Seventy three seconds into flight, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart. Millions of people watched in horror as seven highly trained astronauts lost their lives in the destruction of the multimillion dollar space shuttle. This catastrophe was a result of the failure of simple O-ring seals manufactured by Morton Thiokol. Beginning in 1977, experimental tests had shown that the O-rings, at certain temperatures, failed. These findings were downplayed by the engineers at Morton Thiokol. As the
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Louis Kane and Ron Shaich started Panera under the name Au Bon Pain Co, Inc. in 1981. During the 1980s and 1990s, Au Bon Pain flourished in its industry, spreading up and down the east coast, and reaching internationally. With their success, Au Bon Pain acquired Saint Louis Bread Company, which included 20 locations. Synthesizing the two companies, the “average unit volumes increased by 75%” between 1993 and 1997. Saint Louis Bread Company’s name was officially changed to Panera Bread in 1997, and
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“A Short story that reminds me of Mama” Mama’s Empty Chair A woman's daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her mother. When the minister arrived, he found the woman lying in bed with her head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside her bed. The minister assumed that the woman had been informed of his visit. 'I guess you were expecting me, he said. 'No, who are you?' said the mother. The minister told her his name and
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A seat cushion from the 1985 World Series Specific Purpose: To inform my classmates about the overall success of the St. Louis Cardinals Introduction A. Attention Getter: Any sports fan knows that baseball is a sport that relies heavily on statistics, both individual and team. However, overall success in baseball is measured in wins and championships, and the St. Louis Cardinals have many of both. B. Orienting Material: I have been a Cardinal fan since the time I could talk
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Running head; Bramante Bramante October 13, 2012 Bramante The High Renaissance was full of artists that had amazing ideas and among those artist was Donato D’ Angelo Bramante, who is actually know for bring the value of ancient architecture into the time of the Renaissance. In the eyes of people today he is known to be the founder of the High Renaissance architectural design. In my paper I will
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been recognized as both a political and spiritual leader. His religious clout alone demands that the Vatican, the papal state fully under his control, would be filled with breathtaking structures and artwork. As visitors to the Vatican progress through St Peter's Square, into the famed basilica, and perhaps to the Sistine Chapel, they are surrounded with art and architecture created to play very specific roles, ranging from the practical to the symbolic. The Vatican is located on the left bank of the
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I have never taken much interest in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and their efforts until recently, and it was because of this curiosity that I came across a very well known disaster. The United States has always taken pleasure in its space exploration program and has been very successful in their efforts of getting man to the Moon and back. But, on January 28th, 1986 the space shuttle Challenger exploded only seventy-three seconds after take off from Cape Canaveral
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The concept of combining classical techniques with Christian themes during the renaissance was unique. The Catholic Church was not as powerful in Italy during the Renaissance because of the uprising of humanist beliefs. Art was still religious because most of the Italian population remained very religious through out the Renaissance period, however images in the Renaissance art "were meant to enhance the experience of the faithful"(Heilbrunn). Even though Italians remained religious, the church
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started in the early 1700’s with the St Petersburg Paradox. 1.0.1 The St Petersburg Paradox A player pays some fee to a casino in order to play a game where a fair coin will be tossed repeatedly until a ”tail” first appears, ending the game. The payoff of the game is 2N −1 where N is the number of times until the first tail appears. How much should the casino charge to play this game, how much should a player expect to play the game? This game was played in 18th century St Petersburg and numerous mathematicians
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Many parents with affordable means prefer their children to join a boarding school to their studying in a day-time government or public school. One of the many reasons given for this preference is that living in a hostel is necessary for discipline, academic excellence and inculcating self-discipline. One other reason is an extremely busy schedule of both the parents which forces them to part with their children, when they are young, and send them to boarding schools. Yet another factor could be
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