Nowadays‚ what do you usually see in the television? In front of the headlines of newspaper? The one which everyone’s talking about‚ Showbiz? Lifestyles? Business? No‚ the most top news air last year was all about disaster brought by typhoons which leaves vast destructions not only in properties but also loss of thousands of lives. Our country‚ the Philippines has been blessed with natural resources where other countries don’t have. Time by time‚ Filipinos have learned to utilize these resources
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Commonwealth Games: success or disaster The Commonwealth Games 2010 event was the largest international multi-sport event to be staged in India‚ eclipsing the Asian Games in 1951 & 1982. The Commonwealth Games 2010 event was a success from the athlete’s point of view‚ but it was also a big success mission for some people who wanted to loot public money. The Grand Opening Ceremony was a huge success‚ the 40 crore rupees aerostat lifted off and the stadium rocked to the tune of Rahman‚ even the
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2013 Author: Daniel Smith – 5549426 Title: The Analysis of BP and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster of 2010 Due Date: 5/5/13 Word Allocation: 2193 excluding executive summary‚ headings‚ tables‚ references and appendices Executive Summary This report provides an examination into British Petroleum (BP) and the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010. It looks specifically at the functional area of organizing from POLC and the framework
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Natural human caused Disasters 1. The rig’s malfunctioning blowouts preventer ultimately failed‚ but it was needed only because of human errors. Those errors originated with a team of BP engineers in Houston‚ such as 1. Fewer barriers to gas flow 2. Fewer centralizers to keep cement even 3. No bond log to check cement integrity 4. Pressure test misinterpreted 5. Mud barrier removed early 6. Blowouts preventer failed. 2. In the months following the Gulf oil disaster‚ wildlife managers‚ rescue crews
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atmosphere over Texas‚ killing all seven crew members on board. The disaster occurred minutes before Columbia was scheduled to land at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. An investigation later determined the catastrophe was caused by a problem that took place shortly after launch on January 16‚ when a piece of foam insulation broke off from the shuttle’s propellant tank and damaged the edge of the shuttle’s left wing. The Columbia disaster was the second major tragedy in the history of the space shuttle
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Flight 1420 11 Flight 1420‚ A Preventable Disaster Commercial Aviation Safety November 15‚ 2011 ABSTRACT Flight 1420 was a disaster that taught the aviation community several important lessons. All the Seven Major Elements of Aviation safety can be seen as contributing factors but the greatest factor was human error and the impact of pilot fatigue. With proper preventative measures‚ the pilots probably would have had the time to arm the MD-82’s spoiler system
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The Hindenburg Disaster As the Hindenburg enters: “Here it comes‚ Ladies and Gentlemen‚ and what a marvelous sight...the sun is striking the windows of the observation deck on the westward side and sparkling like glittering jewels on the background of black velvet…. Oh‚ oh‚ oh..!.. As the crowd notices the flame and then...: “Its burst into flames...Get out of the way‚ please‚ oh my‚ this is terrible‚ oh my‚ get out of the way‚ please..!It is burning‚ bursting into
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Was Dunkirk ‘A Miracle’ or ‘A Disaster’? In this following essay I will be discussing the different views and military tactics used for evacuating both French and English soldiers from Dunkirk. I hope to show both positive and negative views using sources and other sorts of information such as‚ newspaper articles and speeches. By using these I can portray a comparison in which is fair for both opinions but also that each source is reliable so both sides of the argument will be compared reasonably
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Blazers is in a very bad time. Its home arena was taken over by creditors‚ its performance was in danger of being the worst in NBA history‚ and attendance numbers was falling (Case‚ Page 1). Its Management tried to promote by developing multigame ticket packages. Conjoint analysis technique is used to design the survey and analyze the result. According to the situation‚ we assume that the new promotion program needs to increase the attendance numbers and profit. Question 1 To judge which attribute
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Social Benefit or Social Disaster Shannon Pieczynski Principles of Management 300 CSU Global Professor Aguiar 8/11/13 Social Benefit or Social Disaster Over the past decade social media has become a booming phenomenon. At first it was instant messenger‚ Myspace‚ Facebook‚ and Twitter but over the past four years we have been introduced to things like Instagram‚ Snapchat‚ Vine‚ and Kek. The social media world grows everyday and
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