platform Piper Alpha in July 1988‚ it killed 165 people and cost billions of dollars in property damage. It was caused by a massive fire‚ which was not the result of an unpredictable accident but caused by accumulation of errors and questionable decisions. The destruction of the platform by an explosion and the subsequent massive oil and gas fire showed that the potential hazards of the offshore industry were greater than had been generally believed by the public and perhaps by the industry itself.
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My desire to be an Alpha man strongly revolves around the fraternity’s aims‚ mission statement‚ and vision. These principles and values of Alpha are something that resonates deeply with how I try to develop myself as a man within an academic setting as well the local community. The fraternity itself set the standard for which other Black Greek fraternities and sororities would follow as being the first inter-collegiate fraternal organization established for African-Americans with the sole purpose
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Alpha Legacy: A Brief History Since its founding on December 4‚ 1906‚ Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity‚ Inc. has supplied voice and vision to the struggle of African-Americans and people of color around the world. Alpha Phi Alpha‚ the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-Americans‚ was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca‚ New York by seven college men who recognized the need for a strong bond of Brotherhood among African descendants in this country. The visionary
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1. INTRODUCTION Wolfram Alpha is an answer engine developed by Wolfram Research. It is an online service that answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from structured data‚ rather than providing a list of documents or web pages that might contain the answer as a search engine might .It was announced in March 2009 by Stephen Wolfram‚ and was released to the public on May 15‚ 2009. Wolfram|Alpha aims to bring expert-level knowledge and capabilities to the broadest possible range
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Alpha and the History of Digital Compositing Technical Memo 7 Alvy Ray Smith August 15‚ 1995 Abstract The history of digital image compositing—other than simple digital implementation of known film art—is essentially the history of the alpha channel. Distinctions are drawn between digital printing and digital compositing‚ between matte creation and matte usage‚ and between (binary) masking and (subtle) matting. The history of the integral alpha channel and premultiplied alpha ideas are presented
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Case Study Alpha Tyre Company Alpha Tyre Company (ALPHA) is engaged in the manufacture and sale of car tyres. Most of ALPHA’s business is conducted primarily through the OE (Original Equipment) route‚ selling to automobile manufacturers such as Maruti‚ Hyundai‚ Tata‚ Honda‚ Toyota and Hindustan Motors. The company has a strong presence in the OE market and it wants to protect its dominance in this space. However‚
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1. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity‚ Inc. was created to address the low retention rate at Cornell University during the times of Jim Crow Laws. 2. In 2010‚ Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity‚ Inc. decided to boycott Arizona and move their 2010 National Convention to Las Vegas‚ in protest of the recent Arizona law that allows for profiling of potential illegal immigrants. 3. Vertner Woodson Tandy became the first registered black architect in the state of New York. 4. Vertner Woodson Tandy became the
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COPD? Pretty much everyone. Now how many of you have heard of alpha 1 deficiency also known simply as alpha 1? There aren’t many that have. I’m going to inform you about it today. You will learn what it is‚ what causes it‚ what a patient with alpha 1 deficiency goes through and what can be done for that patient. Up until a few years ago‚ I myself had no clue what alpha 1 was. It wasn’t until my mom’s COPD was correctly diagnosed as alpha 1 deficiency did I become familiar with it. From that point
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Alpha Contracting Michelle McCoy July 25‚ 2011 William Salinas ACM 394 Introduction to Contract Management Alpha Contracting Alpha Contracting is defined as an acquisition process adopted to reduce the acquisition cyle time by replacing a serial process with a concurrent one‚ through government/contractor teaming without compromising the standard of a fair and reasonable price. This process involves the integration of the Program Manager/Acquisition Manager (PM/AM)‚ the Contracting Officer
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Alpha Corporation Question 1) Assumption: Only transactions above 50 millions are considered as major transactions. a) 1989: i. Sources of Cash: Net cash provided by continuing operations‚ Proceeds from disposal of depreciable and other assets‚ Increase in short-term borrowings‚ Proceeds from long-term debt. ii. Uses of Cash: Investment in depreciable assets‚ Investment in capitalized software‚ Payments of long-term debt. b) 1990: i. Sources of Cash: Net Cash
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