...The ocean covers roughly two thirds of the Earth’s surface area, and as such is the most valuable resource that we have. Every year through mal-treatment and abuse we irreparably damage our ocean and the ecology found within it. Instead of focusing on what we can gain through strip mining the ocean of its treasures, work needs to be done to establish a safeguard for its preservation. Late President and naturalist Theodore Roosevelt stated “To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the [ocean] instead of using it so as to increase it’s usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very property which we ought by to hand down to them amplified and developed”. The oceans of this planet are the last unexplored spaces in our domain, as human beings. Man has successfully conquered space, traveling to the moon and expounding on the mysteries of outer space. But in the sea mysteries still remain, ranging from the untold countless life forms yet to be documented and discovered to the unexplored and unseen regions of the great blue deep. Without a care to its future man is ravaging our oceans, and destroying any hope of discovery. Every year fishermen complain that their catches come back smaller and smaller from the previous generations. Constant over fishing has caused a population decline in the trade fishes. Fishermen primarily ply their trade close the coastlines in depths of 200 meters (approximately 600 ft). Those areas can only...
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...Party Platforms Democratic Party on Abortion Strongly and unequivocally support Roe v. Wade. (Sep 2012) Invest in stem cell and other medical research. (Nov 2006) Pursue embryonic stem cell research. (Jul 2004) Support right to choose even if mother cannot pay. (Jul 2004) Choice is a fundamental, constitutional right. (Aug 2000) Democratic Party on Budget & Economy Create an economy built to last & built from the middle out. (Sep 2012) Restore the budget discipline of the 1990s. (Nov 2006) Cut the deficit in half over the next four years. (Jul 2004) Democrats reversed economic stagnation of previous years. (Aug 2000) Democrats must continue to lead Americans to prosperity. (Aug 2000) G.O.P. creates debt, Dems create surpluses. (Aug 2000) Democrats will eliminate publicly held debt by 2012. (Aug 2000) Policy should encourage home ownership & affordable housing. (Aug 2000) Democratic Party on Civil Rights Enable disability access; plus 100,000 federal jobs. (Sep 2012) Equal treatment under law for same-sex couples. (Sep 2012) Racial and religious profiling is wrong. (Jul 2004) Keep marriage at state level; no federal gay marriage ban. (Jul 2004) Strengthen some parts of Patriot Act and change other parts. (Jul 2004) Support affirmative action to redress discrimination. (Jul 2004) Police should have zero tolerance of racial profiling. (Aug 2000) Pass hate crime legislation...
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...Brent Spar incident started out when Shell announced its plans to decommission the Brent Spar oil-drilling platform in the North Sea. An environmental group, Greenpeace, opposed this decision and took it to the media to gain national support. The media painted Greenpeace protestors are courageous and a saviors of the environment. In theory, Shell took the necessary steps needed to decommission this oil-drilling platform. First, Shell invested funds into research and development to figure out the best ways to dismantle the rig. Secondly, they selected the most effective and logical option. Lastly, with the information in hand, they sought out approval from the UK government (Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of the environment) and obtained a license to sink the platform. The reason why this incident was such a controversy was because of the lack of communication between shell and the shakeholders/ factions. The stakeholders in this ordeal were Greenpeace, scientists, industry, community, etc. This in return cost them millions of dollars in revenue/profit. Greenpeace was the biggest antagonist in this situation. Shell succeeded in making them their enemy instead of an ally. Shell should have made them part of the decision making process and reviewed the limited options with Greenpeace. If Greenpeace had disagreed with shell, the decision to sink the platform would have been amicable. Greenpeace would not have taken all those steps to ensure that Shell was seen...
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...Homework – 1 CAP618T: Modern Web Programming Tools and Techniques - I Max. Marks: 30 Instructions: i. Each Question is of 5 marks. ii. Do not copy the answers from internet or from other students. iii. All questions are compulsory. iv. Submission should be made online through the upload link available in the UMS. Q1. What are the various implicit objects available in JSP? Explain each of them with an example. Ans: Implicit Objects In any JSP Page, there are a bunch of implicit objects that are available for the programmer to use. It contains a variety of information that can be used to display stuff on the page. In this chapter, we are going to look at the following JSP Implicit Objects that are available for a programmer. • request • response • out • session • config • application • page • pageContext So, Lets get Started!!! JSP Implicit Objects The JSP Implicit objects mentioned in the list in the previous paragraph are available by means of automatically defined variables. These variables have the same name and case as the list above. In the forthcoming paragraphs we will be looking at them one by one. request This is the HttpServletRequest instance associated with the client request. As you know, the data between the Servlet and the JSP flows by using the HttpServletRequest and the HttpServletResponse objects. The page receives a request and sends a response. The data sent by a JSP page is available in the request in the Servlet and similarly...
