...Wildlife Conservation Adam Burdick Bryant & Stratton College NSCI 280 Professor Wooten 10/20/2013 Human beings are considered to be the most advance species on the planet. This also makes us the most intrusive species on the planet. We effect our environment more than any other living creature. Our populations continue to grow exponentially each year and as they do we intrude on other species habitats even more. Considering we are the most advanced species it is our responsibility to ensure the safety of all other species and do what we can to shorten the endangered species list. The conservation of wildlife is an incredibly important goal that all people should take part in. “Successful species conservation has often been defined as simply the avoidance of extinction” (Redford 2011.) This is the most important goal of anyone interested in wildlife conservation. It is important for us as a species to take responsibility and make the effort to keep other species away from extinction. Wildlife conservation is not something that can only be handled by professional members of organizations. Anyone can do their part to help protect a species in need. In some cases it is as simple as refraining from harmful activities such as hunting for sport. Hunting is a major conservation concern (Selvan & Veeraswami, p11.) If people raise awareness about how hunting effects the populations of large bodied animals perhaps we can help to reduce the damage done to these...
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...Biodiversity Paper Biology as a science concerned with living organisms, said organism’s function, origin, structure, and distribution is defined through numerous subdivisions and branches. Conservation biology is a branch, which deals with certain factors threatening biodiversity as well as the preservation of genetic and biologic diversity of animal and plant species. Threatened, endangered, and extinct species are only some factors that may influence biodiversity. Any given species has to meet a certain criteria to suit the previously named terms. Conservation biologists are concerned with numerous species because of said species’ influence on the interrelation within their ecosystems, and the interruption of such ecosystem when the numbers of a certain species are drastically decreasing. Conservation biology is concerned with the maintenance of species, their genetic variation, ecosystems, and communities within such ecosystems. Biodiversity includes “The variety of life and its processes, including the variety of living organisms, the genetic difference among them, and the communities and ecosystem in which they occur” (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 2004, p. 1). Even though the term “species” is complex, and some definitions may differ slightly from others “A species is often defined as a group of individuals that actually or potentially interbreed in nature” (Berkley University, n.d., p. 1). Therefore, a species is defined as the greatest gene pool that can...
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...INTRODUCTION Given that it is necessary to take a systematic and well documented approach to meet the standards or requirements of the Quality System, particular attention has been given in preparing the Operating Procedure so that it addresses all the major quality issues in the LO comprehensively. It provides useful and practical guidelines to assist the users in identifying and performing the appropriate set of actions for each Department and Section in the LO. This Procedure is not only intended for the company employees, but also serves as a useful guide for those who want to audit the organization on the requirements of ISO 9001-2008. It also focuses on performance standards of the employees in discharging their specific duties and responsibilities. The Procedure is mainly divided into 10 Clauses and each Clause has a number of subclauses. Clause 1 to 6 contain details that focus on the Managing Director’s duties and responsibilities, purpose and functions of all departments in the LO and their performance standards. Sub-clauses under Clause 1 to 6 mainly deal with the activities of the different Sections under each Department, specific tasks and responsibilities of Departmental Manager/Deputy Manager/Assistant Manager and all other personnel in the LO. Clause 7 and 8 describe the function and responsibilities of SLO and the Field Office. Subclauses under these two Clauses contain job descriptions of these two organizations operating under the direct supervision...
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...C:\TTP\CIEN E4232\2015F\ 4/6 7-2 Explain why the torsion in the edge beam A-B in Fig. 7-21a is called “equilibrium torsion,” while the torsion in the edge beam A1-B1 in Fig. P7-3 is called “compatibility torsion.” If the edge beam A-B in Fig. 7-21c did not resist torsion, the beam would rotate, uninhibited, about its longitudinal axis and fail to resist the action of load P. Essentially, the torsional resistance of the beam is required for equilibrium to be satisfied. On the contrary, if beam A1-B1 in Fig. P7-3 did not resist torsion, the beam would rotate only slightly before the floor’s weight and superimposed loads would be redistributed to other elements, thereby satisfying equilibrium through the redundancy of the system. The torsion in A1B1 only arises from the need to maintain compatibility of deformations between the ends of the joists and the twisting of the edge beam. 7-3 The two parts of this problem refer to the floor plan shown in Fig. P7-3. Assume that the entire floor system is constructed with normal-weight concrete that has a compressive strength, f’c = 4,500 psi. Also, assume that the longitudinal steel has a yield strength of fy = 60 ksi and that the transverse steel has a yield strength of fyt = 40 ksi. a) Design the spandrel beam between columns B1 and C1 for bending, shear, and torsion. Check all of the appropriate ACI Code requirements for strength, minimum reinforcement area, and reinforcement spacing are satisfied. ...
