The Ford Pinto Fires Case The Pinto fires case is about a series of accidents involving the Ford Pinto’s fuel tank bursting into flames if struck from the rear. A 1978 suit against Ford Motor Co. for the murder of 3 teenagers brought the incidents to the public attention as it was the first time a major corporation was charged in a criminal case beyond negligence (Trevino‚ 2011). Background The Ford Pinto was rushed to production by Lee Iacocca to directly compete in the small car market with countries
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k-Nearest Neighbors algorithm (or k-NN for short) is a non-parametric method used for classification and regression. In both cases‚ the input consists of the k closest training examples in the feature space. The output depends on whether k-NN is used for classification or regression: • In k-NN classification‚ the output is a class membership. An object is classified by a majority vote of its neighbors‚ with the object being assigned to the class most common among its k nearest neighbors (k is a positive
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The Ring of Fire is an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40‚000 km (25‚000 mi) horseshoe shape‚ it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches‚ volcanic arcs‚ andvolcanic belts and/or plate movements. The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world’s active and dormant volcanoes.[1] It is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt or the circum-Pacific seismic belt. About 90%[2] of
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Project 2 The Furniture Fire Case Presented by Group 1 Joey Oviedo‚ Sean Bannon‚ Abraham In 1992‚ an accidental fire destroyed a furniture company’s warehouse in Tampa‚ FL. Upon these findings‚ the furniture company made a claim to their insurance company for demand of lost profits. In doing so‚ the furniture company submitted a profit calculation‚ or the GPF‚ of the burned inventory. There no sales receipts and the prices were unknown conveniently
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Pompeian houses. What do they each tell us about the status of their owners? Within Pompeii‚ the size and decorative aspects of someone’s home explained a lot about their monetary wealth and what sort of social status they upheld. People who had money and good social status would decorate their homes with High Greek culture for example myths and mosaics of Greek heroes. Whereas people from a lower class‚ tended to use less grandeur within the decorative style of their homes. The houses that I shall
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Catching Fire Suzanne Collins is a mutually celebrated writer of many books‚ including The Hunger Games trilogy. Catching Fire is just one of these astounding books. Catching Fire‚ written by Suzanne Collins‚ belongs in the science fiction genre because of the advancements and invention of different technologies. For example‚ mockingjays‚ a common animal in the story‚ are the product of female mockingbirds and male jabberjays. These jabberjays were genetically engineered by the Capitol‚ a ruthless
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William Agee Mrs. Polzinetti English 11 9 September 2011 Catching Fire Katniss Diary Day:1- I’ve been so stressed out lately so I’ve decided to start a diary. Well it’s almost time to head out of District 12 again for the victory tour of all the districts. I’ve got to say I am not looking forward to it; still Gale refuses to hold a conversation with me and its driving me crazy. It’s as if he actually believes the charade I put on in The Games even though he knows for a fact it was all
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KMC Fire Department Project Abstract We are implementing videoconference to make our response time better as measured by our standard operating procedures‚ which is worth improving ability to save lives‚ property‚ and fuel. The implementation will cover 200 fire stations within the Department of Defense. We will discuss how Earned Value Management is used in this project in every phase. Problem Statement: Implementing videoconference technology
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there was a house that everyone knew was haunted. It was an old neglected house on a side street in the oldest part of town. Sometimes‚ the most wonderful smells issued from the house and filled the street with the heavenly odor of fresh baked bread. Whenever that happened‚ people would say that the old house must have been a bakery or‚ at the very least‚ the former home of a fabulous baker. Sometimes‚ the neighbors would hear the sound of music and laughter coming from the empty house as if there
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House to House by David Bellavia (Bell) is a personal memoir of his experiences during the Iraq war. The book follows Bell and his men on their mission to clear opposing forces out of buildings in Fallujah‚ which was the most dangerous city for armed forces in Iraq. While following through with the task they faced staggering opposition and at times overwhelming odds. In order to survive this suicide mission Bell and his men transition from average men to machines that are programmed to survive at
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