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...BP & Deepwater Horizon C. Nelson BP & Deepwater Horizon Every business, in some way, is affected by public and private criticism. One industry that is never too far away from criticism is the oil and gas industry. Over the course of this essay, we will explore BP, its stakeholders, some of their criticisms, and BP’s response to those criticisms. BP, formerly British Petroleum, is the fourth largest oil and gas companies in the world in terms of revenue and sixth based on production. (Statista, 2015) (Forbes, 2015) Although BP doesn’t have an official mission statement, the company does have a few statements entitled “Our Values”, “Clear Priorities”, and “Our strategy and sustainability”. BP (2015) states, “We have five values that express our shared understanding of what we believe, how we aim to behave and what we aspire to be as an organization.” Those five values include safety, respect, excellence, courage, and one team. “Clear Priorities” (2015) details three main topics that top the company’s interests including: safe, reliable and compliant operations; disciplined financial choices; and competitive project execution. Thirdly, BP has a commitment to sustainability and states (2015), “We believe that the best way for BP to achieve sustainable success is by acting in the long-term interests of our shareholders, our partners and society.” The three pillars augment the lack of a mission statement and express BP’s commitments and responsibilities....
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...On April 20, 2010 there was an explosion in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico which caused the rig to sink and the death of 11 people. The explosion also broke a BP oil pipe which leaked oil and gas into the water about 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana. The pipe was about 5000 feet bellow the ocean’s surface and leaked an estimated 4.9 million barrels (about 200 gallons) into the water; this was the largest accidental oil spill that has ever occurred. The oil quickly spread; some of it caused oil slicks on the surface which can be spread over long distances by pushing winds while some of it hovered in the middle of the water, just above the pipe. One oil plume was reported to be 22 miles long. This plume was formed because chemical dispersants (which were supposed to break up the oil) mixed with seawater and the oil and allowed the oil to stay suspended above the surface. As much as 20 percent of the oil ended up on the sea floor which caused damage to coral and other organisms below the surface. Some effects the spill had on the Gulf were immediately noticeable to the naked eye; pelicans cover in oil, dead fish floating in brown smudge, smothered turtles washing up on shore. Large amounts of both dolphins and turtles became ill and stranded after the accident. Originally it seemed that the only effected birds were seabirds because even tiny amounts of oil on their feathers hindered their ability to fly, swim, and find food by diving. However, it has been...
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...PLOT SUMMARY : THE RAILWAY CHILDREN CHAPTER 1: THE BEGINNING OF THINGS One night at their home in London, father, mother, Roberta(also known as Bobbie), Peter and Phyllis are talking about Peter’s broken model engine when there is a knock on the front door. Two gentlemen come to see father and talk for a long time. Father speaks briefly with mother and mysteriously leaves home. The next morning, mother leaves for London and returns in the evening, looking tired. She requests the children to be good while she is away and not to ask any question about father. Several horrid weeks pass by and one morning, mother tells the children that they are moving to a little white house near railway line in the country. They take the train and arrive at their new home in the dark. CHAPTER 2: PETER AND THE COAL The family do not get a decent supper as they think Mrs. Viney has not prepared it for them. Mother prepares what she can and off they go to bed. The next morning, the children wake up feeling excited in their new home. They discover that a nearby field backs onto a railway line but the railway station is too far to see from where they are. Before supper the children decides to go to the railway station. They have a lot to see and a large heap of coal catches Peter’s attention. When Peter steals coal from the station yard, he is caught by the Station Master. Peter thinks that taking some coals from the middle of the heap is harmless. The Station Master warns them that what they...
