The International Federation of the Red Cross defines a disaster as “a sudden‚ calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human‚ material‚ and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope using its own resources” (What is a disaster‚ n.d.). At 5:00 p.m. on June 17‚ 2010‚ an EF4 tornado struck the town of Wadena‚ Minnesota. The damage was 1.1 miles wide along a 10-mile path (Weather Service‚ 20 June 2010)
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terrible decision making that marked the morning of the 28th of January 1986 as a terribly tragic disaster. What it sadder is that this disaster was mainly due to inhumane practices conducted by the NASA and the management bodies of companies associated with this project than natural reasons. The whistleblowing led to the loss of billions of dollars and more importantly loss of 7 innocent lives. The space shuttle was propelled by the two attached Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) and an external fuel tank. The
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District of Columbia took on Heller in the supreme court in 2008(Doherty 8). The case was a close supreme court case‚ it had a five to four justice decision (Doherty 4). Heller thought that the second amendment should allow anyone to keep a weapon for self defence in a home registered or unregistered‚ but District of Columbia did not think that. District of Columbia was upset with the results of the case yet Heller was quite pleased with the results of the supreme court decision. The results
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Dominic Muthert Professor Toomey English 1001 25 September 2014 Reagan’s The Space Shuttle "Challenger" Tragedy Address In the presidential speech‚ “The Space Shuttle "Challenger" Tragedy Address‚” Ronald Reagan states his sympathy for the seven lives that were lost in the devastating explosion and how the space program will continue to move forward. Reagan address’s the audience when he states‚ “We mourn their loss as a nation together.” In the second paragraph‚ Reagan illistartes “Nineteen
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District of Columbia V. Heller District of Columbia V. Dick Anthony Heller Opinion of the Court- Justice Scalia Vote was 5-4 Dissenters : stevens ‚ breyer VIOLATION OF 2nd AMENDMENT -1976‚ district of columbia passed the most restrictive gun control ordinance. -banned the private possession of handguns. -shotguns and rifles could be owned but only if weapons were registered‚ kept unloaded and dissembled or restricted trigger locks. -this law allowed the chief of police to issue a one
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[pic] Info about when country was founded and how it happened: Columbia was first discovered by Spanish explorers. It became a Spanish colony after its discovery in the early 16th century. It remained a Colony of Spain until the 1800’s. However‚ there were several rebel movements during this time against the colonization of the Spanish rule‚ however‚ these movements were not successful. However‚ the eventual liberation of Columbia was a result of a similar rebel movement that spread all around the
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Problem definition There were many problems but the main issue was in the following: The Decision making in both incidents was not rational Lack of planning for unexpected problems‚ although as mentioned in the two cases weather problems can be predicted approximately‚ so a solid plan should have been made. Problem Justification Although Rommel’s decision is a legal and rational decision from his point of view‚ yet it was not an ethical one and it was biased. His decision was utilitarian it
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As a member of a community where Bakken oil is transported‚ I am concerned primarily with the prevention of an accident or an act of terror. In regards to the prevention of an accident‚ I would like to see railroads take great care in planning their risk management. As of 2010‚ 225‚000 barrels a day were transported through North America; which is 75 times the 3‚000 barrels a days transported in 2005 (Michigan State University‚ 2016). Not only‚ is their more Bakken being transported through North
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Columbia Accident Case Study This is an edited version of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board report released in August‚ 2003. It provides a comprehensive and often sobering example of management lapses that have severe consequences. The original report was over 280 pages. This edited version eliminates the much of the technical discussion and focuses instead on the organizational factors that lead to the accident. You may obtain the entire report from http://www.caib.us/news/report/default
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Case Analysis 1. Which strategy- cost leadership‚ differentiation‚ or focus- is Shuttle America following? Explain. We think Shuttle America maintained its focus. Even though they had lots of competitors in the United States‚ they never took their eye of the prize. They remained focused even though looking for their startup capital was hard to produce in the first place. And in order to care for their patronizing customers‚ they kept their mechanics internally‚ meaning‚ they never hired outside
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