Essays on Clifford

The environment is one of the crucial components that enhances sustainable development. It is worth noting that environmental crimes are viewed to be less important compared to traditional crimes. Law enforcement agencies tend to ignore environmental crimes in society. Environmental crimes are threats to food security, economic development, health, and sustainability. Environmental crimes include unregulated fishing, illicit trade of hazardous waste, smuggling of ODS (ozone-depleting substances), illegal logging, wild animal traffic, electronic waste management, as wee as dumping in rivers. Analytically, environmental crimes are sensitive and dangerous to the living things. Militant groups and criminal gangs profit from some ...

Foremost, about the losses that the Westerners caused in countries with which they came into contact, imperialism revolved around perceptions of white supremacy. The possession of white skin became the ticket one needed to guarantee his or her place among the civilized nations while that of any other shade belonged to a lower class. Surprisingly, while signs of the given perceptions were present even when the Portuguese used religion as a cause for exploration and domination of the world in the seventeenth century, it was not until the mid-nineteenth century that the West found conclusive proof. In 1859, Charles ...

The global Cold War was a significant time for the entire world, as the citizens of every country watched on the edge of their seats to see who would make the next move. Nuclear power sent the world into a frenzy and the aftermath of World War II provided the perfect backdrop for a new global-scale conflict. People were scrambling to diffuse the situation while others waited in fear for the worst-case scenario. The Cold War is known as a time of high tensions, nuclear threats, and depending on where one lived at the time, Communist agendas. The primary ...

10 K Assignments 10 K Assignments: AMREP Corporation

Introduction: Description Of The Company

AMREP Corporation is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey in the United States. The company was founded in 1961 as AMREP (American Realty and Petroleum Corporation). As a publicly traded firm, AMREP complies with SEC’s (Security Exchange Commission) requirements by submitting the required material and financial information. The company is listed on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange), and it primarily engages in two major business segments, which include media services and real estate (Alexander, 2016). The company carries out its real estate business in Rio Rancho and some areas of ...

Percentage of fat the athlete’s diet

Fat is a fundamental source of energy for the body. Importantly, fat provides approximately nine calories per gram which makes it a dense macronutrient. In strenuous athletic activities that last for about 6 hours, fats can offer about 60 to 70 percent of the energy required (Clifford & Maloney, 2011). Fats consumption in a diet of an athlete should be less than 30% of calories. Since athletes need a lot of energy, it is good to retain their fat intake at sufficient levels. However, depending on the activity, the athlete can decide to keep their fat intake at a minimum ...

At least fifteen people were injured and Sixty-four students arrested on Friday as two opposing groups of demonstrators crashed with University police at Fairmont University. This occurred when demonstrations seeking to influence the decision of the board of regents on cultural diversity classes turned violent. The Board of Regents postponed the decision on whether or not to allow for a class in cultural diversity for all students and faculty until their next meeting scheduled for next month. The regents refused to comment on the reason for the delay in judgment on the controversial issue, with the regents’ president Clifford ...

Science fiction is nonexistent devoid of scientific and technological concepts. This essay aims at exploring how cautionary tales in science fiction make use of ideas rooted in science or technology. It focuses on four narratives and how their writers have incorporated scientific notions in creating admonitions. The four stories include Second Variety by Philip K. Dick, Slow Life by Michael Swanwick, Desertion by Clifford D. Simak, and Swarm by Bruce Sterling. These authors have used biological, chemical, physical, astronomical, or mechanical abstractions to warn the reader of impending danger in the narrative. In his narration, Philip K. Dick uses ...

A Study on the differences between Maersk and Citigroup in IHRM practices

Globalization of business operations and the emerging issues have necessitated that business organizations reformulate their management policies to resolve the problems arising out of a diverse cultural atmosphere. Business destinations in developing countries offer a multitude of opportunities but organizations have to prepare themselves well to address the differences in business factors influencing success. These factors may be related to political, economic, cultural or legal environment and affect the functions of organizations. One of the organizational functions affected seriously by the diverse factors is that of International Human Resource Management (IHRM) and multinationals formulate different policies to confront the ...

