... Nearly fifteen months after Vedan Vietnam was detected discharging large quantities of untreated liquid waste directly into the Thi Vai river, researchers from the HCM City Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (IENR), representatives of farmers in Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces and HCM City, local officials and Vedan’s top managers met on December 7 to hear a technical assessment of damage to the river attributable to Vedan’s operations. In this meeting, closed to the press, researchers reportedly held Vedan responsible for eighty to ninety percent of the industrial pollution found in water samples. IENR’s Bui Ta Long said that water samples collected from February-April 2008 indicated that Vedan Vietnam discharged more than 100,000 cubic meters of waste water into the river every month. The area impacted by Vedan-sourced pollution extended for ten kilometers along the Thi Vai River. The river in this area was heavily polluted. The water there was black, stank and was deadly to all kinds of fish. According to newspapers, the Institute’s report states that at least 2700 hectares of aquaculture enterprises were affected by the pollution, some 2000 ‘severely,’ including over 2100 hectares in Dong Nai province and nearly 600 hectares for Ba Ria-Vung Tau. The Environment Agency intends to convene another meeting on December 11 to unify official views on the extent of Vedan’s responsibility for...
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...United States Army Adjutant General School Mission Command Essay The Battle of Dong Ap Bia: Hamburger Hill LTC Weldon Honeycutt CPT Shamika Hill Adjutant General Captain Career Course 003-16 June 30, 2016 For ten long days, American and South Vietnamese Army troops fought alongside each other to gain control of Dong Ap Bia, Hill 937. Their mission was to search and destroy the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and the Viet Chong (VC), believed to have grouped in the A Shau Valley area. The battle now known as Hamburger Hill begun May 10, 1969 and is recognized as one of the last major encounter between the Americans and the NVA. Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Weldon Honeycutt, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment (3-187th) was determined to accomplish his assigned mission and seize Hill 937. After ten long hard fought days and many casualties from both sides, the 3-187th successfully occupied the hill on May 20. But at what cost? LTC Honeycutt improper use of the mission command principles; understanding, assessing, and visualizing; led to a prolonged engagement which cost additional casualties. Hamburger Hill occurred during Operation Apache Snow, the second part of a three-phased campaigned aimed at annihilating the NVA bases in the treacherous A Shau Valley. LTC Honeycutt and the 3-187th received the mission to search and destroy the Peoples of Vietnam Forces (PAVN) in the A Shau Valley in order to block the NAV from infiltrating the northern providence...
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...While being informed by a Vietnamese translator that he was fighting The Pride of Ho Chi Minh, or the highly elite 29th Regiment of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), Lieutenant Colonel Weldon Honeycutt responded by saying “Tell him I’m glad to know they’re around here. Tell him that’s why we came here- to kill North Vietnamese soldiers-and if they are around, they’ll just be doin’ us a favor78-79.” This bold statement, stated by the commander of a unit tasked to take a hill with heavily fortified enemy positions, shows that he understood his mission- plain and simple. LTC Honeycutt, commander of the 3d Battalion, 187th Infantry (the "Rakkasans"), lead his unit in accordance with the doctrinal tasks of mission command. LTC Honeycutt was responsible for the United States victory on Hamburger Hill through the operations process activities by correctly understanding the operational environment, properly directing his unit and combat power, accurately assessing the evolving situation, and properly leading his subordinates to a successful mission. A profane, outspoken, fiercely competitive man, Honeycutt was the prototype of the hard-nosed commander. Born in 1931 in the mill town Greensboro, North Carolina, Honeycutt had lied, at sixteen with only a sixth-grade education, about his age and enlisted in the army. At five feet eight, other officers thought he lacked having command presence. Because of this, he applied himself to the military life with a religious passion and quickly...
