Horizon Research Papers Samples For Students

The Valdez Oil Spill and the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill

Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker ship that measured 987 feet, this tanker had an oil spill on 24th of March 1989 in Prince William Sound of Alaska. This oil spill, at that time was deemed “the most devastating human caused accident, which shook every pillar of the environmental ecosystem.” (Raunekk and Swagatam, 2010). Another oil spill occurred in recent future events that cause devastating damage to the environment, on the 20th of April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig had an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil spills according to Sevhoo (2013), are caused, at least ...

Deepwater Horizon

Synopsis
The Deepwater Horizon was an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico owned by Transocean, a U.S owned company that specializes in deep water drilling equipment (Ingersoll, Locke, & Reavis, 2012). The $560 million rig was operated by a crew of 126 people (Ingersoll et al., 2012) roughly 45 miles off the Louisiana coast (Mullins, 2010). On April 20, 2010, the exploratory Macondo well experienced an explosion that not only created one of the most catastrophic environmental disasters in U.S. history but killed 11 people (Barstow, Rohde & Saul, 2010). The environmental effects were devastating. It took 87 days ...

Introduction

A black hole is a region in space-time, the gravitational attraction which is so large that it can not leave even objects moving at the speed of light, including photons of light itself. The boundary of this region is called the event horizon, and its characteristic dimension - the gravitational radius. In the simplest case of a spherically symmetric black hole Schwarzschild radius is equal to it.
Theoretically, the possible existence of such regions of space-time should be of some exact solutions of Einstein's equations, the first of which was obtained by Karl Schwarzschild in 1915. The exact inventor of ...

Abstract

The effects of oil drilling towards the environment or any drilling of similar nature such as drilling of natural gas has been extensively discussed. Major stakeholders such as the government, the private sector and common people that are directly influenced by these drilling activities have different views towards this topic, which makes it more controversial. Some idealist stakeholders, for example, believe that oil drilling poses serious environmental threats. For the same reason, they believe that the risk outweighs the advantages and so these drilling activities must be stopped at once. On the other hand, those stakeholders that is benefiting ...

Management

Introduction.
British petroleum and Oil Company (Bp oil) is an International oil company that supplies energy and petroleum product worldwide.The company has experienced three major disasters since 2005. In 2005, the explosion happened in Texas City oil refinery killing approximately 18 people and injured several people. Such crisis brought damages and losses of approximately $1.9 billion. In 2006, a pipe which had corroded burst and spill two hundred gallons of crude oil in Alaska. April 2010, the deep-water horizon oil exploded (Gulf of Mexico); a major disaster that led to large and shocking environmental pollution ever recorded in the history ...

A critical Evaluation of the response to Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Introduction
The oil industry plays a significant role in providing the oil used as fuel in other major industries that drive the economy. Due diligence and utmost care are among the guiding principles that regulate the industry as any problem may have adverse effects on the environment as well as human and animal life. However, due to unavoidable circumstances, the oil spillage sometimes occurs with devastating results on the seabed and the animal life that lives under the waters. The Deepwater Horizon is one of the worst accidents that happened in the oil production and processing industry. It happened ...

Abstract

There are many forms of optics that occur in the sky at different times. Some of the optics are more common and can be observed at almost any time while others are extremely rare. This paper examines atmospheric optics and how they relate to various phenomena that are observed in the skies. The article covers scattering of light, sky and cloud coloration as well as their causes. Additionally, it addresses the halo effect, the incidence of glory, rainbows and how they are formed, the Mirage and its various forms and crepuscular rays. Atmospheric optics is useful in many fields ...

People invest their moneys in different investment vehicles with the aim of making the best returns possible. Different investments however have different risk levels and therefore the investor has to consider his /her risk preference and investment horizon before deciding the nature of their investment. It’s advisable those investors consult their financial advisors before making any major investments. There are a number of investment vehicles that are available to the investors depending on the amount of money that they are willing to invest. An individual could decide to invest their moneys in the secondary markets or take advantage of ...

Salvador Dali (1904-198) was a Spanish artist considered to be the icon of the Surrealist movement. Probably the most universally famous and highly regarded of the artists of the twentieth century, Salvador Dali was born in the town of Figueres, in Catalonia, Spain where his father held the position of notary public. Although well known as a painter of the Surrealist Movement, he was also a gifted photographer and film maker.
As a child, Dali was encouraged in his art by his family and in particular a friend of his father’s, a lawyer named Pepito Pichot, whose brother ...

Discussing the Technological and Ethical Implications

INTRODUCTION
HISTORY
As mentioned, the function of law enforcement has existed of millennia. At the core of the American law enforcement system is based on the system that we inherited from England when the first colonist came to the New World. For the most part law enforcement was handled by the military class, however local enforcement like Watch Keepers and the like, were generally ineffective. The modern police, men that patrol the streets and keep the peace, is based on the example of Constables, who also often provided some other civil service positions, like land surveyors. This ...

Introduction

A rainbow can be defined as both metrological and optical phenomenon which is seen as a result of the reflection of light in the water droplets more so when it is raining.(David K. & Livingston, W. 67). This phenomenon occurs in the earth’s surface where by a spectrum of light is formed in the sky resulting to a multicolored arc. Usually, rainbows caused by sunlight are seen in the section of the sky which is directly opposite the sky. Whereas in the primary rainbow, the outer part of the arc shows red while the inner part shows violet colors. This type ...

