Catastrophe

A message regarding the consequences of industrialization is conveyed in both The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury and The New York Times article "How Hurricane Irma Became So Huge and Destructive" by Brad Plumer. In the chapter "November 2005: The Luggage Store" from The Martian Chronicles, humans are desperate to leave Mars and return to Earth upon hearing of a pending nuclear war. In other words, the people regret leaving their friends and family behind to keep up with industrial…

According to the British economist John Maynard Keynes, the Treaty of Versailles was nothing more than a ticking bomb threatening the European economy He predicted that this Treaty would result in “the dead season of our fortunes.” (The Economic Consequences of the Peace, p. 2) Keynes thought the Treaty proved that the Council of Four was shortsighted, and cared about nothing more than their own interest. Therefore, he foresaw that the Treaty would lead into an economic depression in Europe. We…

There have been many structural failures in recent history due to engineering oversight, material use, building practices and many other problems. The Harbour Cay Condominium in Cocoa Beach Florida is one example of a structural failure. The Condominium was being built in 1981, would be five stories tall, contain forty five units, and twenty eight townhouses. On March 27, 1981 the workers were placing the concrete roof slab when the top floor collapsed subsequently causing the lower floors to…

customers purchase demands, business expenses, sales percent, and other internal concerns that may weaken the organization?s outlooks (David and David, 2015). Many economists had downplayed any financial drawn down prior to the 2008 economic catastrophe. In consequences, the intensity of financial downturns had wiped out more than 6 trillion dollars in assets. Base on the assessment of the internal and external factors in the 2008 great recession, the external factors were outpaced the…

Hello Rauishia, I loved your chemo hero idea very much. To think of something like this, I can say that you really have a big heart to the people that in need. This comic book will definitely give hope especially to the little children. When I was young, I love watching super heroes on the television and in my innocent mind, I always think of them when I am afraid. In addition to your idea, I picture on my mind that it would be wonderful if the comics comes with a collectible such as mask or a…

ory Daley Ms. Challis English 11, Period 3 March 19, 2018 The Deeper Meaning Behind The Deepwater Horizon Spill On April 20, 2010 the worst ecological disaster occurred in the gulf of mexico. A spill of apocalyptic proportions. This facility was built as a Ultra deepwater dynamically positioned submersible offshore drilling rig. This rig was owned by Transocean. It was built in 2001 in South Korea by the company Hyundai heavy industry. This particular rig was leased by British Petroleum during…

The catastrophe encouraged Haiti’s government to make a step forward and take a better responsibility for their country. Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive with an interim reconstruction agency, co-chaired by Bill Clinton work together on eliminating corruption. “Strict rules for transparency and accountability” (The Washington Post), should make them trustworthy to donors. Moreover, there should be more cooperation between government and non-governmental aid organizations to help use the…

Space is a Gift Look in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No it’s one of NASA’s rockets! What do you think they’re doing? They’re exploring space of course! Why would they do that? Every day, you’ll hear people say, “space is a waste,” but I don’t think that's true. Don’t believe me? Believe the facts. According to the text “Space: Let’s Go!” by Rick Washington, “NASA created Velcro which is now used in many clothing items, bags and so forth.” There are many more things to be discovered…

The two most influential figures that have affected my life, are Walt Disney and Louis Zamperini. They have both taught me that I can get through any hardship which life throws my way by persevering and instilling hope throughout my being. Walt Disney had to overcome obstacles to see his hard work come to life and has influenced me to keep moving forward because just as in Walt Disney’s life, I will hurdle over my obstacles and succeed. I want to be able to see my ideas turn into reality,…

“Why were the outnumbered Spanish conquistador able to easily defeat the Native Americans of South and Central America? what was the reasons? what did the spanish did to be on the top of the war? Even though the spanish were outnumbered by Native Americans the Spanish were able to defeat the Native American easily.There are four important reasons the make this thing happen.” The first reason that the outnumbered Spanish won the battle was that Spanish gathered together to other…