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...The Big Band Era of the 1930s The Big Band Era of the 1930s Introduction- The Great Depression during the 1930s was an extreme struggle for all Americans, but the music of the Big Band Era lifted the spirits of struggling citizens. I. Revival of music during the Great Depression A. Effects of the Great Depression on the music industry B. How music started to regain its popularity during harsh times C. The role of technology in reviving the music culture II. Impact of the Big Band Era A. Evolution of Jazz into Swing B. Characteristics of the swing culture III. “Big Bands” of the Big Band Era A. How the jazz genre began B. The components of a “big band” C. Louis Armstrong: prominent music icon of the 1930s Conclusion- The Big Band Era during the 1930s helped many Americans escape the hardships of their every day lives during the Great Depression and has left a huge impact on America which still resides in people today. The Big Band Era of the 1930s Music affects the lives of people all around the world, and it plays a major role in the development of all cultures. People use music to express themselves, an event, or thoughts in a way simple, ordinary words cannot. Because people are constantly changing, music also changes throughout the times. Many different eras of music are well known, but one very prominent timeframe in music is America’s Big Band Era of the 1930s. The Big Band Era uplifted the broken...
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...Technology solutions for small and medium enterprises Name: Quynh Le Address: 11301 Fountaingrove Dr Chartlotte, NC, 28262 Email: Quinn2561@gmail.com Tel: (704) 819 2860 Course: MIS-535-18930 Managerial Applications of Information Technology Professor: David Kapfhammer Date: 18 January 2015 TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES Company: Red Wings Company Limited Logo: Address: 65 Le Trung Nghia street, 12 Ward, Tan Binh District, HCM City, Vietnam. Website: http://redwingco.com Introduction Red Wings is a company operating in the field of providing logistic services for import/export of goods. Also, after many years of operating and having its position on logistics area, the company has expanded it’s business by becoming a manufacturing and exporting company in the field of natural stone. Established since 2007, after 08 years of construction and development, Red Wings have gradually become a professional supplier, distributor and exporter to provide all kinds natural stone and outsourcing services as required by its customers. Problem Statement Vietnam is a developing country with many opportunities for both domestic and foreign enterprises. Currently, there are many small and medium enterprises operating in different...
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...shows similarities and differences. The fourth and final position is integration. Integration consists of all the outside perspectives. Paul Davies is a theoretical physicist, astrobiologist, cosmologist, and a best-selling author. Currently, he is the “Principle Investigator for the Convergence of Physical Science and Cancer Biology, all at Arizona State University.” ("ASU") Before this, Davies held academic appointments at many universities, such as Cambridge, London, and Newcastle Tyne located in the UK. In 1990, Davies moved to Australia as a “Professor of Mathematical Physics at The University of Adelaide.” (“ASU”) Later on, he also helped found the Australian Centre for Astrobiology. Davies’s main research interests are the “big questions” in life. Ranging from the beginning of the universe, to the beginning of life, and almost anything that has to do with time. Davies has had many...
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...you and all of its beauty. From the ever flowing Mississippi River, to the ledges of the mighty Grand Canyon, or even to the peak of Mt. Fuji there is an immense amount of things on this Earth that are so incredible it is hard to believe science and chance created these magnificent things. So what is the best explanation for these occurrences? I believe that these occurrences scream of an intelligent designer which also leads us to the existence of God. First I must explain what an argument for design is and then we will look at Paley’s Watchmaker Theory to give us better insight on this argument. Then I will point to Betty and Cordell’s argument that the things of our universe lead us to a belief in God (intelligent designer) and that the Big Bang theory is not the best explanation alone for the existence of God, and that a multiverse is not the best explanation for the existences in our universe. Design arguments most often try to explain the existence of God by pointing to various occurrences and objects within our world and universe that lead us to believe that there is an intelligent designer. According to the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, design arguments usually consist of three premises. One is a premise that asserts that the material universe exhibits some verifiable property (F); Two is a premise that asserts that (F) is persuasive evidence of intelligent design or purpose; Three concludes that the best or most probable explanation that the material universe exhibits...
