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An accident is an unplanned event that sometimes has inconvenient or undesirable consequences. Poisons, vehicle collisions and falls are the most common causes of fatal injuries. In the process industry, a primary accident may propagate to nearby units, resulting in a chain of accidents, which is called domino effect accident.
George Pratt Shultz was an American economist, diplomat, and businessman. He served in various positions under three different Republican presidents. Shultz played a major role in shaping the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration. He died in Washington, D.C., on December 25, 2013.
Jesse Louis Jackson is an American political activist, Baptist minister, and politician. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988. He served as a shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He is the founder of the organizations that merged to form RainbowPUSH.
Uttarakhand, formerly known as Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north; the Sudurpashchim Pradesh of Nepal to the east; the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh to the west and north-west. The state is divided into two divisions, Garhwal and Kumaon, with a total...
Myanmar is the largest country in Mainland Southeast Asia and the 10th largest in Asia by area. Its capital city is Naypyidaw, and its largest city is Yangon. The name of the country has been a matter of dispute and disagreement, particularly in the early 21st century.
Leon Spinks was an American professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1995. He won the undisputed heavyweight championship in 1978 after defeating Muhammad Ali in a split decision. Spinks also had a brief career as a professional wrestler in the 1990s. He died in a car accident in 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
St. Louis is the second-largest city in Missouri. It sits on the western bank of the Mississippi River, which forms the state line between Illinois and Missouri. Before European settlement, the area was a regional center of Native American Mississippian culture. The Gateway Arch is the tallest building in the U.S., standing at 630 feet (183 meters)
Millcreek Canyon is a canyon in the Wasatch Mountains and part of Millcreek City on the east side of the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. It was named by Brigham Young on August 22, 1847 before all of the mills that were built in and below the canyon. The upper trails are open to biking on even-numbered days only.
Neelesh Misra is an Indian journalist, author, radio storyteller, scriptwriter and lyricist. Most known for his radio show, Yaadon Ka IdiotBox on BIG FM 92. 7. He is co-founder-editor of Gaon Connection, India’s rural newspaper.
An avalanche is an event that occurs when a cohesive slab of snow lying upon a weaker layer of snow fractures and slides down a steep slope. Avalanches are typically triggered in a starting zone from a mechanical failure in the snowpack. After initiation, avalanches usually accelerate rapidly and grow in mass and volume as they entrain more snow.