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...Ethics & Credibility in Business Communications: WMATA Rail System Gwenda Woodland COM/295 August 10, 2015 Sandra Norris Ethics & Credibility in Business Communications: WMATA Rail System The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”) has been plagued with various problems within its system and on the Metro rails lately. These issues are causing Metro riders much grief and they do not feel safe or find the Metro to be dependable at this time. The problems that the Metro rail has been experiencing are rails smoking due to electrical arcing, derailment of trains, and the constant malfunction of the Metro escalators. Metro riders are concerned that whenever there are serious issues taking place in the Metro system WMATA does not have things under control, or notify the riders in a timely manner so that things do not get out of control. Electrical Arcing Accident On January 12, 2015, there was an electrical arcing accident at the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station which caused the station and two trains to fill with smoke. Panic was definitely in the air because the Metro riders were not notified immediately of an emergency evacuation plan or how quickly the situation was going to be resolved. Unfortunately, there was one passenger fatality and two passengers were hospitalized in serious condition. (National Transportation Safety Board, 2015) Train Derailment On August 5, 2015, a derailment of a non-passenger train at the Smithsonian Metro...
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...BP Oil Spill Introduction The United States consumes 19.5 million barrels of oil each day. (Rahman,K. Sabeel, 2011) This demonstrates how dependent the American society is on fossil fuel. This need for large amount of oil to keep the economy moving is having serious environmental impact, particularly in areas where large off shore drilling platforms are located. Each year, approximately one billion gallons of oil is spilled in the ocean. The BP oil spill accident is just of the many oil spills that have occurred in the Gulf of Mexico. There are several events that led to this accident. Firstly was the last of control over the pressure in the well. This followed by the failure of the well blowout preventer. This is a valve which was designed to maintain consistent conditions of the well. Then the slurry cement which was used at the bottom of the well failed to contain hydrocarbon within the reservoir, which allows gas and liquids to flow up the production casing. At the same time BP and Tranocean accepted a negative pressure test which was incorrect and so integrity of the well was not established. Where there was supposed to be a separation of the mud and gas, this was not working, causing gas to vent directly on to the rig instead of being diverted overboard. The gas then flowed in to the engine room through the ventilation system which then created a potential for ignition, which was suppose to have been prevented by the rig’s fire and gas system. ( Durando. Jessica...
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...MIS 2012 Spring Prof. Se-Hak Chun I. Lecturer Lecturer: Prof. Chun, 02-970-6487, shchun@snut.ac.kr, Suyeon Building #36 Room # 113 II. Course Description Information systems (IS) are the most critical infrastructures of modern organizations. In any organization you work, you will be touched by IS and related technologies as developer, user or manager. Your ability to understand and use the right technology tools to solve business problems is an important prerequisite depth introduction to the information technologies (IT) and systems (IS) used to for successful performance in your workplace. This course serves as a student's first in-support business activities. In the course, students will learn how such systems work and are put together, the purposes to which they can be applied, and the capabilities of the most commonly used tools such as databases, decision and group support systems, networks, and enterprise and communication software. Also this course covers the context of a digital economy which includes opportunities and issues such as E-commerce, the Internet and World Wide Web, digital information goods, security and privacy threats and safeguards, and ethical challenges. Students will learn a basic understanding of how IS can be applied to solve business problems. III. Textbooks I. Laudon & Laudon, Management Information Systems, 2012,12th ed. II. Reading Materials IV. Course Evaluation • Midterm...
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...Case Study-Deepwater Zhuljeta Mujollari Post University What type of control do you think would have been most useful in this situation? Explain your choice. Feedforward control would have been very useful in this situation, especially when BP has a serious of accidents before the worst oil spill in the U.S. history happens. According to Doris Burke (2011) “each time its CEO vowed to avoid a future disaster and it failed”. Back in 2005 a high-profile explosion at Texas City kills 15 workers and injures 180. A year later another leak happens in Alaska, to be repeated again in 2009. Implying Feedforward control would have been just simple common sense. With a history of accidents, BP should have been on top of the game. Safety should have been the number one priority but BP was far away from it. Employees were ignoring the red lights for waiting-to-happen accidents and possibly because the operating personnel might have been untrained properly on the safety procedures. Using Exhibit 10-2, explain what BP could have done better. We all know BP could have done way better performance wise. They just failed to measure the actual performance by ignoring the past. They might have known what went wrong, but this is not the same as knowing how to fix it. According to Lisa Hershman (2010) BP just “lost focus on safety”. The same article says that “BP decided to trade safety for efficiency”. The company should’ve invested in its safety infrastructure, which would’ve...
