...Applicable Law & Principles: ”At will employment” means that the Company does not offer tenured or guaranteed employment for any period of time to any employee without an employment contract or written direction from the CEO/President. In at will employment either the Company or the employee can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice. This does not mean that employers can arbitrarily fire employees without good faith communication, fairness, and non-discriminatory practices. In fact, courts are increasingly finding for employees in litigation. Employers must demonstrate a good faith effort to correct the employee's performance or the other issues that led to employment termination. Within the at will employment law the five public policy exceptions include the following. The refusal to participate in illegal activity, the employee’s refusal to forsake the performance of an important public duty or obligation, the employee’s refusal to forego the exercise of a job-related legal right or privilege, the employee’s “whistleblowing” activity or other conduct exposing the employers wrongdoing, and the employee’s performance of an act that public policy would encourage under circumstances where retaliatory discharge is supported by evidence of employers bad faith, malice, or retaliation. Summary of the facts: In the case of Martin Marietta v. Lorenz, Lorenz is suing over the claim of wrongful discharge. Lorenz held...
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...Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster happened on February 1st, 2003, which broke on the way back to the Earth. All the astronauts, including two women died in this disaster. The reason why this disaster happened was a piece of foam insulation broke off from the Space Shuttle external tank which damaged the left wing of the shuttle. Even though some engineers of NASA had doubted that the left wing of shuttle had been damaged, the administration staffs restricted to do advanced research. The engineers of NASA found that the foam shedding and debris strikes could not be avoided and solved, even though the previous design of space shuttle required that the external tank was not to shed foam or other debris. However, this situation was not account for security threat and regarded as the acceptable risk. Thus, the launch was given the go-head. Due to the broken left wing which caused the damage of Space Shuttle thermal protection system, hot gases penetrated and destroyed the internal wing structure which led to the disintegrate of the shuttle immediately over the area of south Dallas. Ignore the Feedback Control Even though the similar situation happened in the prior mission (in the 13th and 16th mission of Columbia, the foam went undetected as well), the administration department of NASA were getting used to those situation which did not cause the serious damage to the shuttle that led to the disaster of the 28th mission of Columbia. Just like...
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...The Space Race The Cold War * Used science and technology to compete against each other October 4, 1957 The Chief Designer * Sergei Korolev * Sputnik I * First man made satellite * Launched a top an R-7A rocket * The west is stunned * Surprised * However less than a month later… * Soviet launch Sputnik 2 * Weighs 1000 pounds * Carries live animals * West panics * Science becomes mandatory America begins its own space program * But in a democracy, this has to be done largely in the open * December 6,1957 * First attempt to launch a satellite * U.S Navy’s Vanguard rocket carrying the Explorer 1 satellite * Only 3 pounds The Irony * The US could have put satellite into orbit in 1956 * Using the well test Jupiter C rocket of Wernher von Braun * But the US government * Announced they would launch a satellite in 1958 * Promised it to the Navy and their untested Vanguard rocket * Didn’t want to make Soviets feel threatened by earlier launching * Although much smaller than the Sputniks, Explorer 1 carries scientific instruments and begins scientific exploration of space Aurorae * Magnetic field deflects solar winds * As they stream downwards they collide with molecules in the atmosphere * Excite electrons causing them to glow * Fluorescence * Aurorae...
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...in OSHA requirements pertaining to safety. Education: Two terms remaining for a BS in Professional Aeronautics Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - GPA 4.0 * Minor in Management * Minor in Airport Management Certified Aerospace Technician – SpaceTec 3/22/06 * Work shop - Introduction to Composites – 1/18/07 * Work shop - Composite Inspection and Repair – 6/07/07 * Work shop - NDT starting 3/21/09 Work History: June 1996 to March 2009 Sr. Aerospace Technician Lead United Space Alliance 8550 Astronaut Blvd. Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 As the shop lead, I was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Forward shop in the VAB and at Pad A on 3rd shift. This included works with, develops, plans, and provides work assignments to lower level employees. I also resolved issues according to procedures and established guidelines while maintaining the required training and certifications to perform all assigned duties. . * Functioned as a Task Team Leader * Space Craft Operator – Power up/down the orbiter, worked with all system engineering groups during complex testing and troubleshooting. Position switches in the cockpit as required to maintain orbiter systems. Certified to relieve Flight Crew after landing. * Excellent working knowledge of test documentation * Ability to interpret and work from drawings, schematics, and prints * Security Clearance – Secret June 2000 to May 2008 Job Title –...
