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    In a chapter of Lauren Slater’s book‚ “In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing”‚ she discusses a study done by Bibb Latane and John Darley that found that the is an inverse relationship between amount of witnesses and chance of someone intervening and also tested the Werther effect. She also uses the case of Kitty Genovese to illustrate this‚ how 40 people watched her slowly be murdered and no one intervened. This is similar to the situation at the Rocky Flats factory. Where many people knew what

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    1. Slater’s style of writing in "In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing" was written in a storytelling voice. This storytelling voice gave a less academic tone‚ but it engaged the reader to be more interested making the overall voice work for the purpose of the paper. On top of her style‚ Slater organized the chapter by breaking it into the five steps as each section. This helped the reader follow finding the main points of the article more easily. The purpose of having the sections broken into

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    Apollo11 Moon Landing‚ Was it Just a Fake? Many accomplishments throughout the years‚ in the United States have formed our country to a nationalist society. On July 20th‚ 1969‚ the Mission Control Center in Houston‚ Texas received the call‚ “Houston”‚ which confirmed the landing of these three astronauts on the moon. Recently though‚ many discussions of the Apollo 11 mission have astonished thoughts of many Americans. Conspiracy theorists are looking at the Moon Landing as a hoax and

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    Secondly In addition to Operation Overlord‚ Operation Market Garden was a key attempt that would help delilitated the German army. With the successful landings in Normandy the allies were pushing deeper into Europe‚ the retreat of German forces all the way to the Rhine River allowed the Allied armies be on the front doorstep of the Rhineland. Established in the south was the United States and in the North was The UK and Canada. Commanded by Field Marshal Montgomery of the United Kingdom‚ he convinced

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    November 8-11 of 1942 saw the largest amphibious attack and beach landing on the continent of Africa ever attempted by a modern day military known as‚ “Operation Torch” commanded by Major General George S. Patton Jr. It was World War 2‚ the African theater; which was selected to be America’s early entry into the global conflict. The war was not going well for the allied nations‚ to include Great Britain‚ France‚ and Russia. Germany‚ the lead axis power was easily defeating any opposition in its quest

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    for Neil Armstrong‚ Michael Collins‚ and Edwin Aldrin. What if I had been a part of that? I can’t even begin to imagine the view‚ the emotional rollercoaster‚ or the feeling of success in that event. I wish that I could have been involved in the landing on the moon. I would be so joyful if I obtained the ability to travel to the moon. After the joy and the thrill of knowing that I would be going to the moon‚ the rush of excitement would hits. Excited that we about to take off‚ listening to the

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    have filmed this in a film studio and the same backdrop has been used in all scenes to save money instead of buying several backdrops which would have made it less suspicious. A final piece of evidence that clearly shows that the Apollo 11 moon landing may be a hoax is the

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    Landing at Inchon: Foolish Risk or Calculated Gamble? Campaign Analysis: Operation CHROMITE The Ultimate Challenge for the Commander is deciding on where and when to commit forces to best leverage available combat power against the opponent. General Douglas MacArthur has been criticized for his decision‚ even though it succeeded‚ to make the invasion of Korea at the harbor of Inchon. This paper explores the legitimacy of that decision based on the principles of military power. A popular

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    BOOK REVIEW of BISHOP’S LANDING by Richard Forsyth Student Mircea BOOK REVIEW of Bishop’s Landing by Richard Forsyth 1. References. Bishop’s Landing by Richard Forsyth‚ published in New York‚ publisher Dorchester Publishing Co.‚ Inc.‚ in 1980‚ 368 pages. 2. Recommendations. a. Recommended Audience. I recommend this book for all horror fans‚ for those who like to read about haunted houses‚ phantoms and ghosts

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    Dispatch Oral/Practical Review for Final Test ALL 121 CARRIERS- Operational Control Authority- initiating‚ conducting‚ or terminating a flight Dispatcher/Captain joint responsibility- preflight planning‚ legal and safe dispatch release of a flight Dispatcher responsibilites- 1. Flight monitoring 2. issuing necessary information to ensure the safety of the flight. Ex. WX‚ NOTAMS 3. Cancelling or redispatching if the flight cannot be operated safely in the opinion of the dispatcher or PIC Captain’s

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