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...The Political Economy of the Greek Debt Crisis: A Tale of Two Bailouts Silvia Ardagna and Francesco Caselli First draft: February 2012; Final version: January 2014 Abstract We review the events that led to the May 2010 and July 2011 bailout agreements. We interpret the bailouts as outcomes of political-economy equilibria. We argue that these equilibria were likely not on the Pareto frontier, and sketch political-economy arguments for why collective policy making in the Euro area may lead to suboptimal outcomes. Most modern sovereign debt crises have been managed in Washington, DC, through the combined e¤orts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the US government. A distinctive feature of the crisis that has engulfed European sovereign-debt markets since the fall of 2009 has been that the IMF has played only a supporting (albeit important) role, while the management of the crisis has been driven by European institutions: the council of …nance ministers (ECOFIN), the European Council (EC, made up by all the heads of government of the European Union) and the European Central Bank (ECB). To the extent that the IMF is largely a technocratic institution (though of course not entirely immune from political in‡ uence) while ECOFIN and the EC are made up of politicians, one may expect the management of the crisis by the EC to be more a¤ected by electoral concerns. Furthermore, since there are 27 members to the EC, representing countries with potentially di¤erent interests, one...
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...NIGHT IN CUSTODY, AND INDUCTION TO CUSTODY | |This instruction applies to : |Reference : | | | | |Prisons |PSI 74/2011 | |Issue Date |Effective Date |Expiry Date | |21 December 2011 |1 January 2012 |20 December 2015 | |Issued on the authority of |NOMS Agency Board | |For action by |Governors/Directors of Contracted Prisons, Heads of Groups, policy leads. In this | | |document, the term Governor also applies to Directors of Contracted Prisons | |For information |All staff in NOMS HQ...
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...OFEK PSI India—Will Balbir Pasha Help Fight AIDS? (A) Every time Sanjay Chaganti, program director of HIV/AIDS Prevention at Population Services International (PSI) India, walked the streets of Mumbai's red-light district, he felt as though there was probably no other place like it in the world. Although dirty, crowded, and run-down, the district known for its brothels and the local Indian mafia was also a vibrant area that included shops, restaurants, and movie theaters. At any time of the day or night and at any time of the year, the redlight district was an area that was always alive and open for business. This particular afternoon in March 2002 was not unlike any other day in this area of Mumbai. To Sanjay and his colleagues at PSI, however, the red-light district of Mumbai was also ground zero for the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in India—something that the nonprofit organization was fully committed to prevent. Over the past 10 years, PSI had worked to educate sex workers in Mumbai about HIV and the significantly lower transmission rates that resulted from the use of condoms. It was estimated that there were between 20,000 and 30,000 sex workers within a 10-block area of the red-light district. Since roughly 85% of all HIV transmission in India occurred through intercourse with sex workers, for PSI the red-light district was a major battleground in the fight to prevent the spread of HIV. To reach as many sex workers in the district as possible, PSI employed...
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...Chapter 16 1 Total Quality Management Teaching Notes for Cases 16-1: Precision Systems, Inc. This case illustrates that quality cost information can play an important role in alerting top management about the importance of quality improvement in a non-manufacturing department of a manufacturing firm. The case is based on the following article: Kalagnanam, S. S. and E. M. Matsumura, "Cost of Quality in an Order Entry Department," Journal of Cost Management (Fall 1995), pp. 68-74. The required questions are designed to acquaint students with some of the terminology of "cost of quality" and some aspects of conducting a cost of quality study. Quality costs, defined as those that arise because poor quality may exist or does exist, have been classified into the following four categories: • Prevention (prevention of poor quality, or quality assurance); • Appraisal (inspection and testing); • Internal Failure (costs, such as rework or scrappage, for nonconforming products identified before delivery to customers); • External Failure (costs, such as warranty expenses or freight charges, for nonconforming products delivered to customers). This case focuses on prevention activities (see question 6), as well as internal failure and external failure costs for the order entry department at Precision Systems, Inc. Internal and external failures are defined with respect to the order entry department. Additional readings on quality costs: ...
