How did the Hindenburg catch fire and explode? On May 6‚ 1937 a German airship (LZ 129 Hindenburg) was landing in Township‚ New Jersey when an electrostatic discharge ignited leaking hydrogen and causing the Hindenburg to catch fire. A electrostatic discharge is a sudden flow of electricity between two charged objects caused by contact. There was a total of 36 casualties which were 13 passengers‚ 22 crewmen‚ and even a worker on the ground. 62 out of the 97 passengers survived the crash. (wikipedia
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used its diversity to develop a market in the Hispanic community for one of its new soft drinks. Benefits of Workplace Diversity - An organization’s success and competitiveness depends upon its ability to embrace diversity and realize the benefits. When organizations actively assess their handling of workplace diversity issues‚ develop and implement diversity plans‚ multiple benefits are reported such as: * Increased adaptability - Organizations employing a diverse workforce can supply a greater
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break apart. Santa Anna‚ Commander of Mexican Army‚ did not want this to happen‚ and therefore he did not want to sign the treaty on allowing Texas to have liberty. The Texans were not happy and knew that they had to fight for their independence against Mexico. This battle had five main people. First‚ Colonel William Travis who was Texas Commander. Second‚ Jim Bowie was in command of a volunteer force in San Antonio when William Travis arrived with regular army troops. Third‚ Davy Crockett
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Barbara Mellix (1999) in "From outside in" explains how a person of different ethnicity is also able to succeed in appropriating his or her own academic discourse through determination and diligence. She reveals her nostalgic as a little girl of two diverse but similar languages. She used to speak ’Black English’ in her yore time as a lingua-Franca and tried to speak in ’Standard English’‚ which was used for articulate Communication with the public that built her more motivated‚ enthusiastic and
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- Waltz‚ Kenneth. Globalization and Governance. PS: Political Science and Politics‚ Vol. 32‚ No.4‚ (Dec. 1999)‚ 694 3 - JOHN LEE; Director of Foreign Policy‚ Centre for Independent Studies‚ Visiting Fellow‚ Hudson Institute 4 - CATHERINE L. MANN Barbara ’54 and Richard M. Rosenberg Professor of Global Finance‚ Brandeis International Business School‚ Brandeis University 5 - http://www.economist.com/node/21548943 6 - RICHARD JERRAM Head of Asian Economics‚ Macquarie Capital Securities 7 - http://www
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Cultural Baggage The article “Cultural Baggage” by Barbara Ehrenreich’s was difficult to understand. But‚ in the beginning it talks about a friend asking the writer what her ethnic background was and Ehrenreich says “none”. This puts her to think since the friend mentions that she knows everything about her ancestors. Then she goes on saying that she was Scottish‚English and Irish. She begins to feel some guilt for saying none and for not knowing much about her background which even makes her
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In the three essays that we were assigned to read have connections. In “Serving in Florida” by Barbara Ehrenreich‚ she decided to work in low paying jobs that pay minimum wage. An example of this is when it states “the multinational mélange of cooks; the dishwashers‚ who are all Czechs here” (364). This example relates to Diana Kendall when it states‚ “The working class and the working poor do not fare much better than the poor and homeless in media representations” (428). These quotes express how
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In Barbara Lazear Ascher’s essay called "On Compassion" is about how she is looking around at people at a bus stop and she starts to point out the flaws in everyone that is there. In the opening sentence she talks about how sloppy this one man is by saying he has "his buttonless shirt‚ with one sleeve missing‚ hangs outside the waist of his baggy trousers." She also says that everyone at the bus stop is just daydreaming and not paying attention on what they are doing. As it goes along the owner
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As explained by Barbara MacKinnon‚ the two main principles that make up the Just War Theory are Jus ad Bellum‚ which is the justness of going to war and Jus in Bello‚ which is the justness in war (MacKinnon‚ p. 223). Each of these principles contains several subcategories
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check mistakes for this essay. However‚ it’s quite long. I still remember it was 19th of May. It was the day after my 13th birthday. That night‚ I went for a session of Science tuition class which was started at 7.00p.m. and ended at 9.30p.m. When I heard alarm ringing from my Ultraman digital watch‚ I briskly kept all my books in my ’’easy-bag’’. Once finished packing‚ I rushed out from the tuition room‚ and then house‚ and finally‚ I was outside the house. I pushed back my ’’easy-bag’’ handle
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