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Fatigue has been linked to well over two hundred and fifty fatalities reported by major air carriers, not including general or experimental aviation according to the FAA. There is no doubt that fatigue played a major role in the crash of Bombardier DHC-8-400 operated by Colgan Air, Inc. the NTSB started aircraft accident report 10-01 in early February 2009. Bombardier DHC-8-400 tail number N200WQ flight 3407 was approaching Buffalo-Niagara International Airport. During the instrument approach,…

What Beast Should I Become? There comes a point in life in where we have to make the most astronomical decision of our young lives. What college will we choose to attend? This question is entirely more complex than some of our young minds can fathom. Here is the biggest opportunity of our lives. Our opportunity to travel to new places, meet new people, and an opportunity for our social lives to explode. With all this excitement that lies ahead what are we waiting for? Indecisiveness, we do not…

Softball What started out as a men’s football game in Chicago, Thanksgiving day of 1887, lead to the greatest women’s sport, softball. At the end of the Yale football game, brooms were being used as “bats” to hit boxing gloves that were being thrown. There may be a lot of women’s sports, but what makes softball the best of them all? Is it because it was a sport that generated from one of the manliest sports? Or was it because of how it has changed tremendously throughout the years? Years ago…

Problems Encountered The 1st phase of CA-ESD which is 8-month long has already passed 6 months. By now we were supposed to start the final implementation of the General Capacity Development Module on Climate Change and finish it within the rest 2 months. But we are facing a number of challenges for which we are waiting for the pilot test for more than last 2 months. As a result, the 1st phase of the project is lagging behind for about 2 months. Problem-1: School’s Annual Exams, Vacations, and…

Why Technology? Technology has become one the greatest innovations in the world today. Maybe the real question should be whether or not it is helping with the teaching and education of society today. Technology is readily used in most schools today including elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools. However, it may not be all that it is cut out to be; corrupting youth and classrooms all over the world. Students are more tempted to cheat, slack-off with school work, play video games…

Step one of the chain involves a mix of biomechanics and physics. The player has more strength to lift, carry, and move baseball bat. The ease of the baseball bat operations for the player on anabolic steroids results in the faster swing because it becomes easier for him to do that. It can be compared with the tossing of a lightweight Nerf ball between a five-year-old child and and adult. The adult has more power so that he will throw the ball further and will not feel the weight of it in his…

Accidents are unfortunate events that provide a potential for improvement. The crash of Empire Flight 8284 was a minor aircraft accident that resulted in injuries and substantial damage to the aircraft and airport runway. The accident provided a learning experience for the NTSB. The NTSB had nine recommendations and notated four contributing factors to the investigation report. Poor decision making and a failure to monitor standard operating procedures is what ultimately lead to the crash of…

This article highlights the concept of strategy and other crucial factors for a sustainable competitive advantage of a business without losing its (uniqueness) position in the market. Porter (1996) emphasizes that management tools such as benchmarking, outsourcing, partnering, and engineering have drastically taken the place of strategy. Due to the fact that management fails to distinguish between operational effectiveness and strategy, these management tools improve the operational…

Parental Involvement: Is it Necessary? Many teachers believe that schools can make a difference in the growth of a child. Can the teachers or schools do this job alone? What should be the parent’s role be in their child’s education? Parents have a significant role in their child’s schooling. Will the parent’s assistant help increase their child’s learning capability? What are successful ways for teachers to involve parents in their child’s education? Parental involvement has been defined in…

Ashley, a sophomore English major, was up late at night sitting in front of her monstrous Dell computer finishing a writing assignment for a Midterm Portfolio that would be due the next day. Having taken the last few days to work on her evaluation essay particularly, she neglected the reflection. She, like she shouldn’t have, waited last minute to write a reflection, and edit. Living on copious amounts of caffeine to keep herself awake was enough to work until two in the morning hit her. As she…