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    Hot Tapping

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    Hot tap operation is a combination of many variables‚ welding is only one of them‚though it’s critical for any hot tapping operation. Note Hot Tap could lead to serious fatalities if not done properly. Since you mentioned about Shell’s DEP‚ please note these DEP’s are well respected in the industry. That does not mean what’s written is absolutely unquestionable‚ but there’re good rationale on what’s written in the DEP’s.   DEP 31.38.60.10-Gen‚ HOT-TAPPING ON PIPELINES‚ PIPING AND EQUIPMENT is quite

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    Hot Spots

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    Hot Spots During the 1960’s when plate tectonics were coming together‚ it explained the many new things and exposed many other magnificent ideas. This new scientific theory explained a number of mysteries like the movements of continents‚ form of the ocean floor‚ mountain chains‚ volcanoes‚ earthquakes‚ and how ancient life was sorted over time. Determining the behavior of the Earth’s crust‚ from plate tectonics‚ it made it easier for Geologist to focus more on the strange things that happen below

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    The Hot House

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    The Hot House Life Inside Leavenworth Prison: DALLAS EARL SCOTT The forty-two year old convict‚ Dallas Earl Scott‚ looked like a cool and collected‚ devoted husband to his fellow convicts inside prison. But the reality was‚ and although he denied it‚ Scott was a seriously dangerous gang member who was a part of one of the most widely known racist gangs called the Aryan Brotherhood. In 1966‚ Scott was convicted of a bank robbery in California and sent to San Quentin‚ where he became one of the

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    and War Stories Almost everyone has lied at one point in their lives. Some lies may be big and others small but they still tell the lie. Most people only lie to make their stories sound better. For example‚ war veterans love to tell their stories and the stories they tell are usually exciting and wouldn’t need to lie when they are telling their stories or at least one would believe they are not lying about the stories they are telling. According to Tim O’Brien in one of his many stories he clearly

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    How to Tell a True War Story – The Irony of Truth in Tim O’Brien’s "How to Tell a True War Story" "This is true." (O’Brien‚ 420) – with this simple statement which also represents a first‚ three-word introductory paragraph to Tim O’Brien’s short story‚ "How to Tell a True War Story"‚ the author reveals the main problem of what will follow. "Truth" – when looked up in a dictionary‚ we would probably find definitions similar to sincerity and honesty on the one hand‚ and correctness‚ accuracy or reality

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    Tell a True War Story Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried is a work of metafiction that manages to test fiction in its very nature through the chapter‚ “How to Tell a True War Story.” The blurred line between reality and the imagination is explored by the given account—the reader is alienated and forced to think‚ does the truth matter in a war story? This chapter alternates in narration between O’Brien as a soldier and as a storyteller‚ examines the duplicity of whether story truth or

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    Brandon Greenberg ENG 105 Prof. Papayanis April 18‚ 2012 When Will the True Story Be Revealed? People never want to know about tragedy when it happens‚ especially when it relates to black youth in America. The infamous Trayvon Martin story down in Florida drew massive attention‚ inspiring the type of controversy around the nation that helped make “racial profiling” and “stop-and-frisk” household phrases. Florida’s “stand your ground” law has been used as a defense in many cases where

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    Shailey Ostlund Final Exam—English 11 AP For a story to be considered a true war story‚ according to Tim O’Brien in his book The Things They Carried‚ it has to fit specific parameters set up by O’Brien himself. There has to be no moral‚ no generalizations‚ no covering up the brutality of war‚ and it doesn’t have to be real. The characters and plot points don’t have to be real or even believable this is true‚ however the story does have to portray real feelings and emotions about war‚ and not try

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    How do you decide what is true and what is false? In war the line blurs even more. We hear war stories and wonder about the truth of these stories. We love to believe the stories of heroism and bravery. Now how do we know that these stories are real and not created propaganda? The Things They Carried by Tim O?Brien is a fiction book that shines some light on war stories. This complex book focuses on a complex war. The Vietnam War was complex for the reasons surrounding it. Some of the reasons were;

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    Told from a third person’s perspective “How to Tell a True War Story” seems to focus on the death of a friend and good times they had together during the Vietnam War. It begins with an absolute statement that the story is true then a letter is sent to a relative of the deceased that receives no reply. It goes on to tell us the story of war and all the complexities it holds. The author points out numerous times that real war stories have no moral or life lesson like those in novels or movies even

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