Essays on Restoration

Introduction

According to Hobbs and Norton (1996) the restoration of an ecosystem id directly related to the ethics. The pre-damaged conditions of an ecosystem are mainly due to the improper behavior of people towards environment. Elizabeth (2005) stated that the ecological restoration is becoming a major strategy for human beings to interact with environment. Some people believe that the restoration is a land management technique as the conservation and preservation. The other group of thoughts view restoration as a method which modifies the misdeeds and ill behavior conducted towards ecology in the past. Values that help in the attribution towards restoration and ...

Introduction

In the recent past, the world has experienced paradigm shift in the political arena as a result of the emerging uprising movements in different parts of the world. Most of these uprising movements have been experienced in Syria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and other nations in the Middle East. These revolutionary waves are characterized with protests, riots, and demonstrations and aim to set the pace for political reforms by overthrowing dictatorial leaders from power. Many people may perceive the emergence of uprising and revolutionary movements as spectacular and unique aspect, but this is not the case because revolutionary movements have existed ...

Article Summary

- The article of John Schwartz on The New York Times, entitled A Hobbyist Whose Workshop Sits among the Cypress Trees, talks about the wetland restoration efforts of Matt Conn in Iberia Parish, Louisiana (Schwartz).

- Matt, who works as an environmental consultant by day, purchased a wetland property from a farmer who planned to use it for planting sugarcane. Yet, the move of the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal and state-level bodies to classify the land as protected wetlands prompted the farmer to sell the property to Matt, since he wanted to avoid doing restoration work by himself (Schwartz).

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Abstract

This paper will discuss the argument of why a country should be ruled by Monarchy. The first section of this paper will discuss how patriotism is better in case of a monarchy from the citizens. The second section of this paper will discuss the advantage of civilization in case of monarch rule. The third section of this paper will discuss the advantage of the qualification in case of monarchy. The final section of this paper will discuss the disadvantage of corruption that comes with monarch rule.

A Country Should Be Ruled by a Monarchy.

Introduction Monarchy is a form of government where total sovereignty is placed in one individual ...

Position for Opiates: The Benefits to the Community, Cost Savings in the Long Run

This brief summarizes recent analysis examining the advantages and costs of material opiates therapy. An estimated $275 billion dollars yearly goes to investments in the U.S. on healthcare costs, lost work productivity, costs associated with drug-related criminal offenses, and on other costs relevant to drugs like opiates (Doweiko, 2011). The approximately $18 billion dollars invested yearly on substance therapies is funded primarily by public money, and studies to address the affordability of these therapies are growing. Issues arising include the extent to which therapy applications fall under the cover of healthcare benefits and the come back on these financial ...

In recent discussions of the wildlife populations in the world, a controversial issue has been whether human beings have a role to play in the population of the wild animals. Some scholars argue that human beings have no role to play in the wildlife populations. From this perspective, wildlife populations can only take care of themselves and people must seclude themselves from it. On the other hand, however, others argue that it is the full responsibility of human beings to take care of wildlife populations. The proponents argue, “The aggressiveness and involvement of the human race in wildlife conservation is the ...

However, some of the colonies, like Maryland and Massachusetts, were founded because of persecution due to their beliefs. English Catholics led by Lord Baltimore were forced to leave the mainland because of persecution from the Anglicans and Protestants, subsequently founding Maryland in 1632. Maryland was classified as the first proprietary colony as Lord Baltimore governed his colony and enabled Catholics to practice their belief. Puritans or the Separatists were also forced to escape persecution from the mainland, traversing to the New World aboard the Mayflower. The group managed to settle in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620 with the aid of ...

However, some of the colonies, like Maryland and Massachusetts, were founded because of persecution due to their beliefs. English Catholics led by Lord Baltimore were forced to leave the mainland because of persecution from the Anglicans and Protestants, subsequently founding Maryland in 1632. Maryland was classified as the first proprietary colony as Lord Baltimore governed his colony and enabled Catholics to practice their belief. Puritans or the Separatists were also forced to escape persecution from the mainland, traversing to the New World aboard the Mayflower. The group managed to settle in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620 with the aid of ...