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...CS 157B / SE 157B Database Management Systems II Spring Semester 2013 Department of Computer Science San José State University Instructor: Ron Mak How to Run Hibernate in NetBeans and Eclipse NetBeans 7.1.1 and later NetBeans appears to have support for Hibernate built in. You need to add several libraries and the Log4J jar file to your class path: • • • • Select the Projects tab in the left panel of the NetBeans IDE. Open your project tree. Right-click the Libraries node and select Add Library… from the context menu. Select the following Global Libraries and click the Add Library button: o Hibernate JPA o MySQL JDBC Driver Right-click the Libraries node again and select Add JAR/Folder… from the context menu. Navigate to the folder NetBeans 7.1.1\ide\modules\ext in your NetBeans installation folder. Select log4j-1.2.15.jar and click the Open button. • • • Your project should look like this: 1 Eclipse 4.2.0 and later Supposedly, there are Hibernate plug-ins for Eclipse, but I haven’t tried them. I zipped up the jar files that you’ll need. • • Create a subfolder named HibernateLib in your project folder (or anywhere else). Download HibernateJars.zip (6.4 MB) from http://www.cs.sjsu.edu/~mak/CS157B/projects/1/HibernateLib.zip and expand its contents (9 jar files) into subfolder HibernateLib. (Don’t try to click on the URL. Copy and paste it into your browser.) Open your project in the Package Explorer panel on the left side of the Eclipse IDE. Right-click the...
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...Offshore Drilling – To Drill or Not to Drill The Effects of Drilling on the Environment and Business Lydia M. Wityk Strayer University Abstract This paper will explore the business of oil companies drilling off the coast line of the United States. It will explore the benefits from the business of oil companies to the detrimental effects of the oil spills from the offshore drilling. Should we continue to drill for oil off the coast with the possibility of additional spillage into the oceans. We know that oil spills damage the environment, and the social and economic welfare of the residents in the area. At the same time the oil companies can positively affect the economy and the United State’s welfare. In comparing both sides of the argument I will look at the past and current oil companies to determine if they acted morally in their everyday business practice. At this post-BP disaster era, the United States is questioning whether we should continue to drill and expand our drilling. I will utilize the consequentialist theory to determine what would be the best next step for the U.S. to take. Using the current information gathered on BP’s business practice and the effects of the oil spill, I will weigh the ratio of good to bad to determine my opinion on whether to drill or not to drill. Off Shore Drilling – To Drill or Not to Drill The Effects of Drilling on the Environment and Business The United States has been offshore drilling for oil since...
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...Political party platforms The political party platform is used to show what a parties position is on multiple issues. This paper will describe what each of the four political parties view is on the defense of marriage and strengthening of families in regards to early childhood and how each differs I’m going to start off with the Republican party of Texas which firmly believes that marriage is God-ordained and that it can only be a legal and moral commitment between a natural man and a natural woman which they consider to be a foundational unit of a healthy society. The platform opposes any type of recognition to allowing benefits to couples who label themselves as domestic partners and are not legally married. They also advocate the removal of laws that place an unfair tax on a families income. And at last the Republican party of Texas supports the traditional Judeo-Christian values on family and opposes the continued attack on these traditional values. Republicans oppose any type of government mandated pre school or kindergarten (Republicans of Texas -Strengthening families promoting life and protecting health, pg 7) Libertarians on the other hands differ completely then those of the Texas republicans. Libertarians support full protection of people from federal and state legislation that go against ones individual rights to not allow marriage base on gender orientation. They believe that the government has no authority in deciding...
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...Thesis Proposal Air-conditioning Systems Simulation and Energy Saving and Economic Analysis for Waiting Hall of Tianjin Railway Station Introduction Energy saving of buildings is ever-increasingly emphasized by modern society. With the emergence of innovative technologies, new materials, and sophisticated architectural design, designers are hard to know the energy consumption of a building. It will reduce the real meaning of building's energy consumption test if we conduct this test on a building already built. Therefore, it is recommended to simulate a building's energy consumption within project design stages. Owing to the complexity of the air conditioning process and the mechanism of thermal components, the work of analysis and computation is time-consuming. Meanwhile, simulation software advantages over the traditional way in the application of design compare and equipment selection. In a nutshell, building energy simulation softwares play a vital role in the analysis of building energy consumption. Tianjin Railway Station is the main railway transport hub of Tianjin city. With the help of software to simulate its air conditioning system and conduct energy analysis, we can obtain some salutary design advices, which are beneficial to the energy saving of Tianjin Railway Station. Introduction to Waiting Hall of Tianjin Railway Station Tianjin Railway Station is located in the center of Tianjin, at the junction of Heping District, Hedong District...
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