The BP Oil Spill “Thank God men cannot fly and lay waste to sky‚ as well as the earth‚” said Henry David Thoreau on environmental damage. The BP‚ or British Petroleum‚ Gulf oil spill has been widely referred to as the biggest environmental disaster that the United States has ever faced‚ with over four million gallons of oil pouring into the waters off the Mexican Gulf Coast. The BP oil spill occurred in April of 2010. It was‚ and still is‚ the biggest oil spill in all of U.S. history. The massive
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Gaussian Mixture Models∗ Douglas Reynolds MIT Lincoln Laboratory‚ 244 Wood St.‚ Lexington‚ MA 02140‚ USA dar@ll.mit.edu Synonyms GMM; Mixture model; Gaussian mixture density Definition A Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) is a parametric probability density function represented as a weighted sum of Gaussian component densities. GMMs are commonly used as a parametric model of the probability distribution of continuous measurements or features in a biometric system‚ such as vocal-tract related
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ENVIRONMENT TODAY Environment today is worsening along with time and worse; it does not seem to draw the attention of the people. The main cause of this crisis is the people destroy the environment in the name of development and industrialization. The saddest truth is no one gives a ‘DAMN’. If nothing is done‚ it will definitely be an impediment to developments and is not only happening in Malaysia but around the globe. All of us living here on this planet are losing our conscience and have
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the factors that influence and determine the oil price in UK oil industry. The report also aims to provide how much and to what extent‚ Government policies influence oil prices in UK. Objective of the Assignment: This assignment has been prepared considering a number of objectives. The objectives are: * Identify and evaluate the factors that influence and determine the oil price in UK oil industry. * Understand how and to what extent UK government policies make an impact on the oil prices
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An Assessment Whether the Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998 Violates the 1987 Constitution A Thesis Proposal In Partial Fulfillment Of the Course Requirements in DOCULMG 2013 TABLE of CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Background of the Study .………………………………………………………………………... 3 Statement of the Problem ………………………………………………………………………... 6 Objectives of the Study …………………………………………………………………….......... 8 Significance of
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20th Century European History Due Date: October 1‚ 2008 A Very Long Engagement In the movie “ A Very Long Engagament” there is a sadness of love buried underneath the trenches of the war. Along with this sadness is a strong showing of Militarism and how it ruined so many lives in the years 1914-1918. Matilde’s account of lost love and hope has made her goal to struggle through the harsh realities of life to try to find an answer‚ an answer which she surely knows will cripple her mind. The
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As the word ’teenagers’ are mentioned‚ we will think that it is the most joyous part of our lives. It is true and cannot be denied. However‚ some of us‚ teenagers‚ never have a great moment during high school. Some may have peer problems or probably some stress. Basically teenager’s life in high school is like a self survival in the Amazon forest. The teenagers in high school usually scared of the first day of school because it is that day that will decide your life throughout high school for
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Youth in today’s society feel a need to be rebellious because of individualism and peer pressure from role models. Youth in the 90’s want to be like their favorite actor or actress‚ they want to be well liked and popular with others‚ and they want to be an individual doing their own thing; but what are the factors that contribute to youth’s rebelliousness? One of the big contributors to youth’s rebelliousness starts with individualism. Young people feel as if they do
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To what extent were smart bombs the most important factor in the way the Gulf war of 1991 was conducted? Laser-guided bombs have been called the “invention that shaped the Gulf War.” (Correll‚ 2010). By the time of the Persian Gulf War in 1991‚ laser guided bombs were in widespread use. (Handwerk‚ 2005). In fact‚ 90% of the bombs hauled to Iraq’s borders were smart weapons. For some‚ the Gulf War is remembered as the war where smart weapons played a major role in the way the Gulf War was conducted
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The State is the Most Important Actor in World Politics Introduction In the modern tumultuous world of politics‚ nation states were and still are very crucial players. Whether they are the most important actors or not is the pivotal point of this essay. The point has been discussed with reference to two paradigms of international relations theories namely realism and liberalism. There are several strands of these two theories but arguments have been
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