The last era in the Old Testament is known as the restoration and is defined by scholars as the period that God restored His people back to Judah. In actual terms the house that was restored was that of Judah. This house is differentiated from other tribes of Israel using the term Jews. The Jewish community had become idolatrous and sinful which made them not appealing before God’s eyes, He hence turned His face from them and they lost His protective grace (Wood, 1998, p. 316). Due to this the Jews were taken into captivity by the Babylonians ...

Introduction: Summary of the Episode

The 9th episode of season one of the television crime drama, “Criminal Minds” is about the conflict that arises between a delusional psychotic, Teddy Bryar and other train passengers, including FBI agent, Elle Greenaway. A former physicist, Dr. Teddy Bryar, now delusional psychotic, takes a train, which was moving from El Paso to Dallas, hostage. In the initial stages of his demand for the removal of the microchip that was implanted under his skin, gunfire ensues, where “Ted” attacks the train security guard, takes away his gun, and shoots out, consequently killing the security guard. He realizes that one of the ...

Emergency Wetland Resources law in 1986 was approved in November 10, 1986 (Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Web), Authorizing the act of purchasing of wetlands from both Land and Water Conservation budget funds, it resulted in removing prohibition in effect prior on the acquisitions. It also resulted in requiring the Secretary to impose a “National Wetlands Priority Conservation Plan”, this imposed ruling required all the States to make sure to include wetlands in their overall Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Planning, and then transferred to the” Migratory Bird Conservation Fund” (MBCF) with amounts ...

The PBS Nova video, Secrets of the Parthenon, brings into focus ongoing efforts to rehabilitate the Parthenon, an ancient Greek temple. The restoration program for 2011-2015 focuses on rehabilitation of both the two corners on the west side of the building. Architects have removed 111 blocks from the building but will reset them on the building after they complete the structural reconstruction of the building(Beard, 2010). They have also removed seven metopes and taken them to Acropolis Museum where they will be protected and displayed to the public. Architects have also taken measurements of the original marble stones ...

Introduction

Heritage planning primarily involves the development, preservation, and restoration of heritage sites. Heritage sites come in different forms and one of which is the historic living city. Essentially, the historic living city pertains to towns or cities that grow alongside the development of urban spaces. It contributes or influences development in various disciplines such as heritage planning and architecture among others, and components or segments of human life be it cultural, economic, social, and political life (Bandarin & van Oers, 2012; Serageldin, Shluger, & Martin-Brown, 2001; Weyeneth, 2000). Historic living cities also bear specific qualities and characteristics, which is why defining ...

Every organization must effectively handle situations of communication failures, no matter what kind of services, products, or industry type it represents. The facts illustrate that companies do not operate in a vacuum, and good communication is key to the successful function of an organization. But what happens when things go wrong? W. Charles Redding is commonly acknowledged truly understanding the concept of ‘organizational communications.’ Zaremba (2010) quotes “In every instance of organizational malaise that comes to mind, at some time and in some way, human communication behavior has been significantly involved. Indeed there are scholars which have persuasively made the ...

Should the 1st amendment grant Hobby Lobby a religious exemption in its lawsuit at SCOTUS?

Hobby Lobby lawsuit is an exceptional case because it has corporatized the religious liberty. The 1st amendment should not grant Hobby Lobby a religious exemption in its lawsuit at SCOUTS. This is because of the fact that such liberty extends to the privileges, for-profit businesses and the rights, which have been associated since long with the religious non-profits and churches. But, as a matter of fact this change is the consequence of the deeper and persistent upsetting of the religious liberty law in America. The granting of the religious exemption means that the congressional intent is ignored, and the court has ...

Introduction

Restoration is a process whereby the different parties that have a stake in a particular offence collectively resolve the best way to deal with the offence’s aftermath and the implication that it might have in the future. The purpose of restoration is to essentially restore into the community a group of offenders and victims who have resolved their conflicts.

As a crime prevention response or tactic, restoration strives to understand crime in its social context. It challenges the legal authorities to examine the root causes of violence and crime so that such cycles can be broken. The restoration approach towards crime prevention is ...

