The Deep Horizon oil rig explosion was categorically impacted by bias decision making. The leaders that day executed from a heuristic view‚ and also from an overconfidence bias. The two corporations colliding that day‚ BP and Transocean‚ underestimated the calamity occurring right before them. Twenty anomalies occurring simultaneously did not cause significant alarm to make a drastic and immediate decision to prevent the explosion. The team minimized the probability that the rig would explode
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The Sultana explosion “All of a sudden‚ the boilers erupted in a mammoth explosion‚ nearly splitting the Sultana in half” (Billings 1). The Sultana was going upriver on the Mississippi River when the boilers and the steamer stopped working (Billings 1). When all of a sudden a gigantic explosion on the boat killed 1‚700 people which is more than the Titanic (Billings 1). The boat was going up river and the boilers and steamer stopped working which caused the explosion (Billings 1). “The strain of
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concerns in the NASA workforce‚ was the loss of the Space Shuttle “Challenger.” The event has been dubbed by historians‚ as the “Challenger Explosion.” Following the accident‚ a detailed report was given to the U.S government‚ known as the “Roger’s report.” This gave the Government vital information
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extremely dense point exploded with unimaginable force‚ creating matter and propelling it outward to make the billions of galaxies of our vast universe. Astrophysicists dubbed this titanic explosion the Big Bang. The Big Bang was like no explosion you might witness on earth today. For instance‚ a hydrogen bomb explosion‚ whose center registers approximately 100 million degrees Celsius‚ moves through the air at about 300 meters per second. In contrast‚ cosmologists believe the Big Bang flung energy in
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as I crossed the finish line‚ as my foot passed the checkered strip‚ there was a piercing sound and I was ejected backwards‚ flying through the air my body was engulfed in flames. I felt the searing pain of the fire surrounding me‚ before I faded into unconsciousness. Three days after the accident‚ I awoke astonished to find that I was still breathing‚ but distraught when I saw the effects of the explosion. I had lost of both my legs from the calf down‚ and had extreme damage to the nerves in my
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Importance of Eating a Balanced Diet And Maintaining a Sound Body Having a sound body is essential. One of the traits or characteristics of a balanced man is having a sound body and through the process you learn how to balance both sound mind and sound body. In order to achieve this one of the things I incorporate into my daily life is exercise. Whether it be a walk/jog‚ playing basketball or some type of sport‚ or even going to the gym to work out for a bit‚ I try to incorporate some type
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Jhavon Crenshaw Professor Madden English Composition 30 September 2012 Sound Engineering As a future audio engineer‚ it is in my best interest to learn the techniques of audio production. For editing sound you need the proper equipment‚ whether it is software or hardware. In order to give sound a little flavor you will need to know about mixing. Mastering is what ultimately completes the sound. Equipment‚ mixing‚ and mastering are the most important steps in audio production. The majority
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not everything. There is also the sound film.” Thus explained the French filmmaker René Clair in 1929. With this statement Clair was challenging us all to push the boundaries of sound design in films. From the primitive synchronization experiments of Lee de Forest and Thomas Edison to state-of-the-art Dolby Digital 10.2 surround sound‚ there are no boundaries for creating a virtual deluge of sound. Even though one is tempted to hypothesize about the future of sound design‚ it is only through an educated
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Main effects of sound pollution • Deafness‚ temporary or permanent‚ is one of the most prevalent effects of noise pollution. Mechanics‚ locomotive drivers‚ telephone operators etc all have their hearing impairment. • The first and foremost effect of noise is a decrease in the efficiency in working. Research has proved the fact that human efficiency increases with noise reduction. • Too much of noise disturbs the rhythms of working‚ thereby affecting the concentration required for doing a
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There are three major themes present in The Sound and the Fury. They are the themes of good versus evil‚ loss‚ and love. Throughout the whole novel we can see that "Quentin is striving for the condition of tragedy for the Compsons"(Hoffman 86)‚ while Benjy is doing the opposite. Dowling’s opinion on page 114 is that Benjy is seen as a Christ figure. This is evident because he acts like an innocent child due to his handicap. Along with the whole Quentin versus Benjy theme there is a sense of light
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