FIRE TRIANGLE In order to understand how fire extinguishers work‚ you first need to know a little bit about fire. Four things that must be present at the same time in order to produce a fire : * Enough oxygen to sustain combustion. * Enough heat to raise the material to its ignition temperature. * Some sort of fuel or combustible material. * The chemical‚ exothermic reaction that is fire. Take a look at the following diagram called the “Fire Triangle”. Oxygen‚ heat‚ and fuel
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Kovaleva Mary Assignment 3. Enron scandal Rise of the company Enron was an American energy company based in Houston‚ Texas. It was formed in 1985 by Kenneth Lay after merging Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth. In 1985‚ Kenneth Lay merged the natural gas pipeline companies of Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth to form Enron. In the early 1990s‚ he helped to initiate the selling of electricity at market prices and‚ soon after‚ the United States Congress passed legislation deregulating the
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The Bermuda Triangle The Legend In the past 100 years‚ the Bermuda Triangle has claimed over 1000 lives. In reality‚ that is only 10 a year. Though these lives lost are tragedies‚ this is not that incredible of a figure. It is how they died that has sparked many legends. The first legends of the Bermuda Triangle begin already with Christopher Columbus. As a captain‚ he was greatly respected‚ and his brave sailing efforts helped revolutionize the world. Much of the information we have about Columbus
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NAME: Chibuzor Ogbu MAT NO: 030503042 COURSE: MIT 805 1. Justify by citing examples the use of Truman’s triangle in classifying technology across generations Truman’s triangle is a relationship triangle developed by Truman Reynolds that attempts to compare three attributes of a network‚ object or service. The principle behind the triangle expresses the facts that when three attributes are to be evaluated‚ the first two (randomly chosen) attributes will always disagree or not favor the last attribute
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But during this time‚ reality hit and the world discovered the hidden truth of manufacturers. So many things were taking place during this time‚ from workers being mistreated and overused to the low pay rate that many people had to deal with. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was an event that held relevance in American history. On March‚ 25‚ 1911 at approximately 4:40 PM a fire broke out in the company’s factory in New York City which was the deadliest industrial disaster. 147 workers died in
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Rhetorical Analysis of “Parental advisory” The Rhetorical Triangle is on the biggest key point to making sure the paper is well round and can be understandable for whom may read it. The 3 key points for the rhetorical triangle are Logos‚ Pathos‚ and Ethos. Logos‚ which is Greek for ‘word’‚ is where in the essay the author is conveying his message to the audience. It’s where the actual argument comes in for the paper. Ethos‚ translates to character‚ which correlates to how well the author established
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Humanities 10:10 Bermuda Triangle I have been hearing a lot of tales about the great Bermuda Triangle there have been several mystery’s and unsolved clues of missing plans‚ boat’s‚ and people that passes through the triangle. In my thoughts I think well maybe there was at the time a bad hurricane that form sudden because we all know in that the area region is tropical‚ or maybe even in inside of that triangle huge gust of wind form up from all directions. A lot of questioning went running through
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RM530 million Transmile accounting fraud – how Liong Sik is to assume responsibility as Chairman? Former MCA President and Cabinet Minister‚ Tun Dr. Ling Liong Sik was quite active in the past month‚ as a search with The Star archives would produce eight news items featuring him‚ including one today at the ceremony at the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar) campus in Kampar yesterday planting a Blue Pine tree. But he has been very reticent on what has been described as the biggest accounting and
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The Enron Scandal One of the most popular business bankruptcies and collapses known to date is that of the Enron Corporation. Enron‚ once known as "America ’s Most Innovative Company" by Fortune Magazine six straight years from 1996 to 2001. Enron seemed to be doing very well until the summer of 2001 generating a lot of cash and new businesses‚ but in October of 2001 Enron was forced to disclose that their accounting practices had been very creative‚ and failed to follow generally accepted accounting
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Enron scandal Enron shocked the world from being “America’s most innovative company” to America’s biggest corporate bankruptcy at its time. At its peak‚ Enron was America’s seventh largest corporation.From the 1990’s until the fall of 2001‚ Enron was famous throughout the business world and was known as an innovator‚ technology powerhouse‚ and a corporation with no fear. The sudden fall of Enron in the end of 2001 shattered not just the business world but also the lives of their employees. Enron
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