Introduction

Different tools are employed in analyzing specific situations and topics. SEARCH is usually an effective tool for understanding specific topics. The tool involves stating, identifying evidence, providing alternative hypothesis, and developing specific criteria of adequacy to rate the hypothesis in question. The following is a SEARCH analysis of the topic “fountain of youth”. Fountain of the youth is an archeological part containing a spring that has some restoration value. This paper identifies the basic claims, evidence on the claims, alternative hypothesis, and specific adequate criteria that enhances the rating of the claim.

Statement of the Claim

Different claims have been brought up in respect to ...

Computer ethics has a very important professional responsibility of serving the public interest as well as welfare to further improve the understanding public of the science of computers. Computer ethics should therefore take personal responsibility in maintaining high standards of integrity, honesty, and due diligence in the way they conduct education, research, and other professional duties. They should also be concerned with the condition of health and safety relating to the consumers, co-workers, and the community. Intellectual property is defined as original expressions of symbols, as well as words and ideas that represent the services or products of a person or ...

The composition of the disaster recovery team

For any work to run efficiently and effectively, it requires a team to understand this mandate. The disaster recovery team includes the following 8 teams; the senior management, corporate support units, Facilities, Fire and safety Maintenance staff, IT technical staff (specifically including database, systems, and networking, IT managers, InfoSec technicians, InfoSec managers. However, “there are sub-topics within the data recovery team responsible for separate sequences of activity” (Whitman and, 2007). The responsibilities and roles of the disaster recovery teams are discussed as follows. The damage assessment team is a team, led by the technical coordinator who is responsible of appointing ...

Religious studies

One of the elements to consider when understanding the kingdom of God is about the timing. Some scholars in the theology field argue that the kingdom of God is after the time of Jesus on earth, others hold that the kingdom is a present reality in the time of Jesus. The recent scholars argue that the Kingdom of God is about the present and the future time of Jesus. Scholars on favor of the future timing of Jesus argued that Jesus was crucified, not because he was willing to, but because he wanted God to set His kingdom. According to ...

Average (mean) trees diameter

The difference between the diameter of Doghair Thicket and semi-restored is as a result of difference in the elasticity of the stem tissues. It means that on the experiment the tissues of Doghair thicket were more as compared to semi restore. It therefore recorded a high average. On other experiment, the data collected indicates that the semi- restored has high average. This implies that semi-restored has more stem tissues which facilitate or rather enhances its variation in diameter. Another major factor that determine the stem-diameter of the stems of the Doghair thicket and the semi-restored includes the contented of water present ...

Executive Summary OF THE ARTICLE

The article revolves around the HR function and the remolding of HR function at Home Depot. With ineffective HR personnel working towards the organizational success, Home Depot surely witnessed failure despite several employees working towards the accomplishment of goals and objectives.

Introduction

The objective of this assignment is to evaluate the remolding of HR function at Home Depot along with its pros and cons. In addition, the study aims to seek answer regarding the factors or dimensions of the retail industry that can significantly impact the delivery of HR at Home Depot desirable and undesirable. In addition, the study aims ...

In a given ecological setting, some species dominate and influence the abundance of the other species in that ecology. Two pathways, which lead to dominance, exist: competition where the dominance species has superior access to the limited resources and low susceptibility to other processes that are not competitive. In the second pathway, the non-dominant species are normally very susceptible to the non-competitive processes. The former pathway is highly interactive and the dominant species suppresses its subordinates by limiting the resources available to them. Sustained dominance reduces the diversity of species that ecology. The second pathway is weakly interactive and the ...

Introduction

The medical field of plastic surgery is growing in popularity among people. Statistics have shown that the rate of awareness and plastic surgeries that have conducted has actually doubled in size and number. It has been found that within 1996 and 2000, the number of cosmetics surgeries that have been conduction has doubled from about one million to three million in the United States (Loftus, Jean) while between the year 2000 and 2008, the rate as actually double again making the procedure one of the fastest medical procedures in the U.S (Loftus, Jean). The rate is being speculated to ...

