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The Bhopal Incident: A Catalyst to Environmental Awareness, 2002.
A study of the Bhopal incident in India where a gas leak killed 10,000 people.
2,006 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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This paper studies the incident that took place on December 2, 1984 in Bhopal, India when a series of mechanical and human failures led to the worst industrial disaster known to mankind--a gas leak of 40 tons of methyl isocyanate from a Union Carbide chemical plant that killed an estimated 10,000 people. The effects of this tragic incident were global. Corporate environmental awareness was raised to new levels as industrial giants worldwide scrambled to preemptively reevaluate the safety of their own chemical processes, while lawmakers put together new environmental regulations in response to Bhopal. Public environmental awareness was also brought to the forefront as the "right-to-know" movement gained impetus. Ultimately, these three factors paved the way for environmental auditing and management systems--because these were the controls that gave the chemical industry the tools to prevent another Bhopal, while also meeting expected new government regulations and gathering information to satisfy the public's newly awakened interest in industrial processes.
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"One of the largest and most horrific industrial disasters of modern times took place in Bophal, India on the evening of December 2, 1984, when about 40 tons of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas leaked from an underground storage tank at a Union Carbide chemical plant into the environment, killing 2,000 to 3,400 people almost immediately and leaving about 8,000 others to die gradually from exposure to the killing fumes.1 The gas polluted an area of over 18 square kilometers and displaced over 500,000 people. There were at least 250,000 people injured as a result of this accident. The MIC gas caused severe respiratory distress, pulmonary edema, eye and lung diseases, gynecological problems, psychological crisis, and many other medical problems before it had run its course. The sheer magnitude of the accident drew over 12,000 relief operations personnel to the area in hopes of rendering aid, but for many of the victims, it was already too late (Bisarya & Puri, 2001; EPA, 2001; Nolan & Street, 2000)."
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Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD), 2006.
This paper discusses the efficacy of the critical incident stress debriefing (CISD) model as a nursing intervention for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
990 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 35.95
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This paper explains that critical incident stress debriefing (CISD), as an intervention to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is effective because it is not only time-efficient but also provides a sense of community, wherein patients are able to share and cope with their experiences by better understanding what they went through vis-a-vis other people's experiences. The author points out that, in anticipation of these critical incidents or events, a CISD team is already created and includes health care professionals, trained to respond immediately to patients suffering from PTSD. The paper relates that, in addition to continuous monitoring of the patients' cases, the CISD team also must assume leadership of their team by creating "role assignments" for each patient-participant to maintain a sense of community and group belonging even after the session.
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"During the debriefing, professional assistance is conducted using a 7-phase technique: (1) introductory phase; (2) fact phase; (3) thought phase; (4) feeling phase; (5) assessment phase; (6) education phase; and (7) reentry phase. These phases are similar to other treatment techniques dealing with PTSD; however, these phases become crucial when applied in the CISD setting, since each phase must be dealt with with caution and sensitivity. The first phases establishes rapport among the members (participants) of the CISD group..."
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Case Study: Work-Related Critical Incident, 2008.
This paper analyzes the work-related critical incident case of a new employee, Adam, who is severely injured while driving a forklift.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 26.95
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This paper explains that a critical incident is an abnormally stressful event that may be psychologically traumatic resulting in post traumatic stress disorder. The author relates that the company for which an employee named Adam worked, had a training program that was based on the social learning theory. The social learning theory focuses on learning that occurs within a social context. The paper then states that, a disadvantage of this theory is that because people can learn through observation alone, their learning may not necessarily be shown in their performance and that learning may or may not result in a behavior change. The paper stresses that if the company would have had a formal training program, as well as requiring certification for the use of all equipment, Adam's accident could have easily been avoided.
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"The critical incident I'm going to discuss involves a teenage boy named Adam. Adam had been working for a small recycling company for about two months in the stock room. On the day of his accident Adam's boss asked him to come in for a few extra hours to drive a forklift because one of his co-workers was unable to make it to their shift. He didn't get any formal training to operate a forklift and didn't even know there was such a thing as a license for operating one. The only training he received was through observing other employees."
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, 2004.
The paper analyzes the main character of the Thomas Haddon novel, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time."
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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The paper examines the setbacks and advances of the main character, Christopher, in the Thomas Haddon novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." The story is about an autistic fifteen-year-old trying to solve a murder-mystery. The paper explains his advances and setbacks during the course of the novel.
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"The fifteen-year-old narrator of "The Curious Incident" Christopher Boone experiences many advances and setbacks during the events of the novel. From his calm ordered routine at home in Swindon to the terrifying inaccessible chaos of London, Christopher undergoes a series of advances and setbacks. Christopher's adventures to discover who killed his neighbor's dog are motivated by his autistic preoccupation with logic order and deduction."
