chemical explosion‚ where "a hundred and eight people [were] killed‚ about two hundred injured‚ and over fifty of them lost their eyes" It was up to them where they wanted to end up. Choosing to not let his impairment get in the way‚ Mr. Parson decides to take control of his life by turning himself into a "successful‚ respected‚ [and] admired" insurance broker. Whereas‚ Markwardt decides to take the easy road and plays on the sympathy of others. He blames the Westbury chemical explosion for him
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On August 1st 1914‚ Germany declared war on Russia‚ and on the 3rd‚ declared war on France. Starting at the top of the previous page the first piece of artwork I chose to review is Max Beckmann’s piece Der Kriegsausbruch (Declaration of War)‚ created in 1914 as the declarations of war had just been announced. This is a drawing depicting the reaction of passers-by in Berlin to the news of war being declared. I chose this piece specifically because of the "sketchy" style of drawing. I find that
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the events into context and makes it clear. Instead‚ the author leaves us only the “Historical Notes” before diving into the people’s narratives. While the historical notes introduce quite a few facts: “On April 26‚ 1986 at 1:23:58‚ a series of explosions destroyed the reactor in the building that housed Energy Block #4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station…as a result of the accident‚ 50 million Ci of radionuclides were released into the atmosphere…On April 29‚ 1986‚ instruments recorded high levels
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Thesis: The creation and use of nuclear weapons were an unnecessary‚ unsafe‚ and an unethical addition to the war industries already expansive arsenal. I. Nuclear weapons have a short‚ but expansive history. a) People who made the first discoveries about fission paved the way for nuclear weapons science. b) The Manhattan Project was the beginning of the nuclear age. II. Nuclear weapons are unnecessary. a) Nuclear weapons‚ and the states that possess them‚ cause tension and paranoia amongst their
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causes expansion of the liquid and therefore making a shock wave. Fireworks are also used in television quite frequently and have a lot of chemistry behind the scenes. This includes the different metals changing the color‚ the gunpowder to fuel the explosion‚ and finally the ingredients such as charcoal and potassium nitrate that are what make the reaction. Another common television art and magic illusion is invisible ink. Invisible ink was first used over 2000 years ago by the greek and romans to
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occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Powerplant in Ukraine‚ Ukraine’s first and largest nuclear power station. No one knew what Chernobyl was before the incident; it was a small rural town in the middle of nowhere. But as a result of an unwieldy explosion on April 26‚ 1986‚ Chernobyl became the world’s prime symbol of technological catastrophe (Marples 238). It occurred because of an experiment on how long safety equipment would function during shutdown of the fourth reactor unit in the facility
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With each eruption‚ volcanoes have the potential to eject large amounts of ash‚ gases‚ and sulfuric aerosols into the upper troposphere and stratosphere (Allen‚ 2015). Volcanism helped form Earth’s ancient climate and influences climate change in today’s world (Kasting‚ 1993). A recent example of a volcano influencing climate include the 1982 El Chichon eruption in Mexico‚ which is regarded as the largest volcanic disaster in modern Mexican history (Mass‚ 1989). Ancient examples of climate-changing
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The year was 2150‚ where LA became a dystopian society after its recent rebellions and riots started because of the unfair society people lived in. Now‚ computers had taken over their lives‚ their entertainment‚ their experiences‚ and their jobs. During this particular period‚ technology had taken over the job network‚ people couldn’t afford to take care of their bills and made low wages on services provided. The people couldn’t bear to live in a dirty‚ robotic‚ toxic society where they couldn’t
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late May or early June‚ 2010‚ as among the largest oil spills in history with hundreds of millions of gallons spilled to date. The spill stems from a sea floor oil gusher that resulted from the 20 April 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion. The explosion killed 11 platform workers and injured 17 others.[10] The gusher is estimated by the quasi-official Flow Rate Technical Group to be flowing at 35‚000 to 60‚000 barrels of crude
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cold temperatures below about 30 degrees. They warned some people‚ and the people were worried that if they didn’t launch it then‚ then they couldn’t until April. The engineers were against this idea from the start. Another factor that led to the explosion of the challenger is publicity. The military‚ the congress all wanted the challenger to launch as soon as possible. Although these three outside sources of pressure were not the technical reason for the Challenger disaster‚ they were factors in the
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