Introduction

In November 1960, the Republicans lost the presidential election, and a Democratic Party candidate John Fitzgerald Kennedy became the president of the United States. A relatively young man (43 years), he represented a new generation of American politicians. Veterans of the war years, a generation embodied by Dwight Eisenhower, were to leave the politics in the US. In the Soviet Union, a “war generation” remained in power until the mid-1980s. In France, Germany, and other countries of the Western Europe the same generation continued to reign. The Kennedy team was to revise the postulates of the military-political line of ...

Introduction

Sean P-diddy Combs is well known as Puff Daddy and P.Diddy in the music industry. He is a hip-hop legend with exclusive love and talent for music. He has accrued extensive success in the music industry following his passion and hard work. Over time, he developed interest in fashion after being a model consultant for certain fashion companies for a long time. His passion in fashion grew pushing him to start his clothing lines Sean John and ‘Sean by Sean Combs”. Also, he has a movie production company and two restaurants in the United States. As the founder of ...

A Methodical Review of “Effects of the Type of Incident and the Number of Perpetrators on Eyewitness Memory” by Clifford and Hollin (1981) The study examines the problem of eyewitness memory in two situations. First, when one witnesses non-violent event (asking directions), and second, when event in question is of a violent character (mugging). The researchers were interested to what extent the number of perpetrators influences the accuracy of identification. Another issue that the authors investigated was the relation of the accuracy of investigation to eyewitness’ subjective feeling of confidence.

The study answered the following research questions:

Do the accuracy of identification differ in the case ...

Geopolitics is simply the study of geographical position in relation to politics both internally and internationally. Geopolitical threats are, therefore, factors that can hinder the cordial livelihood of communities in the same geographic area and with different political agendas. This paper will focus on the various levels of threats (tickers, slow tickers and talkers) in the nations selected for discussion. It will seek to justify their levels of threats according to their past and present political issues.

Tickers

The first ticker country to consider is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). From the very beginning, North Korea started ...

Abstract

It can be exciting to create a subway car print campaign for a brand such as Nike. There are so many elements that go behind the design of the artwork and loads of creativity. The essay looks at the designing of a subway car print campaign for Nike as Herbert Matter, the designers. The design would focus on the elements used by the designer in his work and the way he used images fonts and graphics in his compositions. The print campaign will take inspiration from his works and will be based on his thought process. It should be ...

Philosophy

James Rachels argues that most of the notions we consider right are sometimes wrong and are sometimes gotten from the norms in society. The author does not differentiate the different social and cultural norms in society but insists there is no correct norm. One community might behave in a different way from other communities. The author makes it clear that all the different norms are correct according to the culture of that specific community.

In “Religion Gives Meaning to Life” Pojman criticizes the atheist prizing of autonomy over meaning, explain this criticism.

In Pojoman,s book religion gives meaning to life, argues that human beings come about by chance. Atheist believe that there is no purpose in ...

The United Kingdom is an administrative unit consisting of four countries: England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (Clifford and Morphet 57). Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales are largely devolved; therefore, they enjoy some degree of independence. However, by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) does not consider any of the four regions as independent nations. Scotland borders England to the south and the Atlantic Ocean on all other fronts. The “nation” is associated with more than seven hundred islands. Scotland was established in the ninth century, specifically in the year 843 (Walker 7). In the nineteenth century, Scotland united ...

Fuel Efficiency Management rules

When federal regulation on emissions for the commercial trucks was switched to focusing on the greenhouse emissions from focusing on NOx and PM, it meant the need for fuel efficiency for trucks went up. Thus, there is need for the Peregrine to enhance its performance through rules that enhance fuel efficiency and social responsibility (Trucking Info, 2016).

Company overview and current situation: Available resources

Peregrine Transportation Company is an active interstate carrier in the transport business that began operations on May 2011 and whose resources can be summarized to include 13 trucks and Company Drivers 18 (Quick Transport Solutions, 2016).

More efficient and socially conscious trucking equipment with fuel saving possibilities

Equipments: Tires:  Should buy tires that ...