The collapse of the Fargo Grain Elevator was an unfortunate event that could’ve been prevented. It has something in common with almost every other building in the world‚ it was built on soil. It is different everywhere you look and must be treated differently in every situation. Many people think that as long as there land beneath a building that it’s fine and you can put whatever you want on top of it. As years have gone by and scientists and engineers have been able to study different types of
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Knowing Your Audience Paper BCOM/275 June 4‚ 2012 Quinton Murphy Chilean Copper Mine Collapse This paper will discuss in how important it’s to know your audience. When having to communicate a disaster like the Chilean copper mine that occur in South America it’s one example of where knowing your audience was a very important issue. This disaster in the Chilean copper mine‚ a disastrous downfall in one of
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Enron‚ a Houston-based commodities‚ energy and service corporation‚ was named “America’s Most Innovative Company” for six consecutive years by Fortune Magazine. Ironically‚ its shares price had peaked at $90.75 in August 2000 and dropped massively to $0.67 in January‚ resulting in shareholders losing approximately $11 billion. In the November of 2011‚ it was revealed that Enron’s earnings had been overstated by several hundred billion dollars because enormous debts had been kept off from the balance
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01.07 Collapse of an Empire: Assessment I see a heavily fortified city. Surrounding the city are tens of thousands of Turkish soldiers that I belong to. We are armed with crossbows‚ shields‚ and swords. Some of us are using multiple ladders to scale the walls of Constantinople. Additional soldiers remain on boats to support us performing the attack. There are 9 things that I am going to describe first hand account during our attack on Constantinople. 1. I am the soldier on the second
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Introduction: The Collapse of Icesave In 2006‚ Landsbanki – one of Iceland’s three major banks – officially announced the launch of a new project: Icesave. Icesave‚ a new brand to be operated by Landsbanki‚ was designed to offer online savings accounts with low commitment‚ ease of access‚ and high interest rates in both the United Kingdom and the Netherlands (Landsbanki Annual Report 2007). In the UK‚ the interest rates were higher than 6%10; in the Netherlands‚ 5.25%11. As more evidence of the
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There are a couple of songs that I can always count on to push me through every workout or tough times in my life‚ but my favorite song has to be Till I Collapse by Eminem. The beat‚ lyrics‚ and the emotional voice of Eminem are all what makes this song my favorite. This song has a meaning to it that I could connect with. According to Aaron Copland‚ people listen to different types of music and he divided the types into three planes. Reading all three types I found that I belonged in the expressive
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Auditor-General’s Report to Parliament 2001 Volume Four 15 Collapse of HIH Insurance KEY FINDINGS The collapse of HIH Insurance (HIH) in early 2001 will significantly affect NSW Government finances: ♦ A $600 million liability (estimated) has been included in the 2001-02 NSW Budget. This amount relates to a support package set up by the NSW Government for NSW residents who have HIH Compulsory Third Party (CTP) and home-owner warranty insurance claims. NSW public sector agencies have $30.5 million
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The crisis which ultimately led to the collapse of the Weimar Republic was contributed by World War 1 and political‚ cultural and economic factors. The Weimar Republic would have continued to be a functional government far longer than achieved if not for the economic burdens imposed by the Great Depression‚ the flawed Article 48 and the rise of the Hitler and the Nazi Party. These factors eventually contributed to the downfall of Germany’s first attempt at a legitimate Democracy. The societal‚ economical
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Major changes in rules and regulations Since the Enron collapsed an array of new laws and regulations has been adopted to tighten corporate oversight. US offices were the first one to come out and implement the policies. Almost all of the firms had their headquarters in the US and they replicated their headquarters policies to a good extend in other offices around the world. Also other governments and regulatory bodies around the world came out with their country specific rules and regulations which
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Rome was such a big city in 250 CE. After that were just going down hill quickly. That’s when they fell due to many reasons but there were three main reasons. Government‚ military‚ and natural causes. Government was a big reason why Rome collapsed. They did not have any good leaders or rules that will keep a big city together. The government would worry too much about building and not enough on keeping their city under control. Then the country had to many people and were not even close to
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