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...REV: OCTOBER 20, 2006 Pharmacy Service Improvement at CVS (A) Flum looked at Betses. “You told us it was bad, but this bad?” “I told you there were service issues in our pharmacies. But I have to admit, even I didn’t know the whole story.” “So what do we do about it?” “Well, we can’t have 67 solutions for the 67 problems we identified,” Roberts said. “Definitely not,” Grossi agreed. “But do you have an idea what we should do? If you erased that whiteboard and grabbed a pen, could you draw the ‘right’ flow chart for pharmacy operations?” “Actually, I think I could come pretty close. And I think my flow chart would look a lot like both of yours. I’m just not sure which parts of it would be easy to implement and which would be tricky. Mitch, you know these places better than anyone—what kinds of changes would make them really unhappy?” “Anything affecting safety. Everyone—not just the pharmacists—is a fanatic about making sure we fill prescriptions accurately and watch out for the health of our customers. So for example if we said, ‘In the interests of efficiency we want to have the system spit out fewer alerts about drug-drug interactions,’ we would get killed. The pharmacists would march us right out the front door of their stores and tell us never to come back. And I wouldn’t blame them.” Do “Got it. What else?” ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Professor Andrew F. McAfee prepared...
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...Goal Statements For quite some time, my interest has centered on working with children who have developmental disorders or experienced abuse and other traumas as well as educate the population. However, after completing my four internships, my interest has expanded to focus on the needs of the family and children. My goal is to consider extensive leadership and training and continuing education with an organization like the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWW), studying the effects of neglect amongst children and structures to build them back up. My short-term goals all correspond with my plans to apply for a master’s in social work (MSW) as a full-time student at Rutgers University, Widener University, or Maywood University....
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...ASSAM EARTHQUAKE AND OUR BUILDINGS Md Ali Akbar MOLLICK* Introduction An earthquake of magnitude 8.7 on the Richter Scale (8.1 on the Moment Magnitude Scale) occurred on 12th June 1897 at 5.11pm in the Assam Basin, some 250 kilometers (km) north from Dhaka, 130 km north-west from Sylhet and 70 km north from today's Bangladesh and Indian border. The epicenter was 26o (N) and 91o (E) and focal depth was 32 km. The shaking was felt over an area of 650,000 square-kilometer (sq-km) and destruction was taking place over an area of 390,000 sq-km. Many masonry buildings including temples, over the destructive area such as Dhubri, Goalpara, Guwahati, Kuch Bihar, Agortola, Kolkata and other cities inside India, either totally or partially damaged due to this earthquake. The earthquake created general panic in Dhaka and other areas of today's Bangladesh including Rangpur, Dinajpur, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Natore, Mymensing, Dhaka, Chittagong, Comilla, Noakhali, Jamalpur etc. A total number of 1542 persons were killed due to this earthquake out of which five were from Dhaka including two foreigners. Three buildings such as Shaheen Medical Hall, Temple Nazi's Shabagh Math and house occupied by Mrs Stansbury were totally damaged and the government houses for commissioner, collector, judge and civil surgeon were partially damaged in Dhaka, which were rebuilt. The total cost for the rehabilitation was 150,000 taka. The intensity of shaking in Dhaka was VIII+ on the Modified Mercili Intensity (MMI)...
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...from his Orthodox Marxist roots. This belief that people must take action to effect the changes they wish to see in the world is natural, yet Orthodox Marxist resisted this temptation for nearly half a century. In the early 20th century it became clear to many that Karl Marx’s ominous prediction of the downfall of capitalism was not going to occur, as capitalism is a dynamic market instrument that adapts to changing circumstances; the unified “proletariat” was not immerging, a middle class was growing, as were national identities. Europe's changing environment opened the door for new political parties to emerge, however many were afraid to abandon Orthodox Marxism. A cult like following emerged, where Marx became a god-like figure who’s predictions were followed religiously as if the world was predetermined. Malon, Brousse and others who began to split from strict Orthodox Marxism were ridiculed by the POF as “Possibilists” because they believed that the Republic offered alternative possibilities for the future; possibilities that did not involve the natural and inevitable rise of a unified proletariat to create a socialist revolution without the use of political action. In retrospect it seems absurd that people would believe there is a single natural state of the world that will inevitably be reached, regardless of what people do. This nihilistic approach to life suggests that people should not take any action in the political realm at all; they should just sit back and wait...
