Maryville Chief of Police Greg Marshall‚ how can I help you Mr. Smith?” Chief Marshall was a large mountain of a man‚ easily six feet‚ six inches. At six foot two‚ I had to look up at him. In his early sixties‚ with a shock of thick‚ white hair on his head and an equally impressive white handlebar mustache‚ he stared at me from behind a pair of wire rimmed spectacles. His appearance‚ combined with his watery‚ blue eyes reminded me of an old walrus. “Chief Marshall.” I put my hand out across the
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The Bhopal disaster (commonly referred to as Bhopal gas tragedy) was a gas leak incident in India‚ considered one of the world’s worst industrial catastrophes.[1] It occurred on the night of December 2–3‚ 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ Madhya Pradesh‚ India. A leak of methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals from the plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate death toll was
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1. Mariner Bugs Out (1962) Cost: $18.5 million Disaster: The Mariner 1 rocket with a space probe headed for Venus diverted from its intended flight path shortly after launch. Mission Control destroyed the rocket 293 seconds after liftoff. Cause: A programmer incorrectly transcribed a handwritten formula into computer code‚ missing a single superscript bar. Without the smoothing function indicated by the bar‚ the software treated normal variations of velocity as if they were serious‚ causing
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Jason Bohn‚ Brian Louis‚ Jacob Etheredge‚ Dave Dufty| Practicum for Project Management | April 1‚ 2013 Dan Monzon‚ Jason Bohn‚ Brian Louis‚ Jacob Etheredge‚ Dave Dufty| Practicum for Project Management | April 1‚ 2013 Challenger Disaster What went wrong? Challenger Disaster What went wrong? Table of Contents Intro 0 Body 0 Give It That Finishing Touch 0 Add a Table of Contents 0 Add a Bibliography 0 Get Started Right Away When you click this placeholder text‚ just start typing
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CHAPTER 2 RECOVERY EFFICIENCY OF AN EOR METHOD 2.1 SWEEP EFFICIENCY The overall recovery factor (efficiency) RF of any secondary or tertiary oil recovery method is the product of a combination of three individual efficiency factors as given by the following generalized expression: Fluid properties influence all three components of recovery efficiency. 1. Viscosities are found in the definition of mobility ratio‚ which affects areal and vertical sweep efficiency‚ including viscous fingering. 2
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1. INTRODUCTION An engine is a device which transforms one form of energy into another form. Most of the engines convert thermal engine to mechanical work and therefore they are called heat engine. Heat engine can be broadly classified into two types. i. Internal combustion engine ii. External combustion engine 1.1 CLASSIFICATION OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE:- This type of engine is again classified into two types. i. Rotary ii. Reciprocating The reciprocating engine is a highly complex
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A disaster is a natural or man-made (or technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be ostensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ orexplosions. It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people. In contemporary
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Section 1: Biomolecules & chemical bonding Reading: Chapter 2‚ concepts 2.3 – 2.5 Chapter 3‚ concepts 3.1 – 3.6 Watch and Learn: Biological molecules http://youtu.be/QWf2jcznLsY Basic Key Concepts After completing the readings and practice exercises‚ students should be able to: Define the biologically relevant interactions (bonds) between molecules. List functional groups commonly found in biological molecules. List from memory the electronegativity of carbon‚ nitrogen‚ oxygen
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Presentation of Thesis and Sources In my essay‚ I’m going to prove whether the Johnstown flood was an actual natural disaster or if the people believe it was a sign from God. I will support my thesis with facts from survivors and how they portrayed the flood. Useful verses from the Bible‚ Genesis‚ can also support my points of religious reasons being the cause of the flood. I will also use the statements from newspapers and articles explaining what they “suggest” happened. The world’s worst
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Recovery is a concept that patients‚ family members’ and health professionals aim as an ultimate outcome measure when a patient is presented to a care environment. Even though all parties join forces to achieve recovery‚ perspectives of recovery vary among different disciplines (Huiting‚ 2013). Recovery in the mental health setting refers to the “process of changing one’s attitudes‚ values‚ feelings‚ goals‚ and skills in order to live a satisfying life within the limitations caused by illness” (Anthony
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