Just after midnight on December 3‚ 1984‚ a pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ India had a chemical leak accident. The chemical that was released into the air is called methyl isocyanate‚ or MIC‚ used to make pesticides. This chemical is tremendously harmful and fatal to humans‚ livestock‚ and crops. Only a short-term exposure may cause death or unfavorable health effects. The slums of Bhopal and its residents that surrounded the plant which were mostly affected by the gas suffered dearly. An estimated 8
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INTRODUCTION: The word ‘disaster’ is synonymous with ‘emergency’. 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 defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ or explosions. It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic
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Bhopal UNION Carbide Tragedy‚ India In the early morning of December 3rd‚ 1984‚ over 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the UNION Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ India‚ the toxic cloud enveloping the surrounding population. The gas cleared at dawn‚ already having killed and injured many people. Four months after the release of this toxic pollution‚ over 3‚800 people had been reported dead to the Indian government and approximately 11‚000 with disabilities. Legal action and court settlements
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In December of 1984 there was an incident that lead to a gas leak in Bhopal‚ India that is referred to as the “Bhopal Gas Tragedy.” This gas leak is commonly referred to as one of the worst industrial disasters in history. The gas leak was at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) chemical plant in Bhopal‚ India. This chemical plant produced Sevin which is a pesticide that was commonly used throughout Asia [12]. Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) owned a little more than half the shares of the UCIL
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Characteristics of a Screwball Comedy in “It Happened One Night” Frank Capra’s 1934 classic Hollywood narrative‚ “It Happened One Night” is the perfect example of a screwball comedy. One of the most prevalent themes in the movie is the socioeconomic divide between Peter Warne and Ellie Andrews. Ellie is from a well-to-do family and Peter is just a reporter. In the scene where the child on the bus is in distress due to his ailing mother‚ we see that Ellie is frivolous with money‚ even though
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Twelfth Night: Two Faces‚ One Mind As in most comedies‚ William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night extensively uses disguises‚ masks and mistaken identities to add to the comical nature of the play. Viola’s disguise as Orsino’s page‚ Cesario‚ becomes crucial to the action in the play. Without this important element‚ the action in the play would slow down dramatically‚ making the story much less intriguing. In addition to making the play less interesting‚ the disguise is also necessary to develop the
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writing‚ but if you haven’t linked to the text‚ you can kiss a good third of your marks goodbye I reckon. – You can link OVERTLY – that is‚ use a character or set in 1930′s Australia to explore the conflict b/w white settlers and indigenous Oz (One Night The Moon‚ obviously!) – or more SUBTLY – using landscape metaphors from the film – but I’d still put some really clear links in there such as using quotes from dialogue or the poetry to make it superclear. DON’T RETELL THE STORY!!!! 2. Don’t just
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ONE HELL OF A NIGHT is a supernatural horror script. It’s driven by the theme of survival. The goal for the heroine is clear and the stakes are life and death. The script uses some of the techniques that make for a successful horror tale‚ such as a contained setting (the lake house)‚ creepy noises‚ and spooky visuals‚ as well as tease attacks and gruesome murders. While there are definite strengths to the storytelling‚ the script would benefit from more development. Because there are so many similar
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reason why elders want to talk about their past. When older people tell their stories to the youth‚ they usually want them to learn something. Whether it is something that has happened to them‚ or someone they knew. “Tales from the Thousand and One Nights” provides us with many‚ sometimes fictional‚ Arabic stories‚ out of which we could learn something just as the stories of the elders. Listening to people’s stories‚ and their life lessons‚ and using it as our guide in the future‚ is like being prepared
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I have read an excerpt called A Thousand and One Arabian Nights‚ which is a Persian work written by multiple anonymous Arab storytellers. The excerpt recounts the story of a character named Sinbad’s first merchant voyage‚ out of the seven total voyages he took. The story was written in a time where trade was booming and merchants in Iraq were especially fortunate being able to trade from the Indian Ocean and South China Sea. The story starts out with Sinbad talking about how he began the voyage
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