Date: May 24th‚ 2013 Title: Bridge collapses into Washington State River; cars fall into water Link: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/bridge-collapses-into-washington-state-river-cars-fall-into-water-1.1294723 Type: Local‚ but somewhat international due to the fact that it is still unclear if any of the people affected were from Canada or any other countries. Brief Summary: A four-lane bridge in Washington has collapsed‚ dumping an unknown number of cars and people into the icy river below
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Ryan Cook POSI 4322 3:30 PM Market Failure Ideally‚ a free market is the means by which people exchange goods and services in a safe and unrestricted context. In a liberal democracy‚ such as that of the United States‚ it is accepted to varying degrees that government has a role in ensuring that the “free” component of markets does not develop into a force which undermines the “safe” component. Therefore‚ some restrictions are in fact necessary. This paradox of government restricting certain behaviors
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She collapsed in horror when…; wait let me start from the beginning. For Daisy Hicks her life was anything‚ but ordinary. She has a normal life like any other teenage girl. Daisy went to school‚ did her homework‚ had mostly A’s‚ and liked to sleep in. The only problem with Daisy is she has a big secret that only her father Greg‚ her mother Gwen‚ her sister Charlotte‚ and her best friend Phoebe know about. Daisy is a part of the CSI special agent program for kids under 18‚ and her mom was their manager
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Kansas City Hyatt Walkway Collapse Introduction The Hyatt Regency Hotel was built in Kansas City‚ Missouri in 1978. This hotel consisted of a 40-story hotel tower and conference facilities‚ which were connected by an open concept atrium. Inside the atrium‚ there were three walkways that connected the hotel to the conference facilities on the second‚ third‚ and fourth floors. The atrium was 145 feet long‚ 117 feet wide and 50 feet high. On July 17‚ 1981‚ approximately 2‚000 people had gathered
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Mine Collapse Report Monique Carr BCOM/275 February 21‚ 2013 Instructor: Yuvonne Richmond Chilean Copper Mine Collapse Report In the article that I had to research called “Over 30 workers trapped after Chilean Copper Mine Collapse” (Weik‚ 2010) it talks about what occurred on August 5‚ 2010 in which the San Jose mine collapsed trapping approximately 30 workers. The article indicated that prior to the collapse a fatal
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describes the options for responding to and dealing with the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Development of Events The Soviet Union has collapsed due to a number of different reasons. It is mainly the direct result of the end of the Cold War. Multiple different events led to this result‚ from multiple revolutions in Europe to General Secretary Gorbachev making concessions domestically and internationally‚ led to this‚ once powerful‚ nation to collapse. In the late 1980’s‚ Gorbachev conceded so many different
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Does Public Housing Reduce Homelessness? An Empirical Study Using Panel Data Abstract This paper tries to find out how public housing affects homelessness‚ conditional on other relevant factors. Five ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models‚ including bivariate regression‚ multivariate regression‚ and fixed effects regression are used to estimate the relationship between public housing and homelessness based on yearly state-level panel data from 2007-2013. The results indicate that public
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The Bernie Madoff fraud happened because of greed. All of the people involved wanted more and more money and eventually the system collapsed. On March 12‚ 2009‚ Bernie Madoff pled guilty to the largest Ponzi scheme in history. He successfully took $65 billion from investors that trusted him with their money. Why the fraud case was created Bernie Madoff had his investors believe that they were making a lot of money through his investment firm (Bernard Madoff Securities)‚ by creating false trade
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One of the main problems that affect the livability in Hong Kong is housing problem. Hong Kong has 7.3 million people living on 1‚100 sq. km of land. There were around 6‚700 people living on every square km. However‚ the ‘right to adequate housing’ and the ‘right to affordable’ are important dimensions resting on the foundation that adequate housing is a basic human need (Leckie 1992; Bengtsson 1995) and which ensures access to a safe and affordable home with freedom from forced eviction. This is
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force. More recently‚ the greed of several‚ rich and powerful individuals helped to cause one of the largest financial collapses of modern times. The purpose of this paper is to establish some of the key players in the economic crash of 2008‚ and to show some common backgrounds among those players and reveal that‚ even now‚ they still have significant influence on the financial markets here in the United States and throughout the world. In the fall of 2008‚ AIG‚ the world’s largest Insurance Company
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