1. Mariner Bugs Out (1962) Cost: $18.5 million Disaster: The Mariner 1 rocket with a space probe headed for Venus diverted from its intended flight path shortly after launch. Mission Control destroyed the rocket 293 seconds after liftoff. Cause: A programmer incorrectly transcribed a handwritten formula into computer code‚ missing a single superscript bar. Without the smoothing function indicated by the bar‚ the software treated normal variations of velocity as if they were serious‚ causing
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December 2011 Nuclear Power: Success‚ Destruction‚ and the Future I. INTRO to Nuclear Power‚ Sentiment and Formation Ever since the infamous bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945‚ people around the world have been awestruck by both the frightening power of nuclear technology and the amazing potential of that power. Over the years‚ nuclear technology has diffused throughout world‚ and many countries‚ including the United States‚ have used this knowledge to build/utilize nuclear driven
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subject cannot have. Two of the best Holocaust films‚ in the opinion of this reviewer‚ are Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List and Heinz Schirk’s The Wannsee Conference. This essay’s purpose is to review Schindler’s List but I would like to use The Wannsee Protocol‚ a vastly different kind of film‚ as a kind of foil to set off the cinematic techniques used in Schindler’s List. Spielberg’s film is something that might be called a panoramic view of the Holocaust. In it we see how the lives of thousands
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A reflective account of an incident in practice related to the code of professional conduct The purpose of this essay is to critically examine an incident from recent practice whilst using a model of reflection. This will enable me to analyse and make sense of the incident and draw conclusions concerning personal learning outcomes. The meaning of critical analysis and critical incidents will briefly be discussed followed by the process of reflection. The incident will then be described and analysed
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Disadvantages of Nuclear Power http://wanttoknowit.com/disadvantages-of-nuclear-power/ The Basics of Nuclear Power Nuclear power is generated from a metal called uranium. Uranium is mined in places such as Australia‚ Argentina‚ Canada‚ Brazil‚ China‚ France and many other countries. The uranium is used to create controlled nuclear reactions called nuclear fission. Nuclear fission gives off a tremendous amount of heat which is used to heat water to create steam. This steam turns turbines which
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Wizard of Oz Characters: Top 7 The Wizard of Oz characters first came to life in L. Frank Baum’s 1900 fantasy book‚ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. More than a hundred years later they still have the power to captivate and enchant. Read a countdown of the seven most memorable characters from the land somewhere over the rainbow: 7. The Good Witch of the North Not all witches are nasty. In Baum’s book‚ the Good Witch of the North (portrayed by Billie Burke in the famous 1939 film The Wizard of Oz
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Lusitania Disaster vs Thomas Aquinas Disaster PSYC 431: Psychology of Disasters Tamey Greene Jonathan Avenido July 31‚ 2016 Lusitania was one of the largest ships to have set sail on the River Clyde. The New York Times stated that the impressive ship was unsinkable‚ powerful‚ and the most fastest ship in the world. When War World 1started in 1914‚ when required Lusitania and her sister ships‚ Mauritania and Aquitania‚ were used for war duties by the British. Lusitania was allowed to
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CRITICAL INCIDENTS “A critical incident is one which causes a person to pause and contemplate the events that have occurred to try to give them some meaning. This may be a positive experience or a negative one. Using a critical incident as a way of reflecting involves the identification of behaviour deemed to have been particularly helpful or unhelpful in a given situation” (Hannigan‚ 2001). Generally‚ everyone in society has been taught by a teacher‚ they made a difference in children and
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INCIDENT OF EXPLOSION OF ELECTRICAL WORKSHOP’S 3.3kV TRANSFORMER AT INSTEP Date: 2nd May 2012 Time: 03.40 p.m. Place: Electrical Trade Workshop Summary On 2nd May 2012‚ Electrical Trade power transformer was exploded and causes a minor injury to 4 students from the trade. The Fire Department from Kuala Terengganu had cleared the area and 2 specialists from Tenaga Nasional Berhad had come for further investigation. The Head of Department from Human‚ Safety and Health had been informed. Description
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How Nuclear Power Works The nuclear power plant stands on the border between humanity’s greatest hopes and its deepest fears for the future. On one hand‚ atomic energy offers a clean energy alternative that frees us from the shackles of fossil fuel dependence. On the other‚ it summons images of disaster: quake-ruptured Japanese power plants belching radioactive steam‚ the dead zone surrounding Chernobyl’s concrete sarcophagus. But what happens inside a nuclear power plant to bring such marvel
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