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...NASA in an attempt to gain credibility for both parties. He describes, “I’ve always had great faith in and respect for our space program, and what happened to day does nothing to diminish it. We don’t hide our space program. We don’t keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. That’s the way freedom is, and we wouldn’t change it for a minute.” In this quote, Reagan alludes to Russia and their sometimes questionable antics regarding their space program. By contrasting this tragedy at NASA and the Russian space program, Reagan is able to quietly bring home the point that our space program is still extremely successful. He still believes in the credibility of NASA, and urges the listeners (including NASA workers themselves) to remember how much NASA has accomplished. By outlining these accomplishments, he is able to show that this incident doesn’t take away these major achievements. Additionally when Reagan speaks directly to NASA workers he adds, “Your dedication and professionalism have moved and impressed us for decades”. In that moment, he gains credibility for NASA when they can not speak out in that way for themselves. The word “dedication” provokes a sense of a something that doesn’t give up, even in the face of a tragedy. These rhetorical strategies allow the general public to move forward with the space program, in an attempt to continue exploration. Reagan alludes to past successful work of NASA in order to stop others from from blaming...
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...Business Critical Thinking Application Paper Critical Thinking Application Paper r MGT/350 h , 2011 x Abstract Critical thinking requires one to have strong commands of the fundamentals of discipline. There is the art of reasoning, which is to present reasoning supporting of a conclusion. There’s also the critical thinking application, in which the critical thinker applies reasons, judgments, and questions. All the while they are presenting positions clearly and honestly and a good a critical thinker teaches other what they know. Critical Thinking Application Paper Critical Thinking Critical thinking means to me is the thought process about any subject, content, issues or concerns in which my thinking improves the quality of my thinking by proficiently taking charge of any situation at hand. In today’s working environment there are so many examples of critical thinking. One example is to deciding how to meet budget requirements in today’s economy. With an every decreasing government budget and the impending government shut down will most serenely lead to furlough. In a business such as the federal government with more dependents than it has money can be a struggle. In this scenario critical thinking comes into play with ways for the federal government to pay the expenses and pay the dependents can be changeling. Carefully choosing and making the right choices takes a great deal of research and time and usually leads to two or three choices in the end. Once...
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...According to Dr. Kalam, a creative leader must have following characteristics: a) A vision beyond himself where he quoted the examples of Mr. M. S. Swaminathan and P. Subramanium who made the green revolution a stunning success. The leader must also have the passion to realise the vision he envisaged. b) He should travel along the unexplored path. The unknown story of how Vikram Sarabhai worked in setting up of the Tumba space research station at a densely populated and religiously important place in Kerala through the combined participation of politics, religion, and science was elaborated as an example of the same. Understanding the importance of the setting up of the space station at a scientifically strategic location like Tumba, the Kerala Chief Minister directed him to The Bishop Rev. Fr. Peter Perreira. After an intense discussion with the Bishop he advised Sarabhai to attend mass the very next day which was a Sunday. As a surprise to Sarabhai the bishop addressed the local fisher folk on the importance of setting up of the space station by telling them how science has helped mankind. Without any compulsion the entire congregation responded by saying "Amen". It was a new kind of management system which has happened only in India. c) The leader should know to manage success and failure and the courage to take decisions.He shared a personal experience where Mr.Satish Dhawan, Former Chairman of ISRO had entrusted Dr. Kalam with the task of building India's first satellite...
