CASE APPLICATION: FOUNDATIONS OF CONTROL Deepwater in Deep Trouble When all is said and done‚ which may not be for many years‚ it’s likely to be one of the worst environmental disasters‚ if not the worst‚ in U.S. history.61 When British Petroleum’s (BP) Deepwater Horizon off-shore rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded in a ball of flames on April 20‚ 2010‚ killing 11 employees‚ it set in motion frantic efforts to stop the flow of oil and to initiate the long and arduous cleanup process. Although
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Satisficing occurs when individuals choose a solution that meets a minimum standard of acceptance (Kreitner & Kinicki‚ 2013). A series of mistakes made by BP‚ Halliburton‚ and Transocean all in which failed to keep their guard about the dangers of drilling such as a failure to promote a culture of safety on the MODU (Rose‚ 2012). All main parties involved were not honest about the complacent decisions they made aboard the rig. Informing everybody about the truth may have saved people’s lives and the
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As the Site Coordinator at Troy Buchanan High School‚ I have served as Cortney Richardson’s immediate supervisor for the past nine years. As a secondary Special Education teacher‚ one is required to fill many roles: teacher‚ casemanager‚ counselor‚ advocate‚ and administrator. In each of these roles‚ she has exhibited exemplary professionalism‚ as well as administrative and interpersonal skills. Cortney’s exemplary interpersonal skills have proven advantageous to students and to the Special
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What about poverty‚ ignorance‚ hunger and weaponry?” Around two weeks ago‚ a friend of mine from UP Diliman sent me a link and told me to read it if I had spare time. It was an argumentative essay entitled “Abortion‚ Right and Wrong” by Rachel Richardson Smith. In the said article‚ the writer stated what she thought about the two sides – pro-abortion and pro-choice. She also provided arguments for the stand of both parties and in conclusion‚ Rachel Smith stated that she fully supports neither stand
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to us when Plainview climbs out of his mine and makes his way into town to sell his silver. All of this is done with a broken leg. This ascension out of the darkness of the shaft is visually symbolic of Plainview’s path to power. Plainview begins drilling for oil and becomes a more powerful figure. God like imagery is now associated with Plainview in order to visually portray this power. For example‚ pools of light gather behind Daniel’s head as he looks down into an oil rig. This makes him appear
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In the essay “Constructivist Pedagogy” by Virginia Richardson‚ educators are offered insight in regards to educational instructional practices in constructivism. To understand what the constructivist pedagogy is and how it is used‚ one must first look to the root definition of this type of instruction. Constructivism is a theory that is based on observation and research and the constructivist theory is the “theory of learning or meaning making‚ that individuals create their own new understandings
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The Hebei Spirit Oil Spill (HSOS) in December 7‚ 2007 spilled approximately 10‚900 tons of crude oil in about 10 km off the Taean coastline in South Korea. Due to the astronomical and irrecoverable damage upon the marine ecosystem and the overall living standards of the residents‚ the oil spill accident has been notoriously named as the “worst oil spill accident” occurred in Korea. Nevertheless‚ though almost a decade have passed since the outbreak of the HSOS in Korea‚ it appears that compensation
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The Gulf oil spill exploded on April 20th‚ 2010. It is known as the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. 11 people died along with the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The oil pipe was leaking oil 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana and was estimated of leaking 3.19 million barrels of oil into the Gulf. The well was located 5‚000 feet beneath the ocean surface. It took them 87 days to finally cap the well. At that point the damage had already been done. Oil reached the shores of Alabama‚
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Alex Bordeau P.6 3/27/16 Ms.Whittaker Exxon Oil Spill The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound‚ Alaska‚ on March 24‚ 1989. Exxon Valdez‚ an oil tanker headed for Long Beach‚ California‚ struck Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef at 12:04 am local time and spilled thousands of gallons of crude oil. Exxon Shipping Company failed to properly maintain the Raytheon Collision Avoidance System radar which‚ if functional would have identified that the ship was off course an heading
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1. Henry smiled self-consciously. like a politician before a camera. 3. At this point the Chesapeake is over a hundred feet deep. Deeper than it is anywhere else in its course. 5. Everything stopped in mid-air. All eyes turned to my father. 7. A construction crew has started work on the foundation of the new building. Which will be paid for by state tax revenues. 9. My father always planting a spring vegetable garden. 11. Mainly because it rained everyday. We had a miserable camping trip. 13. Sarah
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