The Deep Horizon oil rig explosion was categorically impacted by bias decision making. The leaders that day executed from a heuristic view‚ and also from an overconfidence bias. The two corporations colliding that day‚ BP and Transocean‚ underestimated the calamity occurring right before them. Twenty anomalies occurring simultaneously did not cause significant alarm to make a drastic and immediate decision to prevent the explosion. The team minimized the probability that the rig would explode
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extremely dense point exploded with unimaginable force‚ creating matter and propelling it outward to make the billions of galaxies of our vast universe. Astrophysicists dubbed this titanic explosion the Big Bang. The Big Bang was like no explosion you might witness on earth today. For instance‚ a hydrogen bomb explosion‚ whose center registers approximately 100 million degrees Celsius‚ moves through the air at about 300 meters per second. In contrast‚ cosmologists believe the Big Bang flung energy in
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concerns in the NASA workforce‚ was the loss of the Space Shuttle “Challenger.” The event has been dubbed by historians‚ as the “Challenger Explosion.” Following the accident‚ a detailed report was given to the U.S government‚ known as the “Roger’s report.” This gave the Government vital information
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emphasize the humanizing ingredient of compassion . . . is urgent.” (Roach 1987‚ p.61) This essay will disagree with the following statement. Science‚ technology and caring‚ in all its forms‚ are all essential to nursing practise; therefore compassion alone is not urgent. Recently Barnard and Sandelowski (2005) explained how “nurses can use both technology and humane care in response to the needs of their clients” (p.112). They go on to say‚ that when nurses “value and embrace caring practises along
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was engulfed in flames. I felt the searing pain of the fire surrounding me‚ before I faded into unconsciousness. Three days after the accident‚ I awoke astonished to find that I was still breathing‚ but distraught when I saw the effects of the explosion. I had lost of both my legs from the calf down‚ and had extreme damage to the nerves in my left hand; the doctors said I would be unable to use it ever again. As the days went by‚ my mood was ever degraded by damage to my body‚ it felt like I was
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is taking six months to go over the alphabet with the students and plays baby songs every morning. Finally‚ Melody got sick and tired of Mrs. Billups treating all of them like babies and they were not intelligent. Melody started to have a tornado explosion because she was so angry and the other students to stare at her. Mrs. Billups contacted Melody’s mother‚ who tells Mrs. Billups everything Melody is incapable of doing. When Melody was five years old‚ she got a pet fish and named it Ollie. Melody
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In addition‚ other law enforcement agencies may have specific information value. The Intelligence Service‚ Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP)‚ Police Intelligence Group (PIG) and National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) maintains files on individuals who make threats against political leaders. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) may provide information of imported goods; the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID) can provide information on individuals entering or leaving the country; the
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Nowadays special effects are used to enhance reality in a way to depict a more imaginative world or lifestyle. Explosions are seen in different forms in movies to either depict a car engine steaming and then exploding to a house instantly exploding. The chemistry concept found within explosions are reactions such as decomposition‚ thermal decomposition and the combustion reaction. Coloured flames are seen in movies to represent something magical that is occurring such as a ritual. This is due to
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The volcanic explosion of Mount St. Helens May 18‚ 1980 left the world in shock. For two months prior to the event small earthquakes had been recorded. On March 27‚ 1980 Mt. St. Helens had it first eruption in over 100 years. From then the volcano was erupting several times per day with nothing but steam until April 22 when its activity ceased. Prior to April 22 the earthquake had been effected by over 10‚000 small earthquakes. On May 18‚ 1980 at approximately 8:32 am the volcano truly awoke from
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Natural and Man-made Disasters " 2012 Riyadh oil truck explosion " By Ali M. AlAwami I. INTRODUCTION Traffic accidents are one of the most dangerous events as they can cause a large number of casualties and property damages. These accidents may happen anywhere in the world and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is no exception to this universal problem. As noted by Joffe-Walt‚ during 2008 to 2009 traffic accidents were the first main cause of road fatalities‚ it was more than
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