...consisted of a general work area that included two bath tanks that contained cyanide solution on one side and an acid bath on the other. In the four corners of the work area there were several waste drums spread out through the area. The rest of the work area consisted of rinse, plating, etching tanks and a general office. After multiple employee reports, the inspector obtained a search warrant to inspect the facility to see the building waste management processes. The search results from the inspector came up with two major issues that the company was doing, and the owner was denying. First, the several waste drums contained electroplating chemicals that could not be used any more, this is due to them being used multiple times already and could not be used any more for future use. The owner stated that the solutions were still good and will be used later for plating processes. Further investigations showed that they chemical were corroding the metal containers and releasing toxic chemicals in the air while the employees were working. Secondly, there were green fumes that were inside the building and deadly cyanide gases that would release due to mixing of cyanide and acid bath solutions. The plant solutions were causing the green fumes inside the building and causing respiratory problems when inhaled during hours of operation. The deadly cyanide gas that was created when the acid bath and cyanide solution sometimes mixed with each other because one steel plate separated the...
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...responsible tourism are being practiced so that the island can continue to attract tourists through the year. 1.1 Background Information Perhentian Island, known also as ‘Stopover Island’, is one of the two gems located in the East Coast of Malaysia. Perhentian when translated in English means, post. It is clustered off Terengganu which is located further at the Northern of Terengganu which borders the neighbouring state of Kelantan. Perhentian Island’s accessible point is through Kuala Besut. It is a small Terengganu fishing village filled with Kelantanese culture and heritage. The name Perhentian Island itself is known to have originated from fishermen who would find cover by stopping at the island, especially in times of emergency like during a thunderstorm and bad weather. Furthermore, it is also due to the role it plays as a post for traders and fishermen back in those days. Currently, the island’s only permanent inhabitants are living in a small fishing village. The island provides innovative tours with a variety of activities with nature trekking showcasing also their culture and heritage experience. The island has no structures taller than a two storey building with an exception of its only single mainland-communications tower. Perhentian Island’s base of economic is mainly its tourism sector which brings about a limited amount of people on the island to prevent overcrowding on the island’s nature reserve. Perhentian Island imposes strict laws in conserving its...
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...Cyanide is a poison that halts cellular respiration by inhibiting an enzyme in the mitochondria. It is a poison, that is unmistakable. If a person wanted to murder someone in a dramatic way and wanted someone to die fast cyanide would be the poison of choice for a murder. Arsenic is a poison that is a tasteless, odorless compound, that is commonly mistaken as food poisoning. Therefore if a person wanted to commit an act of murder and not get caught, arsenic would be a better choice. Cyanide is poison that is very easy to find. It can even be found in apple seeds and apricot seeds. It is found in a crystalline compound and also exists as a gas. Cyanide is made by using fairly common chemicals, hydrogen, carbon, and nitrogen, but it is still...
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...4HCl(aq) ® MnCl2(aq) + 2H2O(l) + Cl2(g)| A)|3.55 L| B)|3.09 L| C)|0.138 L| D)|5.36 ´ 10-3 L| E)|0.282 L| 2.|A 6.0-ft person weighs 168 lb. What is this person's height in meters and weight in kilograms? (1 lb = 453.6 g; 1 m = 3.28 ft.)| A)|5.4 m, 76.2 kg| B)|1.8 m, 76.2 kg| C)|2.3 m, 43.2 kg| D)|1.8 m, 7620 kg| 3.|The speed of sound in air at room temperature is about 343 m/s. What is this speed in miles per hour? (1 mi = 1609 m.)| A)|12.8 mph| B)|343 mph| C)|767 mph| D)|46020 mph| 4.|The oxidation number of Fe in K3Fe(CN)6 is| A)|-3| B)|+3| C)|+2| D)|-4| E)|+1| 5.|What is 25.4 mg when converted to kilograms?| A)|2.54 kg| B)|2.54 ´ 104 kg| C)|2.54 ´10–5 kg| D)|2540 kg| 6.|What is the formula for copper (II) cyanide?| A)|Cu(CN)2| B)|Cu2CN| C)|CuNCO| D)|CuCN| 7.|What is the molar mass of acetaminophen, C8H9NO2?| A)|125 g/mol| B)|162 g/mol| C)|76 g/mol| D)|43 g/mol| E)|151 g/mol| 8.|Calculate the mass of iron(II) sulfide formed when 27.66 g of Fe reacts with 14.44 g of S.| A)|9.17 g| B)|5.27 g| C)|39.60 g| D)|14.44 g| E)|43.54 g| 9.|Aluminum is a lightweight metal (density = 2.70 g/cm3) used in aircraft construction, high-voltage transmission lines, beverage cans, and foils. What is its density in kg/m3?| A)|8.2 ´ 102 kg/m3| B)|2.70 ´ 103 kg/m3| C)|4.30 ´ 103 kg/m3| D)|2.70 ´ 104 kg/m3| 10.|How many atoms are in 5.54 g of F2?| A)|0.146 atoms| B)|8.78 ´ 1022 atoms| C)|1.76 ´ 1023 atoms| D)|0.292 atoms| E)|6.02 ´ 1023...
