Range Safety Officer

JOURNAL TOPIC #3 - SETTING The setting is an integral part of any story, especially a Sci-Fi story. With no setting, the book has no location set with it, which can leave the reader confused and sometimes un-interested. The setting in The Kill Order, written by James Dashner, plays a huge role in the book. It communicates with the reader where these solar flares hit, and really how devastating they were. Dashner uses a really good sense of imagery to describe the setting in the book. Using this…

Foodborne illnesses cost the United States billions of dollars each year. There are five major bacterial pathogens that cost the United States the most, which are: campylobacter. E-coli 0157:H7, E-coli non-0157:H7 STEC, Salmonella, and Listeria monocytogenes.According to fightbac.org, salmonella is the most costly, coming to a total of around 2.65 billion dollars each year in the United States. Campylobacter costs the US around 1.2 billion each year as well. People and/or the government spend…

There are many food technologies that are used to make foods a lot safer. Five food innovations used to make food safer are canning, freezing, drying, pasteurization, and irradiation. There are many methods, but these are five of some of the most common and known methods. Canning is a simple process where you preserve food by heating or cooking foods at a high temperature in a sealed and/or can or jar destroying any organisms that would cause them to spoil. Canning can also reduce the…

Cysticercosis Cysticercosis is an infection caused by the young form (larvae) of a tapeworm (Taenia solium) that can be found in pork. When eggs from this tapeworm are consumed, the eggs develop into larvae inside of the body. Larvae can spread through the body to areas such as the eyes, skin, muscle tissue, heart, and brain. When cysticercosis occurs the brain, the condition is called neurocysticercosis. Severe infections in the brain can be life-threatening. CAUSES This condition is…

aircraft went into an aerodynamic stall, causing the it to crash and kill all passengers on board. Captain Marvin Renslow was in command of the flight, having accumulated over 3,000 flight hours. Renslow was accompanied by Rebecca Shaw, the first officer who had 2,000 flight hours under her belt. The actions of both of these pilots ultimately led to the disastrous outcome of Flight 3407. One of the biggest components to the cause of the incident was the failure of the pilots to successfully…

When a neutron is absorbed by isotope of X-- given that X is some given element-- another isotope of X is created. Though sometimes these newly-created isotopes of X are very unstable. They may be so unstable, in fact, that they only exist briefly before splitting into two separate and distinct chemicals. Radioactive photons, massive energy, and neutrons are shot out in the surrounding area. As long as more Isotopes of X still exist in the area, this can, in turn, create a grand chain reaction…

This could create the undesirable effect of a driver being more dangerous to fellow motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. Additionally, as police officers are routinely burdened with investing their time to fill quotas writing seat-belt tickets their time is squandered. In Detroit, seat-belt use is up to approximately 90% compliance, meanwhile approximately 70% of their murders go unsolved. Ultimately…

In America every fifty-one minutes someone is killed in a drunk driving crash. From the ages of sixteen through nineteen the risk of vehicle crashes is substantially higher. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among fifteen to twenty year olds, according to the National Center for health Statistics. You are at risk every time you step into a vehicle that risk automatically doubles when you decide to drive under the influence, distracted by texting while driving, or just going…

Seatbelts Safety in vehicles is very important. Many people wear their seat belts to avoid injury in vehicle accidents. Usually the first reaction when getting into a vehicle is to strap your seatbelt. The safety belt was designed to save lives, and prevent injury in passenger cars. However, in some cases the seatbelt has caused more harm than safety. Research shows that when the seat belt is worn properly, the risk of fatal injury is reduced. In the 1930’s, when seat belts were first…

night of October 19, 2004 when flight 5966 crashed just before runway 36 at Kirksville Regional Airport. This flight was on the regular scheduled structure that was four days. (NTSB) The captain was the one who was flying the aircraft while the first officer was monitoring the flight. As the pilots were approaching runway 36 they listened to the weather which told them that the wind was from 040 at 6 knots with only 4-mile visibility, because the ceiling was overcast only 300 feet above ground…