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Expansion Capability of the Incident Command System, 2002.
A study of the incident command system used by emergency service agencies.
1,285 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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The benefits of the incident command system as a vital tool utilized by emergency service agencies. The paper describes how this system allows the various emergency units to cooperate with each other in times of need. It outlines the problems which can occur, and offers solutions to these issues.
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"The incident command system that is utilized by fire services and other emergency service agencies is describes as ?a standardized on-scene emergency management concept specifically designed to allows its users to adopt an integrated organizational structure equal to the complexity and demands of single or multiple incidents, without being hindered by jurisdictional boundaries? (NICI)."
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Countee Cullen's Poem "Incident", 2001.
An analysis of the prosody (poetic meters and versification) of Countee Cullen's poem, "Incident".
1,094 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, $ 38.95
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This paper is all about prosody. The poem, Countee Cullen?s ?Incident? is the analyzed work. In this paper, the author looks at the rhythm of the poem, likening it to cinematic scores.
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"Countee Cullen was an African-American poet born in New York, and a contributor to the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote of the black experience as he lived it, writing lyrically and imaginatively. His Incident is a short poem describing a brief incident in the speaker?s life. While told in retrospect, and with few carefully chosen words, the relation of the experience speaks volumes about racism and how one must deal with it even from a young age. The format of the poem provides meaty contrast to the poem?s subject matter, staying at one tempo even when the mood of the poem changes dramatically."
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The Pueblo Incident and the Tet Offensive, 2001.
A look into how the Pueblo incident impacted the TET offensive.
905 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 32.95
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This paper describes how Lyndon Johnson sent the U.S.S. Pueblo to be captured in order to open communications with the Chinese. This was necessary to prevent Chinese intervention against the American counter-attack after the Tet Offensive in Vietnam.
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"In late 1967, US forces were surging in Vietnam. As part of a series of victories the Americans captured large caches of weapons at villages like Con Thien, Loc Ninh, and Dak To. Combined with other intelligence measures, the US determined the North Vietnamese were preparing for a major offensive, which would eventually materialize as the Tet Offensive in the beginning of 1968. Lyndon Johnson, politically desperate for a major victory in Vietnam, began plans to counter-attack after Tet, including an invasion into North Vietnam."
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The Waco Incident, 2002.
A discussion of congressional oversight in the investigation of the Waco incident.
3,056 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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This paper examines the work of the committee on Government Reform and Oversight ("the Committee") which was created for the specific purpose of analyzing and evaluating the application and administration of federal laws. It looks at its contribution in the investigation of the FBI siege and consequent tragedy at Waco where many people died because federal law enforcement took such an aggressive stance against a cult group in Texas. It also evaluates its role in the aftermath of the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City that killed 168 persons. It evaluates how the Committee conducted its investigation on the assumption that some particular person or persons, or branch or branches of the government, were responsible for the failed raid.
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"The federal government's investigation of the bombing of the Murrah building in Oklahoma City focused the public's attention on militia movements in the United States and the potential threat to public safety presented by some of its adherents. The Oklahoma City bombing occurred on the second anniversary of the Waco fire. The anti-government ravings of its perpetrators encouraged the Committee to re-open the investigation into what happened in Waco. However, the Committee's willingness to link in the public's mind the bombing in Oklahoma City and the actions of federal law enforcement in Waco gave credence to the tenets of patriot-style groups linked to the Oklahoma City bombing and eroded public confidence in federal law enforcement."
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Societe Generale's Trading Loss Incident, 2008.
An analysis of the economic effects of Societe Generale's trading loss incident in January 2008.
1,132 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper examines how a junior employee at French banking giant, Societe Generale, cost the company $7.2 billion or nearly 5 billion euros by making disastrous bets on European stock prices through a series of unauthorized and wildly outsized transactions. The paper also discusses how the disclosure of this fraud delivered a new blow to a European banking industry already reeling from losses on American sub-prime mortgage securities.
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"The Societe Generale itself announced that the disclosure of this fraud delivered a new blow to a European banking industry already reeling from losses on American sub-prime mortgage securities -- including a $3-billion write-down (Hiltzik & Baum, 2008). Olivier de la Ferriere, a financial analyst at Richelieu Finance in Paris, remarked, "With everybody already quite scared about financial stocks, this creates even more of a threat to this sector (Hiltzik & Baum, 2008)." In the bank's haste to shut out Kerviel's illicit investments, there is a possibility that the bank may have intensified the European stock drop. Societe Generale ended up unwinding all the illicit investments and thus putting immense pressure on the futures market, and undoubtedly contributing to the decline in world stock markets. "
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UFO's in Roswell, 2001.
Reports on the alleged UFO citing in Roswell, New Mexico.