Compare and contrast Mary Rowlandson’ A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration with Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl We might expect these two texts to be completely different from each other because they come from such different genres. A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration is an example of the captivity narrative genre, which was very popular in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and beyond – until the American frontier was finally closed towards the end of the nineteenth century. They always involved European prisoners, held captive or hostage by indigenous tribes people, before being ...

The United States of America has witnessed increased cultural diversity in the last few decades. Unfortunately, research has indicated that there is great disparity in the quality of health care disseminated to different cultural groups in the society. Evidence is increasingly showing that people belonging to minority communities particularly receive less quality health care. Contrary to popular belief however, the low quality of health care among minority communities is not simply attributable to their economic status but can be attributed to an aggregate of several factors. Efforts aimed at eliminating these disparities should be focused on understanding cultural contexts ...

Introduction. 2

The rich biodiversity in the Florida panhandle 3 The rich natural history 4 Other regions rich in biodiversity.... 5

Plants 5

Restoration activities in the Florida panhandle 6 Conservation efforts. 6 What next? 7

Works Cited. 8

Biodiversity in the panhandle Introduction The Florida Panhandle borders Alabama to the west, Georgia to the North and the Mexico Gulf to the south. The panhandle lies on a strip of land that measures approximately 320 kilometers by 160 kilometers (Blaustein et al. 784). This place is highly-regarded in the world because of its rich biodiversity. Few places can compete with the ...

Book Review

Brunsma, D. L., Overfelt, D., & Picou, J. S. (2010). The sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a modern catastrophe. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Introduction

The book captures the history and story of Katrina. The Hurricane was considered as the most damaging disasters of recent time because of the magnitude of displacement and the level of destruction. The book “The Sociology of Katrina Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe” is a collection of the views of the social scientists expounding on various perspectives of Katrina.

Summary

The book recognizes the Hurricane as a horrifying and destabilizing act of nature that created an enlightenment function that broke all ...

Introduction

The Pacific Spirit Regional Park is one of the oldest parks in the city of Vancouver. Situated on the surrounding lands which are owned by the University of British Columbia, it is a preferred spot by the residents of this area because of the lush green enclosures and numerous trees. It is also close to Point Grey which has been in the news lately because of the studies being conducted to bring its cliff erosion problem under check. This park has been declared as a natural preserve by the Government of the state and thus has been given an Electoral Area ...

Introduction

The general approach to conservation offers the papers and panels that are presented in a symposium as one of the means of conserving early paintings. These ancient drawings are very precious and were very expensive at their time of creation and thus the need for extremely high security is needed. The Dutch was also architect and a theory too. Koolhaas invested in his first work with Elia Zhenghelis which was an exodus. This man also trained in Architectural Association in London as an architect where he was gradually influenced by vision ally projects of Arch gam that came up and motivated ...

Disaster and emergency management have increasingly become challenging in different countries due to increasing complexity, frequency and magnitude of disasters. There are four stages involved in the management of a disaster. These include the mitigations stage prior to the occurrence of the disaster, where various mitigating activities and actions are put in place. Disaster preparedness is the second phase of disaster management, which involves education, outreach programs and trainings to the local communities in planning for disaster. The response phase is the phase after the occurrence of the disaster and involves a response from various involved stakeholders. The final phase is ...

Paradigms

A paradigm is a system of belief or theory that serves as guide to the way we do things or, our value and beliefs (Stolley, 2005). Paradigm may range from patterns of thought to action .Paradigms are seen as perspectives that allow social scientists to have broad range of tools to describe society, and to create hypotheses and theories(Stolley ,2005). Paradigm only describes a given phenomenon they can neither occur nor happen in the society for it is just a view point. Paradigm perspectives include conflict paradigm, functional paradigm and symbolic paradigm .In this essay I am going to look at ...

Abstract

This paper discusses contingency planning for an organization's IT resources. In particular, it discusses the six contingency planning steps; the recovery options for IT resources; the recommended testing requirements; and a recommendation for a proposed 24-month cycle business contingency test plan. The paper concludes that a contingency plan should cover all of an organization’s resources and that the contingency plan for its IT resources should complement and support those of the other resources.

