The Port Chicago Disaster On the 24 of July 1944‚ a memorandum was written from Captain W. S. Parsons‚ USN to Rear Admiral W. R. Purnell‚ USN. It was a report on the most destructive explosion on United States soil at that time. It was known as the Port Chicago Explosion. Captain Parsons worked in the Bureau of Ordnance as their Liaison Officer. So he was a prime candidate for the job. Rear Admiral Purnell was the head of the Military Policy Committee. This memorandum was not intended to
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Engineering Disaster Civil Engineers build significant structures that can last more than a century‚ some of these structures such as Burj Khalifa‚ pyramids and evil towers in France can be considered as landmarks‚ because of its history and its beauty of design. Civil Engineers study the four factors of building structures to determine which tools and materials they will use in order to build permanent structures. Although engineers studying the factors and take the determination‚ there is some
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The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales An Empirical Analysis * Felix Oberholzer Koleman Strumpf Harvard Business School UNC Chapel Hill foberholzer@hbs.edu cigar@unc.edu March 2004 Abstract A longstanding economic question is the appropriate level of protection for intellectual property. The Internet has drastically lowered the cost of copying information goods and provides a natural crucible to assess the implications of reduced protection. We consider the specific
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Disasters‚ What you Need to Know About Them Every day there are natural disasters all the time occurring all around the world. They are something that we can’t help‚ but we can be aware of them and what to do if one occurs near you. Tornadoes are common during Michigan’s Spring months. They are usually smaller than other places‚ but they still can do lots of damage. The safest thing to do is to go to the lowest level of the building that you are in. If there is no basement‚ get shelter in
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Personal Responsibility Joer Lopez Gen/200 November 26 2012 Gabrielle Lavia Personal Responsibility Personal responsibility is a part of daily lives; it can influence his or her career‚ relationships‚ and health. The ability to understand the important significance of personal responsibility can lead someone to become a better person. It defines who they are. Each individual has different views on how
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Avoiding Disaster by Disaster Have you ever made disastrous decisions? You might think the reason why you made a disastrous decision without any thought about the consequences is because you lacked prior experiences of making such disastrous decisions. When I was a child‚ I usually played with a coin to amuse myself. One day‚ I envisioned the coin was a shining‚ delicious cookie‚ and then I swallowed it like a cookie‚ resulting in the coin getting stuck in my throat. Fortunately‚ my mom noticed
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The Boston Molasses Disaster showcases what might be the weirdest way alcohol has created a train related accident‚ On January 15‚ 1919‚ a tank on a train that contained molasses that was meant to be for fermented to make industrial alcohol exploded‚ creating a gigantic wave
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have to wonder what the baby sleeping in the room has to do with possible SIDS. Unless they are talking about bed-sharing I don’t see how the infant sleeping in her own bed and but in her parent’s room would be any riskier then leaving her in a room of her own. If anything‚ they would be closer to her and may notice if something is wrong. On the question whether co-sleeping or bed-sharing is okay or not‚ I am a bit bias as my mother shared her bed with all five of her children‚ starting with myself
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The short-term effect of the radioactive contamination in Fukushima nuclear power disaster A nuclear power disaster can result in terrible radioactive contamination. According to the report of Nuclear Safety and Security Institute‚ radioactive level in the central control room of Unit 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Station was 1000 times higher than its normal level after the earthquake. The communique reported that the amount of radiation around the gate of the nuclear power plant was increasing
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/93-global-responsability-efmd-2003 The European Foundation for Management Development GLOB AL RESPO NSIBILITY A N efmd INITIATIVE TOWARDS SUSTAIN A BLE SOCIETAL A ND BUSINESS M A N A GEMENT DEVELOPMENT Supported by The efmd President’s Task Force 1 ??? Foreword An open invitation by Eric Cornuel and Anders Aspling Chapter I Prospects for future action Chapter II What has efmd done so far in relation to the Global Responsibility initiative? Chapter III The efmd President’s Task Force
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