Black holes are space zones in the universe that are dark in nature and possess natural forces of attraction that have a very high gravity. This implies that they are able to attract and pull anything including light at a very high speed. This explains the origin of the name, Black hole. Several myths have been generated in many attempts to try and explain what a black hole is and Hollywood is at the forefront of it. Movies from Hollywood portray black holes as time physical entrances to tunnels that if one goes through, he can either move back or fourth in ...

1. Project Proposal
1.1. Research Background
Media campaign has always been central consideration for any marketing plan. Trends of communication using different media have been undergoing steady evolution for the past several decades. Today’s marketing plan involves much more sophistications than ever before requiring companies to adopt state-of-the-art approach to it to maximize their chances of success (Napoli, 2011; Noll, 2007). The proposed research is going to revolve around the assessment of effective ways of collecting the required data for STA (a traveling agency) helping it develop its new marketing plan aligning to existing and emerging trends of ...

There are many hundreds and thousands of talented artists, but there are only several whose name is known to all people around the world. Claude Monet, father of the Impressionism movement, is one of them (Fitzgerald 181).
He started from caricatures in his notebooks and grew into one of the renowned artists, whose talent and ability to see nature in its most astonishing manifestation inspired generations of artists.
Throughout his life, he experimented with various techniques in order to find his vision. With help of Eugen Boudin, his mentor, who taught him techniques of outdoor painting, Claude Monet soon ...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to take photographs of a movie while you are watching it? Well, that is how the famed photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto got his start. He was in a theatre that happened to be showing an Audrey Hepburn flick, and so he took some still shots of the movie as it was playing (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, web). That was just the first instance of Sugimoto finding innovative ways to represent the reality he sees in the world around him.
It was when Sugimoto was 28 years old that his first formal ...

Country Research: Equatorial Guinea

General Description
Guinea is officially the "Republic of Guinea". It is a nation in West Africa. Its initial name was French Guinea. It is also called " Guinea-Conakry" sometimes to separate it from its neighboring Guinea-Bissau and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. The population of this nation is around ten million living in the area of two hundred forty-six thousand square miles. It has a crescent-like shape, and it curves by its limits from the west near the Atlantic Ocean. The country shares its borders with Guinea-Bissau, Mali and Senegal in the north. The southern border has nations Sierra Leone, Ivory ...

Abstract

This paper explores the various strategies that the managerial team can adopt under varying market situations especially with rising cost of inputs and changing demand and elasticity. The conflicts arising in taking strategic decisions regarding long term investment to expand the firm’s operation to expand market horizon and enhance market power, are discussed based on literature survey. The situations where the convergence of interests of stockholders and managers can take place have also been discussed referring to the evidences from several empirical studies conducted in the past. The issue of the relevance of government regulation has been delved ...

Tribeca is a neighborhood in Manhattan’ Upper East Side. Though the area has a storied history dating back hundreds of years, it is one of the most posh areas to live. The crux of the neighborhood is Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, which is an open green area at the north end of Battery Park. Prominent in the park is an open-air pavilion that was the design of Demetri Porhyrios. The park’s function is served of providing Upper East Siders, and visitors a place to jog, fish, have a place to read a book, and also to take their kids with the recently added ...

Abstract

Those who strive for a cause way above their personal self are called leaders. Leaders who work as to bring harmony, to inspire and to create more leaders are named Transformational Leaders. A transformational leader is a must for every organization these days and they seek individuals out who have the potential of becoming one. Many examples of such leaders have filled the pages of history. Some have been highly coveted and some lesser so, but it is transformational leaders who have made a lot of difference in the world.
This project is a study of transformational leaders, taking into account a very ...

No one has ever seen a black hole with their own eyes but everyone has heard about black holes. New technology for making telescopes has helped scientists learn more details about black holes but the principles of physics give us our basic understanding.
When a massive star dies the type of black hole formed is a stellar black hole. The star caves in on itself when it dies forming a black hole. (Figure 1) When a star with a huge mass dies, part of the start explodes into space – that is a supernova. The area of a black hole is small because the dead star’s ...

Q.1 Financial ratios important to a small business and their comparison with ratios critical to a manager of a larger corporation

The following ratios are critical for small businesses:

- Acid test ratio/ Quick ratio: Current assets – stock/Inventory

Current liabilities

Measure liquidity position of a firm
- Average collection period: Average debtors – 365 days

Credit sales

Measures efficiency of a firm in collecting debts owed to it
- Inventory Turnover: Cost of sales

Average stock

Measures efficiency of a firm in sales
- Total debt/Equity: Long term debt + Current Liabilities

Shareholders’ funds

Shows the extent of leverage used by a firm
- Net profit margin: Net profit (Earnings after tax) * 100%

Sales

Measures a firm’s profitability
- Return ...

Introduction:

Ever since time immemorial, man has applied some sort of symbol to his beliefs and has to worship something which is bigger than him in order to keep him going. With the emergence of religions as time went by, symbols acquired an even more potent force and this is demonstrated by the three major religions on this planet, Christianity, Islam and Hindu who all portray various sorts of symbols as powerful methods of religious persuasion. Several times these symbols have also been used as rallying cries, perhaps even in battle and over the years, their sense of mysticism has ...

It should be no surprise that the idea of utopia has often been explored by American writers, since one could argue that America itself exists as a sort of utopian ideal. The words of the Declaration of Independence posit a sort of utopia in their idealistic talk of ’life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’ This is very bound up with the notion of America as a new world, a new place where fresh starts can be made and the mistakes of the past avoided:
The utopian passages in Euro-American writings tended to elevate American spaces and colonists by comparing them to ...