Introduction 4

Contingency Planning Steps 4 Identification of Mission- or Business-critical Functions 5 Identification of the Resources that Support the Critical Functions 5 Anticipation of the Potential ...

In the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) Guide, one of the most important of the Nine Knowledge Areas in Project Management is Project Risk Management. Simply put, project risk management deals primarily with the need for project leaders and managers to learn how to compensate and think ahead to minimize the potential for things to go wrong. There are several steps to the risk management process that a project leader must consider, and which are typically explored in risk management courses and training bundles: risk management planning, risk analysis, risk response/monitoring/control, and identifying the risks of a project (Business Wire, ...

Executive Summary

This report will highlight the basic weaknesses of the Derby Canal project and will talk about the lack of planning and awareness of the project.

Introduction

This report presents an analysis about the restoration of Derby Canal and the various negative factors associated with it. The primary aspects of the analysis are related to the benefit the restoration will provide to the associated communities within the region which will get impacted. The project in itself has been in operation since 1994 and till date the number of members currently a part of the support team is not satisfactory, looking at ...

In “Boss, I Think Someone Stole Our Customer Data,” four potential solutions for the problem of Flayton Electronics’ recent security leak, in which thousands of customers had their information leaked and abused due to a downed firewall that left them vulnerable. The company must determine what step to take next - this paper will address the most effective of the four commentaries, and the project management plan that arises from it.

James E. Lee’s solution, involving repairing the weaknesses in the firm’s data security, is the most effective solution available to them. In his commentary, Lee states that ...

The most vital agencies in the world utilize Continuity of Operations (COOP) systems and sites in order to safeguard the stability of their operations in case of a website crash and network disaster. It is assumed that businesses and agencies do not rely on uploading their data to their main domain site only and do not have just a single backup of information. In most cases high level organizations have an entire COOP protocol that includes a mirror site. COOP plans have become such a vital component of client service. Protected the established lines of communication between agencies and organizations is also a COOP ...

Question One: Four Modern Sentencing Options

Sentences are punishments for convicted defendants. The prescription of punishments for crimes is found in both federal and state statutes. There are four traditional sanctions that can be imposed in the modern criminal justice system are; the death penalty, imprisonment, probation, and fines. They are discussed in the ensuing sections.

Death Penalty, this is the most extreme sentence option. In the United States, 38 states have laws that can impose capital punishment. Majority of these states use lethal injection while some use electrocution to end the life of the accused. The death penalty is usually reserved for very serious ...

Postnote Briefing Paper

The Issue: To achieve balance between agricultural intensification associated with production of food and environmental protection.

Objective: Assess the implications of land sparing and agricultural intensification. Develop comprehensive strategy for land and biodiversity protection in the framework of two approaches outlined.

Executive Summary:

The current postnote briefing paper addresses the topical issue of biodiversity protection when effectuating agricultural activity in the UK. For the purposes of the current paper, a conceptual model demonstrating detailed structure of the paper was outlined. Two agricultural approaches were considered: land sparing and agricultural intensification. The two approaches were evaluated; potential costs and benefits of these approaches ...

This paper is aimed to give a brief outline of Edgar Poe’s life and a short analysis of one of his famous poems ‘Annabel Lee’ to trace the main peculiarities of the author’s style. Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most prominent figures in the American romantic literature of the second half of the 19th century. Apart from being a critic, an editor and a poet, he is considered to be a founder of the short story in its modern form. Edgar Poe came from the family of professional actors, who died three years after the poet’s birth, and ...

Introduction

The conceptions of law and justice vary across nations and regions. The differences in the conception of law and justice between Western and East Asian evidently compares with each other. The comparative criminal justice and law notions between East and West depend on culture and historical backgrounds. The cultural diversity in East Asia makes its law and justice perceptions vary with the West. The concept of crime and justice in the West ends up based on the individualistic concept in which units for examination are individuals. On the other hand, East Asia concept reflects on the notion of crime ...

