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Deepwater Oil Rig Explosion of 2010 On April 20th, 2010 the Deepwater Horizon oil rig located in the Gulf of Mexico, suffered a massive explosion resulting in history’s largest marine oil spill to date. The explosion resulted in an estimated 1,770 kilometers of shoreline being polluted as well as the sinking of the oil rig on April 22nd, 2010 (Pallardy 2015). Transocean, an off-shore drilling company, owned and operated the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which was leased by British Petroleum (BP).…

was obtainable, however the electronic Bendix fuel-injection system was recalled by the manufacturing plant and homeowners got a standard twin four-barrel setup. The Golden Commando engine was elective on any town Plaza, Savoy, Belvedere, Suburban, and Fury, as was the twin four-barrel 318 volume unit (5.21 L) (dubbed V-800 twin Fury; four- and two-barrel 318s additionally arrived for 1958 and were merely referred to as…

Elizabeth Joyce once said “It is called destruction before reconstruction. People will have to see the danger of the war, the hopelessness, before things can improve. Twelve years after the Civil War, a period of time called Reconstruction started. This era saw an increase of freedom to slaves, but ended with white-government in power. Later a question came to mind who killed Reconstruction the North or the South. Although the North and South both killed Reconstruction the South had a bigger…

Being close to the handle means it has a bigger barrel, closer to the handle, so it gives you a better chance for you to hit the ball better. Wood bats’ center of mass is closer to the top of the bat, and has a fairly small barrel. The center of a bats’ mass is also normally known as the barrel of the bat. The third piece of evidence is that Mako’s have a faster batted ball speed. Having a faster batted ball speed, like…

People were frantic trying to stop barrels oil that were gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, covering wildlife, and poisoning water in thick, unescapable oil. It took over 80 days to just stop the leak caused by an oil pipe explosion in 2010. Michael Klare, (2010) states the leak is “something that would not have occurred with proper corporate oversight” (p.1). Four years later, the government, organizations, and volunteers are still trying to clean up the millions of barrels that were dumped into…

a little confusing for this one, so I'll abandon it. Consider the recoil of a gun. When the firing pin hits the bullet, a small explosion goes off. This explosion puts force out in every 3D direction, but the barrel of the gun focuses that energy into two opposite directions - down the barrel/out of the gun, and through the back of the gun/into your body. Now remember law…

The purpose of this essay is to explain the culture behind The Mosuo people. By using the “Barrel Model” I will break down the culture’s internal and external factors and how they have become a civilized society. The Barrel Model breaks elements or characteristics of a culture into three sections. The three sections that the model are broken into are Infrastructure, Social Structure, and Superstructure. The cultural aspect is what they value in beliefs or ideas, and the behaviors that come from…

The ride did take all of the forty-five minutes Cédric had foreseen. Not only because of the mist, fog, and black-out conditions, but Cédric was concerned about Elisaveta. Several times he inquired as to how she was feeling and if she needed to walk. She thanked him for his concern but she was doing well. When they arrived at the Monastery’s driveway, the mist had stopped and muted light from the moon shown through the clouds. They dismounted the bikes and walked up the cobblestone drive. Even…

Is bottled water hurting or helping us as humans? Many people argue both ways. One side says that bottled water is the best possible source of water. They believe this because it is convenient, easy to carry, and not very hard to get. On the other hand, many people believe that landfills have been growing in size due to bottled water. They also think that bottled water has a much poorer quality compared to tap water. Nicole Cotroneo’s article for The New York Times, “Movement Against Bottled…

now the great debate is to finish with the fourth and expand the pipeline. According to _____The first two phases have the capacity to deliver up to 590,000 barrels per day of oil into the Mid-West refineries. Phase three has capacity to deliver up to 700,000 barrels per day to the Texas refineries. U.S. oil production was about 9,000,000 barrels per day in early November 2014. Now, the pipeline is 1,179 miles, but at the end of phrase four the pipeline will have a total length of 2,148 miles,…