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...Final Report on the Investigation of the Macondo Well Blowout Deepwater Horizon Study Group March 1, 2011 The Deepwater Horizon Study Group (DHSG) was formed by members of the Center for Catastrophic Risk Management (CCRM) in May 2010 in response to the blowout of the Macondo well on April 20, 2010. A fundamental premise in the DHSG work is: we look back to understand the why‘s and how‘s of this disaster so we can better understand how best to go forward. The goal of the DHSG work is defining how to best move forward – assessing what major steps are needed to develop our national oil and gas resources in a reliable, responsible, and accountable manner. Deepwater Horizon Study Group Investigation of the Macondo Well Blowout Disaster This Page Intentionally Left Blank Deepwater Horizon Study Group Investigation of the Macondo Well Blowout Disaster In Memoriam Jason Anderson Senior tool pusher Dewey Revette Driller Stephen Curtis Assistant driller Donald Clark Assistant driller Dale Burkeen Crane operator Karl Kleppinger Roughneck Adam Weise Roughneck Shane Roshto Roughneck Wyatt Kemp Derrick man Gordon Jones Mud engineer Blair Manuel Mud engineer 1 Deepwater Horizon Study Group Investigation of the Macondo Well Blowout Disaster In Memoriam The Environment 2 Deepwater Horizon Study Group Investigation of the Macondo Well Blowout Disaster Table of Contents In Memoriam....................................................................
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...resisting area. Example is the bolt that holds the tension rod in its anchor. Another condition of shearing is when we twist a bar along its longitudinal axis. This type of shearing is called torsion and covered in Chapter 3. Another type of simple stress is the bearing stress, it is the contact pressure between two bodies. Suspension bridges are good example of structures that carry these stresses. The weight of the vehicle is carried by the bridge deck and passes the force to the stringers (vertical cables), which in turn, supported by the main suspension cables. The suspension cables then transferred the force into bridge towers. Normal Stress Stress Stress is the expression of force applied to a unit area of surface. It is measured in psi (English unit) or in MPa (SI unit). Another unit of stress which is not commonly used is the dynes (cgs unit). Stress is the ratio of force over area. stress = force / area Simple Stresses There are three types of simple stress namely; normal stress, shearing stress, and bearing stress. Normal Stress The resisting area is perpendicular to the...
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...HUMAN RESOURCES MANUAL CONTENTS SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION 1-1 1-2 2. EMPLOYMENT 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-6 2-7 2-8 3. Hours of Work Rest Days Public Holidays Typhoon Arrangements Rainstorm Warning Arrangements REMUNERATION 4-1 4-2 4-3 5. Employment Policy Manpower Plan & Control Recruitment Probationary Period Transfer Promotion Termination Retirement WORK SCHEDULE 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4 3-5 4. Purpose of the Manual Human Resources Philosophy Salary Policy Pay Review Job Related Payments & Reimbursements BENEFITS 5-1 5-2 5-3 5-4 5-5 5-6 5-7 5-8 Leave Provident Fund Group Medical Insurance Scheme Group Dental Insurance Scheme Group Life & Personal Accident Insurance Schemes Employees' Compensation Insurance Scheme Business Travel Insurance Scheme Medical Check-up 6. PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT 7. TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT 7-1 7-2 7-3 Training & Development Guidelines Examination Fee Reimbursement Professional Membership Fee Reimbursement HUMAN RESOURCES MANUAL CONTENTS SECTION 8. STAFF RELATIONS & COMMUNICATION 8-1 8-2 8-3 9. SAFETY & HEALTH 9-1 9-2 10. 10-2 10-3 10-4 10-5 Purpose Staff Record Staff Card Company Property Use of Personal Computer Use of Telephone Employment of Family Members Contact with the Media Delivery of Speeches or Lectures Arrangement of Honorarium Rewarded for Delivery of Speeches or Lectures Behaviour in Public Attire ...
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