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...is about product development, third is about market development and lastly is diversification. Mc Donald’s product/market expansion grids are as follows: Market penetration Marketing efforts of the company to offer their existing product in the current market is called market penetration strategy. This strategy is when the company is looking to adapt for increasing their sales and profits. The best way to do this is to attract the competitor’s customer and looking for potential customer for the existing products. There are three major way to increasing current product market share which are encourage current customer to buy more, attract competitor’s customer, and convince non-user to use the products. McDonald’s current products are Big Mac, Grilled chicken Foldovers, Quarter Pounder, Beverages, and others. As for their current market, they have students, working professionals and also families. In order to increase their market, Mc Donald’s collaborate with institutes and universities for opening an outlet at campuses, easily accessible places and commercial area. Besides that, McDonald’s also invest on advertisement, vouchers, and coupons. McDonald’s advertisements are also creative to attract the non-user product to buy their products. Another example is, in summer, McDonald’s offer soft drinks no matter what size, for $1. The company would like their locations to become a destination of...
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...The Big Dig. 4000 Words. Introduction This aim of this report to give an overview of Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel or 'Big-Dig' Infrastructure Project, identify the rationale behind the project, the owner, the stakeholders, project life cycle and timeline. It will also identify the critical management issues and problems that arose through the project, the solutions the project managers and those involved in the project found. It will also give an assessment of the project performance and its benefits and assess and reflect the critical failure and success factors involved in the implementation of the project. Information for this investigation into the 'Big Dig' project has been from sought various Journals, publications specific to the project, the World Wide Web, independent reports into the project and other reports delivered by the Project Managers Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff (B/PB) and the project owners Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MTA) . Before the merger of the previously mentioned companies the MTA was known as the Massachusetts Highway Department The big dig or CA/T as it became more infamously known as was a magnanimous infrastructural project that took place in the greater Boston area from inception in 1982 to completion in 2007. This was to be the solution to the escalating traffic problem that plagued motorists in the greater Boston area for the past 50 years. The Central Artchry was originally built in 1959 and was a significant infrastructural...
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...Mountain Lion The topic I chose to research is a mountain lion because I find them to be an interesting living mammal. I have three cats at home and wanted to research the correlation that the mountain lion and cats share. Mountain lions affect society in way that they are an endangered set of mammals because they are known to attack people and children. They once roamed nearly all of the United States. They were prized by hunters and despised by farmers and ranchers who suffered livestock losses at their hands. This has changed my view of science by looking at the mountain lion in a biological, physiological, psychological way. Anatomy The mountain lion is the largest cat native to North America. Their head is small and they have a short and round face while their neck and body are elongated and narrow. The mountain lion is that their hind legs are longer than their front legs in which they utilize for running and jumping. The mountain lion has a long spinal column, which provides an increase lumbar flexation when they run. Adult mountain lions are a plain colored cat. Their color can vary from grey to dark brown to tawny and buff cinnamon red depending on the geographical location that they reside in. The tail is long, cylindrical with lots of hair. The muzzles are black located on the sides. Their upper lip, chin, and throat are whitish. The tail is the same color as body, except for the tip, which is either dark brown or black. Male mountain lions are usually larger than...
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...The Big Bang Theory - 2x01 - The Bad Fish Paradigm.HDTV.Real.Proper NoTV.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x01 - The Bad Fish Paradigm.HDTV.Proper ETACH.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x01 - The Bad Fish Paradigm.HDTV.FoV.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x01 - The Bad Fish Paradigm.720p HDTV.DIMENSION.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x01 - The Bad Fish Paradigm.DVDRip.SAiNTS.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x02 - The Codpiece Topology.HDTV.DOT.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x02 - The Codpiece Topology.DVDRip.SAiNTS.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x02 - The Codpiece Topology.720p HDTV.CTU.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x03 - The Barbarian Sublimation.HDTV.LOL.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x03 - The Barbarian Sublimation.720p HDTV.CTU.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x03 - The Barbarian Sublimation.DVDRip.SAiNTS.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x04 - The Griffin Equivalency.HDTV.iDontLikeFQM.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x04 - The Griffin Equivalency.HDTV.DOT.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x04 - The Griffin Equivalency.HDTV.NoOneDoes.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x04 - The Griffin Equivalency.720p HDTV.CTU.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x04 - The Griffin Equivalency.720p HDTV.Repack CTU.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x04 - The Griffin Equivalency.DVDRip.SAiNTS.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x05 - The Euclid Alternative.HDTV.NoTV.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x05 - The Euclid Alternative.720p HDTV.CTU.en.srt The Big Bang Theory - 2x05 - The Euclid Alternative.DVDRip.SAiNTS.en.srt The Big Bang...