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...Throughout life ones beliefs, moral expectations and decisions are often based solely on an individual’s upbringing and what they have been taught to believe is morally right. What happens when what we have been taught waivers when the circumstances presented or represented is outside of one’s beliefs and morals. Capital punishment is a very controversial issue and debated topic and is still used in many states as the major penalty for a serious crime. Some of the immoral methods of capital punishment are lethal injection, electric chair and the gas chamber. Lethal injection is the most common mean of execution in most of the states in US. This method is probably one of the less violent ways of execution. In 1977, Oklahoma became the first state to adopt lethal injection as a means of execution. When this method is used, the person is usually bound to a gurney and a member of the execution team positions several heart monitors on the skin. Two needles (one is a back-up) are then inserted into usable veins, usually in the inmates arms. Long tubes connect the needle through a hole in a cement block wall to several intravenous drips. The first is a harmless saline solution that is started immediately. Then, at the warden's signal, a curtain is raised exposing the inmate to the witnesses in an adjoining room. Then, the inmate is injected with sodium thiopental - an anesthetic, which puts the inmate to sleep. Next flows bromide, which paralyzes the entire muscle system and stops...
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...Gold Mining with Cyanide REPORT ON I-147 Repeal of the Ban on Cyanide Heap Leaching in Gold Mining WHAT IS CYANIDE AND WHAT DOES IT DO IN THE ENVIRONMENT Cyanide is a general term, referring to various specific cyanide compounds. Cyanide (CN) itself is a simple, organic anion (negatively charged ion) consisting of carbon and nitrogen. Despite often-heard references to “pure cyanide,” it actually exists only as an anion, so is only a component of other compounds. Even though cyanide is a poison, trace amounts of cyanide compounds occur naturally in our bodies and in many foods. Even over a lifetime of exposure, trace amounts pose no threat to human health. Cyanide does not build up in the body. The liver removes it. As one might expect, cyanide compounds are used in certain herbicides. But some common drugs—including the pain reliever ibuprofen and the anti-inflammatory agent naproxen—also contain cyanide compounds, or are derived directly from them. Today, U.S. chemical manufacturing industries consume more than 10 times the amount of cyanide compounds than are used in domestic gold mining to manufacture products like nylon and other polyamides, acrylics and certain plastics. Cyanide compounds are also used to harden steel and to electroplate copper and precious metals. Cyanide heap leach solutions are very alkaline because at a ph of 8 or below CN vaporizes into the air. In the air, the poison is quickly dispersed and would only be dangerous in a very small area close to the...
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...OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE ON SODIUM CYANIDE (NaCN) IN A MINING PLANT MAXWELL P.K.D ANDOH-M00508829. Rarely a day goes by without a reference in the newspaper, television or on the internet to illnesses or disabilities caused at work. In Some cases, the effects may be reversible but for others are not. In many others, detrimental effects to health cannot be overcome and even shorten life expectancy, thereby increasing the need and values of Occupational hygiene. Occupational Hygiene may be defined as the use of science and engineering to prevent ill health caused by the environment in which a person works (OH learning). Occupational Hygiene has policies with which it operates in other to understand the risks posed by hazardous agent and thus aid in improving working conditions and work practices. This essay tends to highlight these policies as well as how to go about it in an industrial setting (Mining) where Sodium Cyanide (NaCN) is used. Sodium Cyanide is a hazardous substance in the Mining industry yet it is principal to a successful extraction of mineral of interest, thereby making it less substitutable depending on so many factors considered (such as cost, efficiency, hazards). What is considered above all others is the need to be able to identify and recognize the risk to using cyanide and to minimize it to a reasonably practicable level. Sodium Cyanide is a white powder (like salt). It is used in both solid or in liquid state but sometimes combines with other elements to...
