The BP Oil Spill “Thank God men cannot fly and lay waste to sky‚ as well as the earth‚” said Henry David Thoreau on environmental damage. The BP‚ or British Petroleum‚ Gulf oil spill has been widely referred to as the biggest environmental disaster that the United States has ever faced‚ with over four million gallons of oil pouring into the waters off the Mexican Gulf Coast. The BP oil spill occurred in April of 2010. It was‚ and still is‚ the biggest oil spill in all of U.S. history. The massive
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have a responsibility to be a good role model? Think about it for a sec. My initial thought was no‚ they just happen to be famous for being them‚ and they should do what they please because it’s their life and it’s who they are. How people choose to be influenced is their decision and they should deal with the consequences. But then…I thought about it some more. I thought about where I am‚ what I do‚ and if I feel like I have a responsibility to be a good role model to you guys. And the answer for
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Whether or not the judiciary could be considered as a threat to parliamentary sovereignty is debatable. This essay will argue that the judiciary is a threat to parliamentary sovereignty‚ but it would have been otherwise if the Parliament didn’t carry its seeds of its own destruction. These ‘seeds’; European Communities Act 1972 and Human Rights Act 1998 change almost permanently the approach of courts towards the Parliament’s Acts. Parliamentary Sovereignty‚ Freedoms and Rights Prior EU Act 1972 and HRA
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COUNT: 6000 Executive Summary On April 20th 2010 bp had a major oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico coined the “Deepwater Horizon Incident” in which eleven (11) person’s loss their lives. This incident negatively affected the company’s brand and bp brand equity plummeted by $7.4bn‚ representing a 61% fall (Brand Finance 2010). BPTT which is a subsidiary of bp Global had to treat with the negative impact of this crisis on the local market while keeping its reputation‚ bp brand and local aspiration
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PROBLEMS OF PRONOUNCIATION FOR NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER WHAT IS NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER? Non-native English speaker result from the common linguistic phenomenon in which non-native users of any language tend to carry the intonation‚ phonological processes and pronunciation rules from their mother tongue into their English speech. They may also create innovative pronunciations for English sounds not found in the speaker’s first language. Current English speech recognition systems are commonly
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BP Oil Spill 2010 Elizabeth Morton University of Phoenix SUS/300 3/9/15 Tereza Marks Gulf Oil Spill Case BP Oil Spill 2010 BP is a world leading international oil and Gas Company. The BP Company however had an oil spill on April 20‚ 2010 due to a gas release in the Gulf of Mexico. A massive explosion followed the gas release on the Deep Water Oil rig that was working on the exploration of British Petroleum. The explosive gas leak resulted in eleven peoples dead and several other individuals
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Introduce A Speaker " Guest Speaker Introductions: Part of Your Curriculum? Is the art of introducing a guest speaker part of your job? Typically the answer to this question is no. Should it be? Absolutely‚ because there are occasions when you are called upon to host important meetings/events sponsored by your company. Your introduction of the speaker is critical for soliciting buy-in from the audience. How you introduce a speaker will create greater impact for the speaker. It sets the
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The statement “The constraints imposed on a Prime Minister are greater than those imposed on a President. Therefore‚ a parliamentary system is more democratic than a presidential system”‚ makes a broad claim to which I agree. While Prime Ministers and Presidents are similar in some ways such as their responsibilities to do the best that they can for their nations‚ they also differ in many ways. These differences include separation of powers‚ the systems having different heads of state‚ and different
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Summary of my leadership style Reflective practice is the best way for educators to search for ever-improved ways to facilitate student learning. Reflective practice also incorporates the belief that much resistance to change is rooted in the unexamined assumptions that shape habit. To create change‚ then‚ we must examine current practice carefully and develop a conscious awareness of these basic assumptions (Karen‚ 1991‚ Oesterman & Kottkamp‚ 1993; Schön).Thus you must use reflective practices
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like to discuss the crisis of the British concern British Petroleum (BP). At first I would like to provide more information about the crisis and its consequences‚ then I will identify the kind of crisis we have to deal with‚ I will discuss the several communication strategies BP have used‚ I will explain the different reactions of the public on the crisis. At last‚ I will give the oil concern some advice‚ in case a reoccurrence takes place. The BP oil spill The BP oil spill was a big natural disaster
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