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...Everything started with the big bang, one brief moment in time 14 billion years ago that contain the answers to our greatest questions about our past, our present, and our future. There are billions and billions galaxies in the world, we can’t even imagine what those numbers mean but 14 billion years ago, none of it existed until the big bang the origin of space and time. This is our world cities forest oceans people everything is made of matter created of the big bang. Every star, every planet, every drop of water. The big bang is the defining event of our universe and everything in it. The secrets of our past, our present and our future are in one moment in time. So was there before the bang, what banged and did it banged. We built machines the size of cities to simulate conditions when the universe was created and space telescope to peer deep into our past. “We are getting close to answering the old-age questions. Why are we here? Where did we come from? Does the universe in fact have a beginning or an end...? If we know the answer we know the mind of god” (A Brief History of Time 3). Since 1920 everything we know about universe has been turned upside down. Before that we thought our universe was static and eternal. Until 1919 scientist believed that the Milky Way (earth’s Galactic Home) contained the whole universe. . In that Era there was a lucky astronomer who had the privilege to work at the world’s largest and most advance telescope in” Mount Wilson Observatory...
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...song, there is a typical of Basie’s early riff style. There were at least five different riffs. You know, there was one riff of saxophones used behind the trombone solo. Another riff the trumpets used behind the saxophone solo. And another ensemble chorus, which consisted of about three different riffs: the saxophone section doing one, the trombones doing another, and the trumpets doing another one. The instrumentation is based on “head arrangements” where each section makes up their part based on what the other sections are playing. The Basie’s music is always intended for dancing and thus it makes sense that he has the best rhythm section, which bases on bass, drums and guitar in the song. The high- fidelity (hi-fi) song affects a lot of big bands. Finally until duration of the song (3.19 minute), people want to dance. -------------------------------------------- [ 1 ]. The 12-bar blues or blues changes are one of the most popular chord progressions in popular...
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...Geology and its Ramifications for Life in the 21st Century.” This article was written by Dr. Terry Mortenson in August of 2003. After reading this review, one will have an idea of what the article was about as well as its main points. One will also have an understanding of the author’s strong points and where the article could have been better. Finally the reader of this paper will understand my own opinion of this article. Brief Overview and Main Points This article was written to give the audience an idea of how people have different opinions of the age of the Earth. The article briefly describes several people including their background and their view on the age of the Earth. It gives several scientific views that range from “The Big Bang Theory” to “Darwinism.” This article then discusses how almost every opinion on the age of the Earth completely ignores and goes against what the “Holy Bible” teaches us. Article Strengths This article has many points in which one would consider them to be strong, valid, and well written. Doctor Mortenson, who is the author of this article, gives a clear view of how the opinions on the age of the Earth have changed with time. While discussing the changes of views he makes it not too short but not too long. The article is well organized with the scientific theories of each person mentioned being chronologically organized by the dates of their deaths. There were very few noticeable grammatical errors found when reviewing the article...
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...Introduction God is the source of much doubt and controversy, of peace and of war. At this point in our human existence what was once certain and unquestionable has become the most questioned topic. The faithful, believing people have become unsure. I guess the question is either God exists or He doesn't. There really is no middle territory, and any attempt to remain neutral in relation to God's existence is automatically putting you in the category of unbelief. The age old question is far from being an irrelevant one, because if God does exist, then nothing else really matters; if He does not exist, then what does really matter at all. Until now I've never been put in a position where my faith was questioned. I found this title somewhere, I cannot remember where I saw it, but it describes me the best it can; as a recovering Catholic, I really am in no man’s land. Do I believe or not believe, that is the stand I have to take in this paper one way or another, yes or no, black or white. At that point this became more than a final paper. Can I, comfortably write a paper stating that God does not exist? After thorough personal inflection, I had my answer, and with much of my upbringing weighing down on me. I will try making my case for the existence of God. ("God." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009. Merriam-Webster Online. 29 April 2009) What better place to start, than Simon Blackburn On Blackburn's projectivist view; after he sketched the outlines of his projectivist...
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