Athabasca oil sands From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the bitumen deposit. For the corporation‚ see Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. Athabasca oil sands Athabasca Oil Sands map.png Country Canada Region Northern Alberta Offshore/onshore Onshore‚ mining Coordinates 57.02°N 111.65°WCoordinates: 57.02°N 111.65°W Operators Syncrude‚ Suncor‚ CNRL‚ Shell‚ Total‚ Imperial Oil‚ Petro Canada‚ Devon‚ Husky‚ Statoil‚ Nexen Partners Chevron‚ Marathon‚ ConocoPhillips‚ BP‚ Oxy
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After watching “The Fog of War” I have to disagree with the ideas the individuals and basically unimportant when it comes to international politics and it mainly determined by the power and position they have in the international system. Before watching the documentary I would have agreed with this statement but now after I have a better understanding of what really going on I have concluded that no matter how much power and the position they have at the end of the day its the ultimate decision of
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The Riddle of The Sands The setting of this book was the North Sea. The location was between Great Britain‚ Scandinavia‚ Germany‚ the Netherlands‚ Belgium and France. It took place in the 1902 when a man receives a letter inviting him to a trip on a good yacht. The place was at first very uncomfortable‚ the climate and the wind change during the novel. I thought that the author pick this place because the North Sea is one difficult to navigate‚ you have to be brave to navigate into the sandbanks
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Jack‚ Andrew and I presented on Fog of War. The documentary on Robert McNamara gives us his perspective on the situations the American government faced in the 20th century. Along with that‚ the documentary provides us with 11 lessons that could be taken from McNamara’s life. I myself focused my presentation on McNamara’s first lesson in the movie which was “Empathizing with your enemy.” In this lesson I learned how beneficial it could be to see from the enemy’s point of view. In the movie McNamara
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In the film “Fog of War”‚ one of Robert S. McNamara’s lessons of war was “Proportionality should be a guideline of war.” This means that the ends do not always justify the means; the means used to achieve the end should be reasonable. However‚ even in the movie‚ this is not the case. Unlike the other lessons‚ lesson # 4 has the word “should” in it‚ meaning that McNamara has not seen this lesson used yet. Proportionality is still not seen in the world today. It was also not used in the past‚ such
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S eptember 2011 Fact sheet Oilsands and climate change How Canada’s oilsands are standing in the way of effective climate action b y Marc Huot At a glance As the United States evaluates whether the proposed Keystone XL oilsands pipeline is in its national interest or not‚ there are important issues it must consider‚ such as the ability of Canadian provincial and federal climate policies to effectively address rising greenhouse gas emissions. The Final Environmental Impact Statement
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for Shrinkage/mm A 15 15.2 B 50 50.8 C 25 25.4 D 29 29.4 E 25 25.4 Dimension for shrinkage (mm) = (1.5/100) x Nominal Dimension + Nominal Dimension Source:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casting_%28metalworking%29 Metal Casting a Sand Casting Manual for Small foundry volume 2.pdf 1.2 Height of the Sprue Starting from principle of conservation of Energy (Bernoulli’s equation) Since; we are working with absolute Pressure at pouring basin surface‚ therefore P1 =
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My ear rings. My eyes‚ I can’t see anything. A thick dust fog blocks my vision. “Cough! Cough!” The dust fog settles. A huge hole in the ceiling becomes visible. Through it‚ I stare at the clouds‚ flat on back. My arms and legs are numb. They won’t listen. They won’t move. I’m afraid rather. Rust‚ this familiar scent in my nose‚ my lips‚ everywhere. It reeks. It can’t be! “blood…” softly‚ I mutter. I can’t even look‚ down there. No‚ I don’t wanna look. Thump‚ thump! This can’t be? Calm down
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administration and Johnson administration. He was faced with making some major decisions and giving important advice under loads of stress and pressure. Years after he left his position in the white house‚ he looked back on his life and provided eleven points of his own wisdom. Now let us examine the film The Fog of War and some of the points stated by the former Secretary of Defense and compare them to the ideas of Niccolo Machiavelli and see how the ancient philosopher might have praised or critiqued
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In the documentary Fog of War‚ former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara names eleven lessons he feels he has learned about war during the course of his life. They all come with a certain amount of merit‚ but the three that stand out the most are Lesson #1: empathize with your enemy‚ Lesson #4: maximize efficiency‚ and Lesson #9: in order to do good‚ you may have to engage in evil. Overall‚ these lessons are the most difficult to both execute in war and explain to the American public while simultaneously
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