harbour collided‚ creating the largest explosion until the detonation of the atomic bomb. The explosion killed many people and devastated Halifax‚ its harbour and the neighbouring towns of Richmond and Darmouth. The towns surrounding the harbour were thriving thanks to the war overseas and their populations grew drastically. Halifax quickly became a "boom" town by 1917‚ only three years after the war. Halifax’s population was about 50‚ 000 before the explosion‚ which at the time was one of the largest
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Foxconn is one of the manufacturer in Apple Inc. that is in charge of manufacturing electronics products. For instance‚ iPhones and iPads. Unfortunately‚ many employees committed suicide by jumping from buildings in 2010. Besides‚ there are lots of factors lead to many employees committed suicide. For example‚ poor working environment‚ low salary‚ work overtime‚ etc. This issue damaged the reputation of Apple Inc. directly. As a result‚ Foxconn and Apple Inc. make a different responses and solutions
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Hon Hai/Foxconn is the world’s important contract producer‚ assembles customer electronics products for famous brand-names. It’s also a provider of parts and components and has planned associations with several other such providers. Despite its size (above of a million staffs‚ hierarchical 32 in the Fortune Global 500) and client base . For example ( HP‚ Nokia‚ Sony and Apple) remarkably little information is widely available on the corporation. The company does not follow the limelight‚ the attribute
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challenging part of investigating a fire or explosion crime scene? Why? 2. Do you think search warrants should be required for fire scenes? Why or why not? 3. Do you think more countries should adopt the practice of putting color coded chips in explosive materials? Why or why not? 4. Why do you think crime scenes involving homemade bombs have increased? 5. Why do you think the procedures are different from normal crime scenes to those involving fire and explosions? What benefits or challenges are there
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“I Survived the Halifax Explosion” HALIFAX- The collision of two ships in Halifax Harbor caused a big explosion. The ship (Mont-Blanc) was filled with explosives‚ on deck and below. It was filled with highly explosive picric acid; gun cotton in the center; and in the aft hold‚ trinitrotoluene (TNT). The explosion occurred when the Imo vessel was leaving Halifax Harbor and on its way to New York. Suddenly‚ the French munitions ship Mont Blanc was on its way to wait for a convoy when the two
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harbour collided‚ creating the largest explosion until the detonation of the atomic bomb. The explosion killed many people and devastated Halifax‚ its harbour and the neighbouring towns of Richmond and Darmouth. The towns surrounding the harbour were thriving thanks to the war overseas and their populations grew drastically. Halifax quickly became a "boom" town by 1917‚ only three years after the war. Halifax’s population was about 50‚ 000 before the explosion‚ which at the time was one of the largest
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In recently years‚ Apple’s products sweep the world. I think everyone only knows Steve Jobs‚ but not much people know Terry Gou who is the founder of Foxconn which is the supplier of Apple is a Taiwanese. Most of Apple’s products were assembled by his factories. He not only cooperates with Apple but also cooperates with many international companies such as DELL‚ Intel‚ COMPAQ‚ etc. In 1974‚ Terry Gou used around $7500 to create his first company which is “Hon Hai Plastic Products Co.”. Their master
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The Mont Blanc was carrying explosives and caught on fire igniting the Halifax Explosion. The Halifax Explosion is a defining moment in Canadian History because it’s the biggest explosion in Canadian History‚ it brought a lot of help from other places and it brought the war home to Canada. Halifax Explosion was a defining moment in Canadian History because it brought the war home to Canada. The Halifax Explosion was the only occasion when the horrors of modern warfare were visited in an important
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Present An awaited report‚ released towards the end of March 2012‚ on working conditions at Apple supplier Foxconn showed dozens of major labor-rights violations‚ including excessive overtime‚ unpaid wages and salaries that aren’t enough to cover basic living expenses. Majority of the workers at three of Apple supplier Foxconn’s factories in China say their wages fall short of their basic needs. The factories were Audited by the Fair Labor Association (FLA). The average monthly salaries at the plants
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(2005) 225–237 www.elsevier.com/locate/jlp Current status and expected future trends in dust explosion research R.K. Eckhoff* Department of Physics and Technology‚ University of Bergen‚ Allegaten 55‚ N-5007 Bergen‚ Norway ¨ Øresund Safety Advisers AB‚ Box 82‚ SE-20120 Malino‚ Sweden Abstract In spite of extensive research and development for more than 100 years to prevent and mitigate dust explosions in the process industries‚ this hazard continues to threaten industries that manufacture‚ use
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