Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Company Issue: Ms. Palsgraf‚ a customer of the Long Island Railroad Company‚ was injured one day while awaiting her train. Her injury was sustained as two railroad employees assisted another passenger onto a train and the other customer’s package which contained fireworks (concealed) fell onto the rails as a result of the assistance provided by the company’s employees. Consequently‚ the fireworks caused an explosion when it came into contact with the rails and
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Effects of Three Mile Island The Three Mile Island accident took place in Middletown‚ Pennsylvania‚ on March 28‚ 1979. During this accident even though there was no meltdown‚ there was some radioactive gas that was let out into the air. As a result more than 50‚000 people were evacuated from their homes (Levine 60-3). The Three Mile Island incident had a major impact on public opinion‚ the construction of nuclear plants‚ and the future of nuclear power. Three Mile Island was a three month old
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Washington D.C. 00000 March 8‚ 2012 Role of ecological and environmental differences in natural selection of Geospiza difficilis in Darwin and Santiago Islands Introduction Few places are better suited for the study of biodiversity and evolution than the Galapagos Islands‚ home to Darwin’s finches. Free of most anthropogenic influences‚ these islands provide researchers with a natural‚ undisturbed environment in which to study the functions of natural selection as Darwin did 177 years ago (Grant‚
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Plum Island Animal Disease Center July 23‚ 2008 an odd and creepy grey “creature” washed upon the Ditch Plains beach‚ close to East Hampton. It looked like a cross between a turtle and a pig. What was it? Where did it come from? This “creature was called the Montauk Monster and it has been rumored to have come from Plum Island Animal Disease Center‚ a center not far from East Hampton. This Montauk Monster was said to possibly be an experiment from the disease center. This “monster” was eventually
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Creating a Microsoft Access Splash Screen: Software applications often display a splash screen when launching. With Microsoft Access you will often see the splash screen displayed before being presented with the database switchboard or similar form. The splash screen in Microsoft Access will usually display a logo of the company that has created the database application‚ contact details of the person responsible for the administration and maintenance of the database or will sometimes display other
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"Content‚ Subject Matter and Artistic Intentions” After reading the lecture I decided to write my thoughts on the art piece “A Bigger Splash” by David Hockney on page 69. No matter what the true meaning of a piece of art is you always having your own personal views and feelings toward. Only the artist really knows his motivation behind his artwork and how he wants the viewer to view it. At first glance of the picture I didn’t really see much‚ to the eye it’s a pretty simple picture. To me it is
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In the case Palsgraf v. The Long Island Railroad‚ 248 N.Y. 339‚ 162 N.E. 99‚ 1928 N.Y.Lexis 1269 (N.Y.)‚ Justice Cardoza denied recovery for the plaintiff. Justice Cardoza found that the railroad was not the proximate cause of Helen Palsgraf’s injuries. The concept of proximate cause is one that is less than precise. In today’s world of business can we still be sure that the reasoning used by Cardoza still applies? Has a new standard developed? In reviewing the materials in the text you should be
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nuclear reactors to cool them down (Backgrounder on the Three Mile Island Accident 3). Due to this‚ the reactors began to overheat and eventually got to a point where there was an core nuclear meltdown. Thankfully for the U.S‚ the power plant containment walls remained mostly intact and wherein most of the radiation stayed‚ and the event did not become that relatable to Chernobyl or Fukushima (Backgrounder on the Three Mile Island Accident 3). That said‚ it is still arguably the third worst nuclear
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INTRODUCTION Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (TMI) is a civilian nuclear power plant (NPP) located on Three Mile Island in the Susquehanna River‚ south of Harrisburg‚ Pennsylvania. It has two separate units‚ known as TMI-1 and TMI-2. The TM-1 is a pressurized water reactor with a net generating capacity of 852 MWe while TMI-2 was also a pressurized water reactor but with slightly larger output of 906 MWe. The plant is widely known for having been the site of the most significant accident
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Essay on The Island of Doctor Moreau H.G. Wells‚ in writing the novel The Island of Dr. Moreau‚ used many literary techniques‚ which implied the world was imperfect‚ and at the same time suggested some ways of improving it. By revealing to the reader all the faults and fallacies of the world through the plot‚ characters‚ and other issues presented‚ we can look the other way‚ and see a far better world than the essentially satanic world our own world has become. In summary‚ Edward Prendick finds
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