the discussion‚ by taking the reader on a journey through his own search for racial identity. Paragraph 2 -Obamas beginning -upbringing/parents/grandparents -How did this affect him? Why is this relevant to the contribution to the discussion of racial identity? Paragraph
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Question: Are you a representative from from the ambulance company that took Laura to the hospital? Answer: Yes. Question: Do you know what injuries they were transporting her for? Answer: Possible symptoms of a concussion‚ broken arm‚ and memory loss. Question: Were you aware that she had jewelry on when she entered the ambulance but not when she exited? Answer: Yes. It is standard procedure to remove all jewelry from patients. Question: Do you hire people to work as EMT’s that have a past criminal
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We learn from our mistakes and not from our success Do you remember the day that you lied or steal and got caught from your parents or teacher? However‚ it is not wrong to make a mistake if you learn not to do it again. Al Franken‚ the United States junior senator also stated “Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned that hard way. Unless it’s a fatal mistake which at least others can learn from.” I believe people
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