Japan triggered a massive tsunami which eventually caused a nuclear power plant outbreak. The tsunami‚ 14-metres in height struck the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant‚ which is located in the towns of Okuma and Futaba in the Fukushima Prefecture. This resulted in loss of power to the reactors of Units 1‚ 2 and 3.Along with this damage‚ the cooling system failed to work and there were hydrogen explosions which ended in damaging the nuclear plant. The damages also include extensive release of radioactive
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The fall of the Ian Smith led Rhodesian government led to Zimbabwe gaining its independence in 1980. The ZANU PF government led by then Prime Minister Mugabe of the ZANU PF party embraced a policy of national reconciliation between races in order to encourage amity‚ nation-building and economic growth between the country’s white minority and black majority racial groups. This lead to a period of growth throughout the 1980s‚ the economy performed extremely well‚ which led the Central government expenditure
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The Effects of Cultural Assimilation: Conformity vs. Unorthodoxdy “Cultural assimilation is a complex and multifaceted process that first involves immigrants learning the language‚ cultural norms‚ and role expectations of the absorbing society‚ and further changes in attitudes”‚ or so it is explained by Dejun Su‚ Chad Richardson‚ and Guang-zhen Wang‚ in their article‚ “Assessing Cultural Assimilation of Mexican Americans: How Rapidly Do Their Gender-Role Attitudes Converge to the U.S. Mainstream
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1. INTRODUCTION The next Pearl Harbor will not announce itself with a searing flash of nuclear light.You will hear a sharp crack in the distance. By the time you mistakenly identify this sound as an innocent clap of thunder‚ Fluorescent lights and television sets will glow eerily bright‚ despite being turned off.. Your Palm Pilot and MP3 player will feel warm to the touch‚ their batteries overloaded. Your computer‚ and every bit of data on
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atomic bomb began. As time progressed in the war era‚ the bomb was fully developed as the United States dropped two on Japan. As the bombs demolished two cities in Japan‚ many people questioned if the usage of the bomb was necessary or not. The atomic bomb impacted the conflicts between the United States and Japan by forcing Japan to surrender the war‚ preventing Japan from evolving into a major threat to the U.S.‚ and by saving the U.S. from another powerful attack from Japan. An atomic bomb is any
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as a result‚ the atomic bomb was later dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This attack on Japan would later become one of the most controversial attacks in history‚ many saying that the atomic weapon was not necessary. The dropping of said bomb has different views depending on the perspective one is looking from; whether it be political‚ ethical‚ or from a military perspective‚ the atomic attack is very controversial. From the political perspective‚ the atomic bomb was seen as a way to get
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everything they had. It was estimated that invading Japan with a normal attack would cost 1.2 million casualties (Source #2‚ see annotation). This was one of the most prevalent factors in President Truman’s decision to authorize the use of the atomic bomb. The other leading influence on the atomic bomb’s justification was the Japanese
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workers to develop a country weak on its feet. By the time of the civil war‚ slavery had drawn America apart through the difference in opinion between states and people. Even today‚ the effects of slavery are still felt through poverty and racism. During the 17th century America‚ slavery had a detrimental effect on society because it segregated the nation‚ delayed industrialization in slave states‚ and fostered racist attitudes in society. The most simplified version of events leading up to the civil
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you’re bound to see updates on some war happening in some country. One thing that everyone on this planet seems to have in common is that no matter where one lives or who they are we all cannot escape the impact of war. The poem The Diameter of the Bomb brings this idea to light by talking about how the impact of violence doesn’t stop within the area it happened. “At the distant shores of a country far across the sea includes the entire world in the circle. And I won’t mention the howl of orphans
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Experiment B2‚ Heats of Combustion – The Bomb Calorimeter. Objectives: To calibrate a bomb calorimeter by the combustion of benzoic acid. Then to use the calibrated calorimeter to measure the heat of combustion of naphthalene and calculate the heat of formation of naphthalene. Theory: q = C.ΔTBA C = q / ΔTBA Moles = mass / Mr ΔŪ = ΔU / moles ΔHoc‚298 = ΔŪoc‚298 + PDV = ΔŪoc‚298 + RTΔn C10H8 (s) + 12O2 (g) 10CO2 (g) + 4H2O (l) ΔHoc‚298 = - 1
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