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...Poisons Abi Barnes Aconite A poison is a substance that can cause illness or death among an organism when introduced to the body and a toxin is a poison that originates from an animal or plant; a lethal dose is an amount of something that will cause death. The different types of poisons are those from various different types of animals, medicines, common household cleaning products, mushrooms and plants. In their own way all poisons are helpful, such as for animals; animals use poisons as a defence technique against their predators, as do some plants. Cleaning products are harmful if ingested, inhaled, or sometimes even when they come into contact with skin, but they are also helpful to sanitize and clean our home and/or our selves. Aconitum has a vast range of names consisting of, ‘queen of poisons’, monkshood, wolf’s bane, devil’s helmet and blue rocket and many more. The name aconite originates from the Greek name akonitos, ak meaning ‘pointed’ or ‘sharp’ and konos meaning ‘cone’, and was initially used to kill wolves, hence the name wolf’s bane. The aconitum plant consists of over 350 different species of plant, all with either a violet-blue, almost purple flower shaped like a helmet or a yellow flower; the most well common aconite in Europe is the aconitum napellus, which features the violet-blue flowers. The roots are the most poisonous part of the plant, although the entire aconitum plant is poisonous, however this is only specific to the violet-blue...
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...the fishes in the sea as well. As technology has become more and more advanced that has made our fishing more efficient meaning that it has become easier for us to catch more fish. This has and will impact human lives in a very critical way. Along with other of Earth’s resources we have to learn and take care of our environment to keep it in a Holocene state for a very long time. Earth’s resource limited but shared resources have led to much competition among humans. The relationship between humans and fish has evolved over the years along with the new developed technological advancements in fishing. There are many examples around the globe that relationship with fish has changed because of technology. In 1992 the collapse of the Newfoundland Grand Banks Cod fishery in Canada was mainly caused by the technological advancements made in fishing. The Newfoundland Grand Banks was once renowned as the world’s most productive fishing grounds. The first European explorers described the waters as being so full, one just had to lower a basket into the water and it would come up filled with cod. Up to the 1950s the bounty of the Grand Banks was enough to supply local small-scale fishing, as well as feed millions of harp seals. But this happy picture was not to last. The Grand Banks fishery was destroyed by technological advances in fishing techniques in the 1950s and 60s. Small artisan fishing boats found themselves competing with trawlers modeled on the factory whaling ships that had devastated...
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...As an avid shore fisherman who enjoys fishing, I have the unique opportunity to choose between two similar, but two very different, types of fishing. These two types of fishing are fresh water fishing and salt water fishing. With that being said, in the state where I reside, there are two distinct attitudes towards fishing. There are those anglers who prefer fresh water fishing, and there are those anglers who prefer salt water fishing. Both types of fishing ultimately deal with utilizing a fishing pole, fishing line and bait (or a fishing lure) to catch fish. However, in the same way they are similar; in contrast, they are both very much different. In a fresh water lake, the water rises with the amount of rainfall and falls due to evaporation and drainage; on the other hand, ocean the water rises and falls with the lunar tide. Unlike fresh water fishing, where an angler would use “lighter” fishing tackle due to catching smaller fish, salt water fishing requires much “heavier” tackle due to the vast difference in size from fresh water fish to salt water fish. For instance, the State record for a fresh water largemouth bass caught in a lake is 10 pounds 14 ounces; whereas, a Great White shark can weigh more then a car! So as you can see, although fresh water fishing and salt water fishing are similar, in some ways, they are very much different. Works Cited Houch, R. (September 3, 2013). NJ Saltwater Fisherman. Retrieved from http://www.njsaltwaterfisherman.com/index.php...
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...Final Project SUO BUS 3101 Week 6 Assignment 2 Linda Taylor February 15, 2013 Instructor Donna Whitaker Abstract This paper is a comprehensive strategic plan for a floating fishing pliers manufacturing company that is made using an extrusion process. Included will be a mission statement, a resource needs assessment, business goal, measurable and observable objectives, the hardware, software and facility resource requirement, training resource requirement and a staff development plan, a marketing plan, and an itemized budget. PART I: THE BUSINESS Mission Statement The mission of Floating Pliers Manufacturing Company, (FPMC), is to exceed our customer’s expectations in quality, delivery, and cost through continuous improvement and customer interaction. In 2010, this business began in New Lakes, Wisconsin. After much thought and consideration, it was decided to leave the constraints of working for someone else and to venture into owning and manufacturing our own brand and design of floating fishing pliers. Timothy, who has over 20 years in the fishing industry, attends to purchasing of new equipment, assigns what each extrusion machine will produce daily, and the maintenance and repair schedules. Michele, who has extensive management experience, attends to the financial, office management, tax preparation and also shares responsibility for overall decisions that affect operations. At steady growth since...