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...Space shuttle Enterprise to arrive in NY on Friday By DEEPTI HAJELA | Associated Press – 3 hrs agoEmailNew: Now the email button gives you a quick and easy way to start a conversation. tweetShare12PrintRelated ContentFILE- In this Nov. 20, 2003 file … FILE - In this Feb. 18, 1977 file … NEW YORK (AP) — Look! Up in the sky! It's a ... space shuttle? An unusual flying object is scheduled to arrive in the city's airspace Friday — the space shuttle Enterprise. Enterprise is expected to get to the city riding on top of a modified jumbo jet. Its trip was to include low-altitude flyovers over parts of the city and landmarks including the Statue of Liberty and the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum on Manhattan's west side. The shuttle had been scheduled to arrive earlier in the week but NASA pushed it back because of bad weather. The shuttle prototype was housed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington but will soon be making its home at the Intrepid, where it will be "the largest and most significant space artifact in the entire Northeast," said Susan Marenoff-Zausner, Intrepid's president. That won't happen right away; after its fly-around, the Enterprise is heading to Kennedy Airport, where it will remain for a few weeks until it's taken off the 747 jet it rode to New York. After that, Marenoff-Zausner said, it will be put on a barge in early June and brought up the Hudson River to the Intrepid, where it will be put on the flight deck and a pavilion over...
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...service in the U.S. Air Force, significant background knowledge of the history of the space shuttle. In September 1969, two months after the first manned lunar landing, a Space Task Group appointed by the President of the United States to study the future course of U.S. space research and exploration made the recommendation that "…the United States accept the basic goal of a balanced manned and unmanned space program. To achieve this goal, the United States should …develop new systems of technology for space operation…through a program directed initially toward development of a new space transportation capability…" According to Cox (1962), many responsible observers felt that we were devoting too many of our resources to increasing an already affluent volume of private consumption and too little for public services, including space-flight programs. In early 1970, NASA initiated extensive engineering, design, and cost studies of a space shuttle. These studies covered a wide variety of concepts ranging from a fully reusable manned booster and orbiter to dual strap-on solid propellant rocket motors and an expendable liquid propellant tank. Each concept evaluated development risks and costs in relation to the suitability and the overall economics of the entire system. On January 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon announced that NASA would proceed with the development of a reusable low cost space shuttle system. NASA and its aerospace industry contractors continued engineering studies...
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...The space race expedition to conquer mars, set out by Mars One, should not be pursued due to the detrimental effects the journey will have on the physical and psychological health of the astronauts embarking on the mission, and the lack of technology needed to ensure the success of the colonization.Undeniably, the expedition will bring about new discoveries of the components of our lives on earth, and scientific advancements unlike anything people have known before (Jordan); unfortunately, that point raises questions of uncertainty and chance, and astronauts will not overcome the detrimental psychological ailments that will take hold on them before they are able to explore the terrain around them (Lewis). When sending people to a place unknown...
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...the military conquest of the Hitler and his Nazi party, which gave them the ability to reach the 95 percent of the Jews outside of Germany, was handed to them on a plate through their victories in war (172). These years of relentlessness killing however would eventually lead directly to the downfall of Adolf Hitler, his Nazi Party and bring about the end of World War II. Hitler’s inability to focus more on the war itself than the “Jewish problem” led him to lose control of Europe, through the battle of Stalingrad and his production of killing in the new killing centers. Prior to 1942 it seemed the defeat of the ever-powerful Germany was impossible, in 1944 though it seemed it was inevitable as the Allies and the Red Army pressured Germany from all sides. Before the German lose of World War II, The Nazi party was literally a killing machine. The special murder squads in 1941 that would first make people dig their own graves in which they would be shot into was now too traumatizing and insufficient for the Nazi armies (156). In response to this their most important advancement in the years of 1942 and 1943 was the effective and horrifying use of killing centers. Evolved from the T-4 program that granted mentally and physically handicap patients “…a mercy death” through gas chambers (130). Unlike the previous concentration and labor camp, these killing centers had one purpose; to kill the most amount of “undesirables” such as the Jews, Gypsies, handicap, homosexuals...
