Piper Alpha: Lessons Learnt‚ 2008 Piper Alpha was a large North Sea oil platform that started production in 1976. It produced oil from 24 wells and in its early life it had also produced gas from two wells. It was connected by an oil pipeline to Flotta and by gas pipelines to two other installations. In 1988‚ Piper Alpha was operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd ("OpCal")‚ a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. On 6 July 1988‚ there was a massive leakage of gas
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Browning’s narrative poem ‘The Pied Piper of Hamlin’ can be viewed as ‘A Child’s Tale’ to a substantial extent because of the mystical and supernatural themes explored in the poem. However others may argue the poem is viewed as an adult’s tale due to elements of political and government satire and religious imagery which occur throughout the poem. ‘The Pied Piper of Hamlin’ can be regarded as a child’s tale as Browning has included this as a subtitle therefore explicitly stating it. This provides
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Preliminary English Assessment task 2012 Module A- A close study of texts Rosie SwansonWood Question: “Distinctive ideas are at the heart of every text” In your view‚ what distinctive ideas are explored in your prescribed text? Analyse how these ideas are developed throughout the text by examining the ideas‚ form and language used in the text. The Piper’s Son The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta explores a variety of issues‚ themes and ideas. Grief‚ closure and development of the individual
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Analyze the use of metaphor and imagery in the film‚ citing several examples. One parallel is between Ren and the Pied Piper. In legends‚ the Pied Piper is said to have removed the rats from Hamelin with music from his pipe. The villagers refused to pay him‚ and even insinuated that he caused the rat infestation just to extort them. The Piper retaliates by luring the children of the village away just as he did the rats. Ren plays a similar role to this in the film. He’s an outsider
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after the film. During the book and the movie‚ Pickles Mickles has been a snarky child with behavioral problems. He has obviously had a rough time at home and has strong racist views‚ constantly referring to the Aboriginals as ‘boongs’‚ ‘abos’‚ ‘nungas’. He is an underage drinker and smoker‚ even taking up drugs‚ and is portrayed as though he would not get very far in life. I personally believe that this is certainly the case. In my head‚ I picture Pickles dropping out of high school and robbing local
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"The Pied Piper of Tucson" On March 4th‚ 1966‚ Life Magazine published an article titled "The Pied Piper of Tucson" that captured the world’s attention. The article written by Don Moser was based on a true story happened in Tucson‚ Arizona. Charles Schmid‚ the main character of the article‚ was a serial killer in Tucson who killed three teenage girls. Moser’s article not only managed to turn a local crime story into an international news‚ it also inspired Joyce Carol Oates who often based her
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Melissa Petersmann P.E. Bock 6 4/4/13 Pickleball Rules Equipment‚ Players‚ &Timing All players must show their CWU Student I.D. card to the supervisor prior to each game. All equipment (Paddles‚ balls‚ nets) will be provided by the Recreation Center. Only indoor tennis shoes may be worn. (Absolutely NO black soled shoes.). There will be no gender requirements or player substitutions for either singles or doubles formats. Matches will consist of rally-scoring games played to 21 points;
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didn ’t believe in religion or a personal God‚ he did believe in a cosmic God‚ as evidenced by one of my favorite quotes of his: "Human beings‚ vegetables‚ or cosmic dust - we all dance to a mysterious tune‚ intoned in the distance by an invisible piper." ~Albert Einstein Given the way life is so tenacious‚ adaptive‚ and varied here on Earth -- almost as if it has a mind of its own -- I wouldn ’t be surprised that we find life is abundant throughout the universe. And that life does have a mind
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In Piper Kerman’s piece “#11187-424”‚ she wants the reader’s attention grabbed by how she is able to tell everything first handedly. From the moment Piper reports to the federal prison for her 15-month sentence‚ she realizes that this is going to be an entire new journey. The freedom that us humans take for granted‚ for example‚ just the simple things like sitting down when we want to. Those are the actions that Piper is not able to do because she is not in the control of her own power anymore. The
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In the passage‚ “The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle” by Tobias Smollett‚ the author explains that emotional feelings cannot interfere with social norms and reputation‚ with literary elements such as diction‚ dialogue and tone. Both characters Mr. Pickle and Mr. Gauntlet illustrate feelings of loathing towards each other but don’t overly cast that emotion and rather express them in a social accepts by creating a dual. Tone is important in this passage because it shows the importance of the eighteen
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