Sustainable Planning Challenge

Introduction Sustainable planning is a vital component in preserving the prosperity and health in urban areas. As the world continues to urbanize, harmonizing the increasing growth in demand for natural resources, energy, and living area becomes a challenge because of its impact in the liveliness of the environment, economy, and policy. In this essay, we will discuss the sustainable planning challenge that the city of Tampa Bay, Florida has been experiencing. We will also discuss the estimated population growth in this city for the next decades. We will learn their best practices in dealing with the challenge in sustainable planning. ...

JAPANESE POLITICS, ECONOMICS, AND/OR SOCIETY BETWEEN 1868-1920

JAPANESE POLITICS, ECONOMICS, AND/OR SOCIETY BETWEEN 1868-1920 The period of 1868-1920 saw some changes in the history of Japan. These changes had significant impacts on the political, economic and social aspects of the society of Japan. They influenced the perceptions of individuals during that period concerning political and economic elements of the society. The Japanese developed various attitudes towards these changes and had various thoughts concerning these changes. There was a correlation between the as some of them had significant influences on others. That is; some of the political changes experienced during this time played a role in the transformation ...

Introduction: What if the countries are not cooperating to protect the ozone layer?

Thesis: Because of the industrial advancements, emissions of non-degradable substances known as CFCs have infiltrated the ozone layer. While there are specific measures that have been taken to reduce these emissions, countries must cooperate in a bid to protect the ozone layer. I. The CFCs and their impact on the ozone.

II. Measures already taken. - Cessation of CFC emissions since 1995 by the developed countries. III. Production Paragraph. - Developing countries that are still producing too much cfcs are likely to reduce emissions due to their effects. IV. Conclusion. - Countries need to ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Section: Introduction The growing concern of the world to global warming can be traced back to pollution. One of the most apparent is water pollution which affects three-fourths of the whole world. The ocean is where most of the human waste, be it intentional or unconsciously, goes. This waste is called marine debris. It does not only include human waste, but also the natural waste occurring in the environment which escalates as the degradation of the bodies of water continues. According to (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2011), marine debris is any persistent solid material that is dumped ...

According to Grant, the American colonial history was strongly impacted by various events of the English political life (Grant, 2012). The development of the North American colonies depended directly on the political will of the English monarch, but it didn’t stop it from gaining diverse and sometimes very contradictory tendencies. Individuals and families that received permission from the monarch of England were colonizing the New World. The newly formed colonies reflected the social classes of the people who settled there. West divides the colonizers into three main types: joint stock companies that were searching for the new ...

Every world nation has the periods of history marked by economic instability and internal conflicts. Civil wars leave countries deeply wounded after a conflict comes to its conclusion and a period of economic and political restoration is required to bring the country back to normal. Sometimes it takes decades for a country to re-establish its economic potential. Medieval Japan is no exception to this historical rule. Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu were the three outstanding military commanders who contributed to the unification of Japan after a hundred-year war. While all three generals had superior leadership skills both on the battlefield and ...

Abstract

The paper deals with Japanese samurai warriors and the cultural peculiarities of this highly decorated social and military elite. Customs, religious practices, different codes of conduct, material culture, such as clothing and weaponry, food, and drinks are among the main subjects highlighted in the paper. The project is based on the opinions and knowledge shared by prominent subject-field scientists and journalists. Keywords: culture, Japanese, samurai, code, weapon, elite, warrior All world societies, whether civilized or not, have always had a distinctive social group of nobility or a ruling caste in charge of administrative, cultural, economic and political affairs, with ...

Introduction

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) located in Sydney, Australia. The museum is dedicated to the exhibition, collection and interpretation of contemporary art pieces from Australia and other continents. The museum was the brainchild of John Power, an Australian expatriate. John’s intention was to educate and inform the Australian public on contemporary visual forms of art (MCA 2013, 1). The Museum of Contemporary Art was officially opened in November 1991 (MCA 2013, 1). The exhibitions are housed in the former Maritime Service Board building at Circular Quay at the periphery of the Sydney Harbor. The state government ...