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...Task 1: Procedure 1. Firewalls may be hardware devices or software programs. Examples of these types of firewalls and compare their features are noted below. NETGEAR ProSAFE N300 WiFi 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N Key Technologies: • Securely connects up to 5 remote office or traveling users • True firewall using stateful packet inspection (SPI) and intrusion detection • Initiates up to 12 VPN tunnels simultaneously • NAT routing and VPN pass-through for extra security • IPV4/IPV6 support • Application layer gateway support (SIP and FTP) • Smart Wizard® connects to your ISP quickly and easily • Windows®, UNIX®, Macintosh® and Linux compatible • Integrated 8-port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet switch • 5 SSL VPN connections • 64 VLAN support Norton by Symantec Internet Security for Mac Key Technologies: • Online identity protection • Antivirus • Antispyware • Browser protection • Antiphishing technology • Smart firewall • Vulnerability protection • Daily protection updates • Email and Instant Message monitoring • Location awareness • Confidential file guard • Free support 24x7 A firewall device is a protective system that provides a layer of protection between your computer network and the Internet. When used correctly a firewall prevents unauthorized use and access to your network. The firewall carefully analyzes data entering and exiting the network based on your configuration. It ignores information that comes from unsecured...
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...business or start-up. Explain your rationale. Microeconomic show how new businesses have determined the competitively successful or unsuccessful pricing of their goods and services based on consumer needs and choices, market competition and other financial and economic formulas. Microeconomics also studies supply-demand ratios and its effect on consumer spending and business decision-making Supply and Demand An easy way to think about t supply and demand is to think of demand as marketing, and supply as production. It is the job of marketing to create demand from their practices and programs. Marketing must produce advertisement campaigns, sales initiatives and motivation for the sales force to excel. Set Up Your Business Location Setting up your place of business is important for the operation of your business, whether you will have a home office, a shared or private office space, or a retail location. You will need to think about your location, equipment, and overall setup, and make sure your business location works for the type of business you will be doing. Research your competition Although accurate, detailed information about your potential consumers and competitors may be difficult to obtain, first-hand observation of activity in your competitor's establishment, talking to potential customers and watching customer traffic and volume through the week and at various times of the day will give you a rough idea of what the new business may be up against. Capitalism ...
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...Because customer service is our main focus, our computers in turn become our main focal point. Having a computer instead of using the old fashion ways of writing out the tickets has much strength. Having a computer allows us to have all of the customer’s information at our fingertips. For example, name and phone number, what they have dropped off at the moment, what they have dropped off in the past, what they have picked up and if they have anything to pick up and more. Another strength of using a computer is that it allows us to print out both tickets and invoices for the clothes that were dropped off. This helps in saving paper, which is very eco friendly. Using a computer also allows us to use the program to eliminate human error. To help us eliminate human error even more, the program we use not only has the name of the items, but also a picture as well. The last strength of using a computer is that it allows us to customize all the items that the customer dropped off to our liking. However, with all the positives (strengths) of using computers, there are also negatives (weaknesses). To name some of the weaknesses of using a computer is, there is no way to eliminate all of the older invoices...
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...parents find out that their daughter is pregnant or a sexual orientation they don’t approve of they’ll get angry or not accept it so ultimately they’ll kick them out. With the economy today a lot of teenagers don’t have jobs, so if their parents kick them out then they don’t really have a choice but to slum in the streets or if possible find a shelter. Although, most teens don’t experience long-term homelessness; they usually find a relative or find a way to make it on their own. The National Coalition of the Homeless says that the three major causes of homelessness are family problems, economic problems, and residential instability. None of this information surprises me because of physical and sexual abuse within families and the economy downfall and homes being foreclosed on. Since most youth can’t afford to sustain themselves on their own they turn to other means to make money. Some of these ways are selling drugs and selling their body. I believe that by getting themselves involved in such risky behavior at a young age that they ultimately set themselves up for failure in the future. Most homeless youth will experience post-traumatic stress disorder and often have high anxiety and suffer from depression. Another way that homeless youth set themselves up for failure in the future is that most are unable to attend school or...
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