BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY At 11.00 PM on December 2 1984‚ while most of the one million residents of Bhopal slept‚ an operator at the plant noticed a small leak of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and increasing pressure inside a storage tank. The vent-gas scrubber‚ a safety device designer to neutralize toxic discharge from the MIC system‚ had been turned off three weeks prior . Apparently a faulty valve had allowed one ton of water for cleaning internal pipes to mix with forty tons of MIC. A 30 ton refrigeration
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Tragedy‚ defined as “a lamentable‚ dreadful‚ or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster‚” (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tragedy) was prominent between 1939 and 1945. An alternate definition‚ “a disastrous event‚ especially one involving distressing loss or injury to life‚” was also prominent during these 6 long years‚ due to the Holocaust’s estimated death toll being that of 9 to 11 million. The Holocaust‚ (Holocaust derived from the Greek word “holos‚” meaning completely‚ and “kaustos
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Crisis is said to be experiencing or the perception of an intolerable difficult event that exceeds our coping mechanisms and current resources‚ leading to severe behavioral‚ affective and cognitive effects if crisis relief does not occur. Crisis could result from facing obstacles important to our goals‚ impediments to our goals that we believe to be impossible to overcomes‚ when we do not know how to deal with certain situations‚ disorganization in which we face profound disruption to stress coping
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Selection of Topic: Energy Crisis is a shortfall in or interruption to the provision of energy supplies. The planet is progressively marching towards a serious electric energy crisis‚ owing to an escalating desire of electric energy becoming greater than its supply. We have always accepted that the energy we make use of each day is not unrestricted‚ still we take it for granted. Coal‚ petroleum‚ electrical power‚ even water has inadequate availability. Nevertheless‚ we have not taken sufficient
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Crisis Communication Edit 0 0 16… Definition A crisis can occur in a myriad of contexts‚ including organizational‚ family‚ national‚ or interpersonal. The communication before‚ during and after a crisis is a transactional activity that helps individuals or organizations to prepare for or cope with the crisis event (Reynolds & Seeger‚ 2005). Crisis communication is studied primarily in the context of organizations (e.g.‚ Benoit 1995‚ Fearn-Banks‚ 2009)‚ although it is critical in coping with
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expansion in the Roman Empire‚ and how these practices combined make what we recognize as today ’s democratic government. Democracy began with the Greeks in the various city-states. Political thought also began in Greece. The "calm and clear rationalism of the Greek mind" started this way of thinking. Rather than focusing on the religious sphere‚ the Greeks chose to concentrate on the self and all things visible. They attempted to enter the world of the light of reason. "Democratic ideology and democratic
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climate and terrain of the Greek islands and mainland were ideal for viticulture. Furthermore‚ Greece adopted the practice of growing vines in neat rows‚ on trellises and stakes‚ which allowed more vines to be packed into a
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An American Tragedy Introduction: Desired by many‚ yet achieved by a few‚ the American dream has played a prominent role in almost every person’s life. Driven by the idea of the American dream‚ most fail to realize the damage they create on their journey to achieve this goal. Thesis: Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy captures Clyde Griffith’s undertaking in pursuit of his ultimate American dream: to be a successful and wealthy man and to rise above his family’s cruel state of poverty‚ leading
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’There are various degrees of recognition in tragedy. In Othello‚ recognition is minimal: the protagonist learns what he has done and what he has lost‚ but learns little or nothing about himself.’’ How far do you agree? – This is a quote that I have adapted into my thesis‚ taken from ‘’A Book of literary terms’’. Anagnorisis‚ a Greek word meaning ‘’recognition’’‚ is described by Aristotle as ‘’a change from ignorance to knowledge’’. I agree with this statement as‚ in the play Othello‚ Othello’s
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"Balochistan crisis" Balochistan: Pakistan‚ an Islamic country came into being on 14th August‚ 1947 on world map comprising of four provinces. Biggest in terms of land is Balochistan which covers 44% of its total land‚ but is home to only 5% of country’s population. Its strength lie in the natural resources‚ the waste rangeland‚ the coastal belt with 750 km of as yet undeveloped coastline‚ and rich mineral and hydrocarbon deposits. But this enormous resources potential remains untapped‚ and balochistan
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