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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The Triangle Waist Factory was a three story building on top of the Asch Building‚ occupied with around 500‚ mostly female‚ workers from 16 to 23 years of age‚ this was recorded by the New York Times newspaper.[1] Even though in the building‚ the workers were spaced very poorly‚ barely a few feet away from each other‚ working in rough conditions‚ there was no worry of a fire‚ the building was fireproof. The owners of the factory‚ Isaac Harris and Max Blanck put their full trust in this fact. It was
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1‚200 Factory overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 $3‚600 3. The finished goods account reflects the cost of Job 803‚ which was finished at the end of the preceding month and is awaiting delivery orders from the customer. 4. At the beginning of the year‚ factory overhead application rates were based on the following data: [pic]
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Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring‚ Stayed Local-- And Helped Save an American Town displayed the incorporation of many African Americans into the workforce of the Bassett furniture factories during the early twentieth century‚ despite the horrific instances of racism that plagued the American South. During the 1900s‚ the American South was synonymous with Jim Crow laws and segregated facilities for African Americans and whites. However‚ since the establishment of Bassett
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An international company is planning to set up a factory near your housing area. The proposed factory however‚ is believed to be environmentally hazardous. It will pollute the environment through thermal pollution‚ chemical pollution‚ air pollution‚ and noise pollution. Write a persuasive essay urging people in your neighborhood to protest against the set up of the factory. Based on Macmillan English Dictionary‚ pollution is the process of damaging the air‚ water‚ or land with chemicals or other
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Can you imagine being thrown from a car at 30mph? Well‚ I never thought I could until this happened to me in the summer of 2011. It was a gorgeous June afternoon‚ and summer had just begun. I had just gotten my license‚ and I couldn’t wait to go cruising’ around. I had spent the day at my friend’s house‚ and now I was on my way home. I was almost home‚ I just had to turn onto the gravel road to get to my house. While I was turning‚ I was trying to put in a mix CD I had just made‚ and trying to turn
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Factory Farms and Animal Slaughter The world today is becoming less and less conscious of the pain and suffering being inflicted on farm animals. As the outcome‚ animals are becoming even further tarred in society. Humans have and are continuing to handle these animals as if they are some kind of material goods. Farmed animals are the most exploited and least protected group of animals in the world. These animals have their own lives. They require love‚ happiness‚ and everything else that humans
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dairy. But do you really know where that meat and dairy you consume comes from? Most of America’s farms have converted to factory farming. A factory farm is a facility housing thousands of animals (such as cows‚ chickens‚ and pigs) in confined spaces. “If a factory means efficient‚ large scale production‚ then that is what it is” states David Leyonhjelm. As a result of factory farming‚ there is a large supply of meat and dairy for a cheap price. According to Leyonhjelm‚ “the world will be consuming
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Tragic Attack in New York 2‚996 people were killed in the tragic accident of September 11‚ 2001 (How Many People Died in 9/11). Many people died because of two airplanes that got hijacked and hit the well known Twin Towers in New York. New York’s horrible accident caused a lot of chaos‚ disaster and broken families‚ yet many ask these questions “What was 9/11? What happened in 9/11? Who was Osama bin Laden? How did it happen? Why did it happen? And what were the consequences or results of this
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1 Alexander Tsigkas The factory in the post-industrial era Variety instead of Flexibility Mass Customisation: the production system of the future Alexander Tsigkas Democritean University of Thrace Department of Production Engineering and Management Vas. Sofias 12‚ 67 100 Xanthi‚ Greece tsigas@vivodinet.gr‚ WWW home page: http://www.duth.gr Abstract. The world has become and it continues to become more complex as we move well into the 21th century. In this paper sociological-historical
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