1975 GULF OIL REFINERY FIRE In the early hours of August 17‚ 1975‚ a tragic disaster occurred on the Gulf Oil refinery in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. This horrific disaster took the lives of eight firefighters‚ and potentially could have taken more lives if it wasn’t for the help of many surrounding fire stations. The cause of the fire was the overfilling of Tank 231. While no crude oil escaped from the tank as a result of being overfilled‚ large quantities of hydrocarbon vapors were trapped above
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Courtney Williams Dr. Ndeh African American Literature November 13‚ 2012 Foundation and Hope in Philadelphia Fire Five years after the MOVE incident in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ writer and professor at Brown University John Edgar Wideman wrote Philadelphia Fire. The novel is centered on the 1985 bombing of John Africa’s MOVE organization by the Philadelphia police and fire department‚ an attack that destroyed over fifty homes and killed eleven people. One of the main themes of this novel
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major player globally. India is emerging as a refinery hub and refining capacity exceeds the demand. The last decade has seen a tremendous growth in the refining sector. The country’s refining capacity has increased from a modest 62 Million Metric Tonnes Per Annum (MMTPA) in 1998 to 215.066 MMTPA at present‚ comprising of 22 refineries - 17 under Public Sector‚ 3 under private sector and 2 in Joint Venture (JV). During 2011-12‚ two new JV refineries of 6 MMTPA and 15 MMTPA were commissioned in Bina
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Causes Poor Safety Records and Standards The Paraguana Refinery Complex was state-owned by the Petróleos de Venezuela‚ S.A. (PDVSA). PDVSA has long been criticized for their negligence in industrial safety. Since 2003‚ PDVSA has been plagued by 79 accidents which include 6 explosions and 7 fires within the refinery complex. Despite these incidents‚ no major safety measures were undertaken by the company. This makes the safety standards of PDVSA questionable. As a result‚ the negligence of safety
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Philadelphia Tiffany Davis Athens State University Philadelphia is a 1993 American drama film and one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to acknowledge HIV/AIDS‚ homosexuality‚ and homophobia. Andrew Beckett‚ who is played by the actor Tom Hanks‚ is a senior associate at the largest corporate law firm in Philadelphia. Although he lives with his partner Miguel Álvarez played by Antonio Banderas‚ Beckett is not open about his homosexuality at the law firm‚ nor the fact that he has AIDS.
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In the movie‚ Philadelphia‚ Denzel Washington plays a well known African American lawyer. His character is a heterosexual male with a wife and a new baby daughter. At the beginning of the movie‚ he has very negative feelings towards homosexuals. As the movie continues‚ his character evolves and his feelings towards homosexuals and people affected with AIDS changes. When Tom Hank’s character asks Washington to represent him in court‚ he becomes very uncomfortable around Hanks. After Hanks reveals
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Overfishing in the Gulf of Mexico In recent years the fish and all the other marine animals that live in the Gulf have been affected by different natural disasters or disasters caused by us humans. For example‚ the most recent natural disaster that affected the lives of many marine animals in the Gulf was Hurricane Katrina in 2005‚ which caused the Gulf Coast entered the United States with lots of water and different types of animals from the gulf. This caused many fish to die and some to even become
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www.ProcessEngr.com Oil Refinery Processes A Brief Overview Ronald (Ron) F. Colwell‚ P.E. mol`bpp Copyright © 2009 Process Engineering Associates‚ LLC. All rights reserved. “Excellence in Applied Chemical Engineering” Some Historical Events • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3000 BC Sumerians use asphalt as an adhesive; Eqyptians use pitch to grease chariot wheels; Mesopotamians use bitumen to seal boats 600 BC Confucius writes about drilling a 100’ gas well
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I really enjoyed this movie. It was interesting to see how the characters interacted with each other‚ especially Joe and Andrew. Since the beginning of the movie Joe strongly states his hatred towards homosexuals and his fear of contracting AIDs over a simple hand shake with Andrew and with Andrew just being in the same room as him. When I saw this scene Joe’s ignorance angered me and then he went as far as going to see a doctor that same afternoon and although the doctor told him he could only contract
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day‚ without food‚ water‚ and a roof over their head. Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania is ranked as the 10th highest city for the amount of homeless people Philadelphia has in its city. Homelessness in Philadelphia is a intractable problem that needs to be addresses in order to aid and save thousands of people who sleep on the streets each night. In a documentary‚ a homeless man named Joe tells his story about living on the streets in Philadelphia. Joe ended up on the streets after his divorce. He started
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