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...in my village by Te Hanh 1. My Village: he/she is trying to show that its her village and thats where she is from and proud of it. 2. a persona is a persona that is a character in either a novel or even a movie. and in this case the persona would be Te Hanh because the person writes about themselves. 3. i think the subject of this poem is about the village and how everybody in this village knows that fishing is involved in their everyday life. 4. the main setting of this poem is the fishing life of a villager. 5. that fishing is what they do to survive and what they enjoy doing 6. it is good comparisin because the sampan never rest and neither does a racehorse when its runnign. 7. the action the is surggested is the trying to the the right amount of wind so that they are able to move the boat. 8. the shift of time that occures is the next morning after they heled out the morning before which indicates that the fisherman had been gone for about 24 hours and had gne through the night in a small boat knowing the dangers that lied in the water. 9. l 10. hard labour, trimph, joy. 11. he compares the fsh to the pearl because to them fish is priceless and no amount of money could by that. 12. ; 13. he describes the boat as tired because it had to be used all night as it had lots of people in the boat and this is also a personification. 14. this could mean that the salt in the water could bedestroyig the bottom of the boat as the hard salt rubbs through. 15. the poet...
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...Axia College Material Appendix E Water Resource Challenges Review Ch. 10 and 11 of your text, then complete the following: Provide at least three freshwater and three ocean water resource challenges by filling in the following table. Then, respond to the question that follows: |Freshwater Resource Challenge |Description | |Salinization of Irrigated Soil |When water is irrigated over and over again without running | | |off into rivers or lakes to get recycled. When this happens | | |the water is irrigated it picks up more salt. | |Aquifer Depletion |Lowers the water table, | | |The upper surface of the saturated zone of | | |Groundwater. Prolonged aquifer depletion | | |Drains an aquifer dry, effectively eliminating | | |It as a water resource | |Saltwater intrusion |Occurs along coastal areas...
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...has had an extended run of bad luck. Despite his expertise, he has been unable to catch a fish for eighty-four days. He is humble, yet exhibits a justified pride in his abilities. His knowledge of the sea and its creatures, and of his craft, is unparalleled and helps him preserve a sense of hope regardless of circumstance. Throughout his life, Santiago has been presented with contests to test his strength and endurance. The marlin with which he struggles for three days represents his greatest challenge. Paradoxically, although Santiago ultimately loses the fish, the marlin is also his greatest victory. The marlin - Santiago hooks the marlin, which we learn at the end of the novella measures eighteen feet, on the first afternoon of his fishing expedition. Because of the marlin’s great size, Santiago is unable to pull the fish in, and the two become engaged in a kind of tug-of-war that often seems...
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...Storytelling Speech - “A Land-loving Catfish” Once there was a boy who used to spend his day doing different chores around John Mauk’s country store. IButt2014-07-19T17:13:00.25IPause after every full stop. -- He used to prepare corn,IButt2014-07-19T17:12:00.25IShort pause after every comma. -- chop wood,-- go fishing -- and do many other kinds of things there. -- One day he was fishing in a pond, which was a quarter of a mile away from the store. Instead of a fishing rod, he was using a piece of wrapping thread and a cane pole with a big, red worm attached to it to attract the fish. He used to catch a lot of fish that way, and IButt2014-07-19T17:13:00.26IWith excitement sometimes would be lucky to catch more than one fish with the same worm! That day, he caught about nine to thirteen fish in a row, but then all of a sudden, he could not catch any more of them, no matter how long he waited holding his pole in the water. He decided to give up and leave with the fish that he had caught. IButt2014-07-19T16:37:00.26ISay this with excitement plus shock But when he turned around to pick them up, he was shocked to see them all dead and stiff, because they were left to lie there in the hot sun for about two hour. However, the boy noticed that one of the fish was moving and making strange sounds. He was surprised to see IButt2014-07-19T16:37:00.26IWith shock in voice that it was alive unlike the others. He picked it up and dipped it in the water a number of times. He then picked...
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