1. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity‚ Inc. was created to address the low retention rate at Cornell University during the times of Jim Crow Laws. 2. In 2010‚ Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity‚ Inc. decided to boycott Arizona and move their 2010 National Convention to Las Vegas‚ in protest of the recent Arizona law that allows for profiling of potential illegal immigrants. 3. Vertner Woodson Tandy became the first registered black architect in the state of New York. 4. Vertner Woodson Tandy became the
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Alpha Legacy: A Brief History Since its founding on December 4‚ 1906‚ Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity‚ Inc. has supplied voice and vision to the struggle of African-Americans and people of color around the world. Alpha Phi Alpha‚ the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-Americans‚ was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca‚ New York by seven college men who recognized the need for a strong bond of Brotherhood among African descendants in this country. The visionary
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for North Sea safety moving forward‚ replacing the Department of Energy’s obligation‚ based on a conflict of interest for one organization to oversee both production and safety. The North Sea Piper Alpha Disaster July 6‚ 1988‚ Piper Oilfield‚ North Sea: As shifts changed and the night crew aboard Piper Alpha assumed duties for the evening‚ one of the platform’s two condensate pumps failed. The crew worked to resolve the issue before platform production was affected. But unknown to the night shift
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------------------------------------------------- June‚06 2012 To Director of Intake: The purpose of this letter is to inform you of my interest in becoming a member of the Zeta Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity‚ Incorporated. My desire to inspire young men and women and make a significant impact on their lives is just one of many reasons I aspire to join your great fraternity. While growing up in a family of primarily my mother and other women relatives‚ I did not have many
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As an operator who works in oil and gas industry‚ I will present a life incident in one of the oil and gas location called Piper Alpha disaster UK. Piper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. The disaster began with a routine maintenance procedure. On the morning of the 6th of July‚ a certain backup propane condensate pump in the processing area needed to have its pressure safety valve checked. The work could not be completed by 18.00 and
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1. INTRODUCTION Wolfram Alpha is an answer engine developed by Wolfram Research. It is an online service that answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from structured data‚ rather than providing a list of documents or web pages that might contain the answer as a search engine might .It was announced in March 2009 by Stephen Wolfram‚ and was released to the public on May 15‚ 2009. Wolfram|Alpha aims to bring expert-level knowledge and capabilities to the broadest possible range
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Alpha and the History of Digital Compositing Technical Memo 7 Alvy Ray Smith August 15‚ 1995 Abstract The history of digital image compositing—other than simple digital implementation of known film art—is essentially the history of the alpha channel. Distinctions are drawn between digital printing and digital compositing‚ between matte creation and matte usage‚ and between (binary) masking and (subtle) matting. The history of the integral alpha channel and premultiplied alpha ideas are presented
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Browning’s narrative poem ‘The Pied Piper of Hamlin’ can be viewed as ‘A Child’s Tale’ to a substantial extent because of the mystical and supernatural themes explored in the poem. However others may argue the poem is viewed as an adult’s tale due to elements of political and government satire and religious imagery which occur throughout the poem. ‘The Pied Piper of Hamlin’ can be regarded as a child’s tale as Browning has included this as a subtitle therefore explicitly stating it. This provides
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9. Piper Alpha video review The Piper Alpha’s tragic chain of events occurred because of a number of safety procedures were not met or implemented. The almighty dollar was given preference over the safety of hundreds of lives. We found a number of unsafe situations that could have been avoided if the right Safety management system was in place. These are our findings. 1. The oil rig recently introduced a new gas pipeline in the weeks leading up to the disaster. The rig wasn’t designed to be a gas
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