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  2. Dugway sheep incident - Wikipedia

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    Following the incident, the Army and other state and federal agencies compiled reports, some of which were later characterized as "studies". [4] A report which remained classified until 1978 and unreleased to the public until nearly 30 years after the incident was called the "first documented admission" by the Army that VX killed the sheep.

  3. United States Army Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course

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    United States Army Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course (RSLC) (formerly known as the Long Range Surveillance Leaders Course, or LRSLC [1]) is a 29-day (four weeks and one day) school designed on mastering reconnaissance fundamentals of officers and non-commissioned officers eligible for assignments to those units whose primary mission is to conduct reconnaissance and surveillance ...

  4. SL-1 - Wikipedia

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    Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One, also known as SL-1, initially the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR), was a United States Army experimental nuclear reactor in the western United States at the National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS) in Idaho about forty miles (65 km) west of Idaho Falls, now the Idaho National Laboratory.

  5. Exxon Valdez oil spill - Wikipedia

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    Exxon Shipping Company failed to properly maintain the Raytheon Collision Avoidance System (RAYCAS) radar, which, if functional, would have indicated to the third mate an impending collision with the Bligh Reef by detecting the radar reflector placed on the next rock inland from Bligh Reef for the purpose of keeping ships on course.

  6. Motorcycle training - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Hurt Report, begun in 1976 and published in 1981, expresses disdain for the ignorance and misinformation about motorcycle safety among riders studied, noting that 92% of riders in accidents had no formal training, compared to 84.3% of the riding population, and that when interviewed, riders frequently failed to take responsibility for their errors, or even perceive that accident ...

  7. Ahimsa in Jainism - Wikipedia

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    In Jainism, ahiṃsā (Ahimsā, alternatively spelled 'ahinsā', Sanskrit: अहिंसा IAST: ahinsā, Pāli: [1] avihinsā) is a fundamental principle forming the cornerstone of its ethics and doctrine.

  8. Mid-air collision - Wikipedia

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    Almost all modern large aircraft are fitted with a traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS), which is designed to try to prevent mid-air collisions. The system, based on the signals from aircraft transponders , alerts pilots if a potential collision with another aircraft is imminent.

  9. Safety engineering - Wikipedia

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    Effective safety training – An unofficial phrase used to describe the training materials designed to teach occupational safety and health standards developed by the United States government labor organization, Forensic engineering – Investigation of failures associated with legal intervention