Olympe de Gouges: she was a French political activist and playwright whose abolitionist and feminist writing reached a large audience. Her play writing career began in the early 1780s at a time when France experienced increased political tension. She immediately became an advocate for improving the conditions of slaves in French colonies and also began writing political pamphlets. She is known in history as among the first feminist who demanded that French women be awarded equal rights as French men. In her text “Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen” written in 1971, Olympe de Gouges challenged the notion ...

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 ...

Great Mosque of Damascus or the Umayyad Mosque

The Great Mosque of Damascus is located in Syria and is known to be one of the most important shrines of Islam. In fact it is probably the largest mosque in the world as well as being the oldest having been built on a site where there was a Christian church dedicated to St John the Baptist whose head is also said to be buried there. The mosque was built in the year 634 and has undertaken several changes and modifications ever since. The tomb of the great Caliph Saladin is also located close by next to the Northern walls ...

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 ...

Introduction

A presidential pardon is the clemency of an offense and the withdrawal of a pertinent penalty. The head of state or the president is responsible for granting this pardon. This process usually follows a number of procedures before it can take place. It involves remission, commutation, pardoning and reprieve. Currently, a number of countries offer presidential pardons for convicts who have ensured that they settled their debts to the community. Sometimes presidential pardons are given to those individuals who have been convicted wrongfully. However, today, such cases of wrongful conviction are often handled by an appeal instead of pardon. In this view, ...

Literature

In the story of Mary Rowlandson's “Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson”, it talks about the captivity of Rowlandson and to be able to come back to civilization without having to be under the savagery of the Indians. Rowlandson learned to become dependent since she believed in God’s providence and grace. The captivity of Rowlandson started in February 1675 and lasted until May of 1676. In the 1965 when British settlement of Lancaster was plagued by Native Americans, they burned houses which killed many settlers while some of them remained as captives (SparkNotes Editors). ...

“No one said that business was going to be easy” is a common statement in the business world. The essence behind this statement is the actuality that business success is not a guarantee. There are possibilities of failure due to different reasons, emanating from both the business process and the external environment (Childs & Dietrich, 2002). Such risks are different when compared along the lines of frequency, likelihood of occurrence and severity. Below are eight risks that most organizations are prone two. These are analyzed in light of a modern organization operating on the global scene as one among the largest retail corporations, ...

5 Major of Goals Corrections

5 Major of Goals Corrections The courts and corrections, they have the joint obligation towards the attainment of five (5) goals: retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation and restoration (Smallbone, Marshall and Wortley, 2013, p. 16). The allocation and administration of punishment is the cornerstone of criminal justice policy because punishment is applied for retributive purposes. Although punishment may be viewed as a form of retribution, it does not in itself serve the crime prevention purpose. The recent study of Smallbone et al. (2013, p. 20) has shown that punishment is effective in suppressing target behavior, ...

Introduction Crime continues to be a rampant problem in many societies, as conflict proves to be a natural engagement between humans. With that, regulating criminal acts have reached varying extents targeting both the punishment of offenders and the elimination of the causes leading to those kinds of acts. Emerging as among the most potent forms of responding to crimes is restorative justice – a concept that requires constructive cooperation and communication between parties to a criminal case (Umbreit 1). This study serves as a descriptive account explaining the nature of restorative justice, with emphasis on one ...

3. Describe the competitive strategies used by each of Williams-Sonoma's competitors. Which of these strategies are the most effective? Support your answer. The competitive strategies of Crate & Barrel directly match the strategies of Williams-Sonoma, especially in the retail outlets, use of catalogs and website. It however focused on cheaper products that customers could afford. This price strategy could be effective in capturing the price sensitive market, of which Williams-Sonoma was not too much entrenched. On the other hand, Restoration Hardware was noted to compete directly with William-Sonoma’s Pottery Barn, especially in targeting the wealthiest clientele. Likewise, ...

The purpose of this essay is to reveal knowledge on the importance of the environment and its preservation or restoration, as well as, enlighten on the role Christians should take to preserve the environment and world around us. The positive effects of preservation and restoration in the environment can hold a God-like quality; in the sense that, Christians who are taught to preserve the body, as God created it, should also be taught preservation of their surroundings. While the Bible talks of sins and its impact on people and government, the role of sin within the environment is evident, as ...