1,680 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 5 sources, $ 54.95
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This paper reviews the facts of this extra-terrestrial citing in this New Mexican city with an emphasis on a review of the crash.
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"Also, the UFO Museum of Research, along with many other sources, says a farmer named Mac Brazel was the first person to see evidence of the controversial UFO crash. He was riding out on his horse to round up some stray sheep when he noticed some metal debris scattered over a large area. As Brazel looked closer, he noticed a trench hundreds of feet long had been dug into the land. The first thing he did was drag a large piece of metal from the trench to a shed near his house. Brazel wanted to show the metal piece to his neighbors. The neighbors had no idea what it was, so they immediately notified the police. The police went straight to the Central Intelligence Agency, where Major Jesse Marcel and his troops cleaned the debris from the site of the wreck. The cleanup alone took about three days (Roswell, n.p.)."
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Exxon Valdez Incident, 2002.
A look at the oil tanker Exxon Valdez spill.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This undergraduate paper discusses the biggest oil spill incident in US history when the oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling more than 11 million gallons of crude oil. This incident tool place in 1989, which later resulted in the implementation of the Pollution Act of 1990.
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The King Incident and Public Rage, 2002.
An insight into repercussions of the beating of Rodney King.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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This essay will explore the incident of the beating of Rodney King and how this incident sparked off a heated debate, which polarized Americans from coast to coast.
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Critical Incident Management, 2008.
This paper analyzes the influence of scenario-based planning in institutional strategic management for security organizations.
780 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 27.95
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In this article, the writer discusses the influence of scenario-based planning within the policy measures found within critical incident management (CIM) for security organizations. The writer notes that with terrorism and natural disasters, such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, this form of policy creating apparatus is helping to insure that authorities, organizations, and other people involved in security have a set of guidelines to follow in case of a future emergency. Many security agencies are currently using a scenario-based policy to enable officials and security personnel to adapt and understand emergencies and to follow set rules to keep order and stability in these types of organizations. The writer concludes that the primary facets of scenario-based planning are an influential part of how institutional strategic management is now being incorporated into modern security organizations.
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"The role of scenario-based planning within security organizations has been a major influence in how policy in constructed for disasters or violent threats to any agency. Security firms have often used various models to help bring about possible scenarios to help create order and return normal functionality to many processes that include the safety of personnel, financial security, and the way that the organization is able to solve possible problems. With a new policy initiative focused on the necessity future scenarios, there is a general consensus through these organizations to bring forth ways to handle problems through their possible causal factors, rather than having to react with uncertain immediacy to events that were not premeditated."
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The "Donora Death Fog" Incident: A Catalyst to Environmental Awareness, 2002.
An investigation into the events of October 1948 in the town of Donora, Pa. and the subsequent rise in environmental issues' awareness.
3,000 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 88.95
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The paper studies the events of October 1948, when a temperature inversion trapped the town of Donora, Pennsylvania in a cloud of smog from local zinc and steel smelting plants for several days, killing an estimated 20 people and leaving many seriously injured. The paper shows how after the incident public perceptions about industrial environmental pollution were indelibly changed and the subsequent increase in demand for risk information influenced many sectors of industrial and political operations--ultimately prompting the nation's first Clean Air Act.
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"Donora, Pennsylvania: "It was once the home of the world's best steel mill, the world's biggest zinc mill and the world's worst air pollution" (Templeton, 1994, p. W1). Given these less than innocuous distinctions, it is perhaps not surprising to us today that the small mill town of Donora was the site of the first known American deaths from air pollution (Coates, 1998). However, in the earlier part of 1948--when the Great Depression was still a vivid and unwelcome memory in the minds of many people--billowing clouds of smog, like those that had hovered for years over the Monongahela River valley mill town of Donora, were seen as a sign of prosperity, not as a harbinger of death (Kiester, 1999). Air pollution concerns were unheard of in Donora in the early 1940s; smoke from the local zinc and steel mills was an accepted and welcomed part of life (Coates, 1998)."
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Security Vulnerability and Incident Reporting, 2001.
A discussion of this highly debated area in the IT industry with potential conclusions to provide a balanced solution.
1,170 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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Both Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and retailers with an Internet presence have struggled over how and when to release information to the public regarding security vulnerabilities and/or security breaches. This paper examines this debate and provides a potential conclusion.
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"In the modern age of information technology, security services and solutions are at the core of any organization?s or Independent Software Vendor?s (ISV) information technology strategy. Security is a baseline and absolute requirement for maintenance of an IT solution, yet it is often also one of the most difficult and dynamic components that IT managers have to contend with. In the past several years, reports of security vulnerabilities and associated attacks have reached ever increasing levels. Interestingly, most attacks occur after security vulnerability has been reported and a patch made available by an ISV."
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