How did the physical geography of London change in the two centuries after the Great Fire? The Great Fire of London happened during the reign of Charles I, in the early 1600s. It began in a bakery in Pudding Lane and within three days had levelled 70% of everything north of the River Thames. The great fire of London changed the physical geography of London forever. It proved to be a source of the new dawn of the city. Buildings were reshaped, new structures came into existence. Construction work started all over the city. London at the time was a mess having not ever been planned; evolving from the ancient Roman city through mediaeval times to a slum with houses encroached and narrow streets presenting a significant fire risk. The aftermath of the fire saw the planned building of a new London with broad, well laid out streets pretty much as they are now. In 1666 there was an outbreak of the plague, and the fire killed many of the black rats carrying the disease, so there was never another…

Book Report:John Barylick’s “Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America’s Deadliest Rock Concert” Concert bands have been identified as the most celebrated and recognized live events in the United States. Most young people usually identify with rock bands because of the merry that comes along with it. The aim of the concert and club-goers is to find fun and celebrate their music. On the other hand, club owners and band members try to make the best out of shows by ensuring they sell membership to as many people as possible. The organizers lit up the concerts by all means of strategies such as lighting flames and making fireworks. Some of the means of making people happy may sometimes end in tragedies as was the case at a roadhouse called The Station in West Warwick, Rhode Island. On February 20, 2003, a tragedy occurred at a live rock concert that led to many years of investigations and legal proceedings. The organizers of the concert were found culpable of causing deaths and injury too many people who had gone to the party…

Preparing Your Retirement Home for Family Vacations   Going for a smaller and more accessible retirement home in Nevada or Arizona is a great choice. You can convert your house into a holiday home for your extended family to save on hotel fees. There is something for everyone in Nevada and Arizona. You can visit the Grand Canyon, see the Monument Valley, enjoy the beauty of Lake Tahoe or marvel at the magnificent hoover dam. All this sounds like good fun, but you have to make room for your grandchild as your family stays over. No worries, though. We have created this guide to show you to convert your retirement home into a holiday home your family will love.   Selecting the Baby’s Room Choosing where your grandbaby will be spending most of his or her time is very important. Luckily, you have some options. You can go for the room closest to the guest bedroom where the parents will be staying. Better yet, you can make small changes and build additions to the guestroom to accommodate the baby. From…

Sociology and Crimes Across all cultures, men tend to commit more crimes than women accounting for a higher percentage of those charged with violent crimes. However, some of the recent reports and news show a changing trend in criminal acts, with more women getting involved with violent crimes closing the gender gap (Chun). The study seeks to determine the contributors to the closing gender gaps in violent crimes through sociology aspects and how they impact the perception of the two sex’s committing violent crimes. The Missouri shouting, as reported by the Fox News, resulted in the deaths of a police officer and three other people after they got shot by a male shooter who ended up shooting himself. The shooting was carried out by a 31-year-old man from Springfield identified as Joaquin Roman at the Km & Go having fired the other three locations from the south of the city (Fox news). Another violent incident involves a woman aged 41 years called Sarah Boone, who caused the death of her boyfriend. As the Independent reports, the woman is alleged to…

Explain the Youth Firearms Violence Initiative In recent times leading up to the year 1995, the rate of juveniles involved in crime and firearm violence was increasing. The exposure led to killings and the use of weapons to commit robberies with violence and other crimes (Dunworth, 2000). Further, these juveniles were committing these homicides themselves. Therefore, the Department of Justice developed a framework aimed at collaborating with local communities in different states to address this trend and reduce the number of crimes committed by juveniles with weapons. The depart through its Community Oriented Policing Service (COPS) established the Youth Firearm Violence Initiative (YFVI) to combat the ever-increasing instances of juvenile firearm violence. Under this plan, the program offered up to one million dollars to ten cities that were participating in running interventions that used a community policing approach to reduce the number of violent firearms crimes executed by juveniles. The program was also designed to address gang-associated and drug-related crimes and incidences. The program reckoned that up to 1995, the rate of violent crimes carried out by young people had…

Hundreds Fired and Millions Lost in Hospital Benefits Fraud This article is about the massive fraud and benefits scheme at Baycrest Hospital in Toronto. This is one of the most massive frauds of its kind, where more than 150 employees were caught and fired, and multimillions lost. It was reported that each of the 150 employees passed pocketed between $25000 and $100000. The fraud and scamming was done by making fake benefits claims for things like physiotherapy and chiropractic services. The employees would submit invoices for services they never received and received a kickback in return. For the most part, this was encouraged by coworkers, and some even felt entitled to the scam money. Brean, Joseph. 2019. “Toronto hospital fires around 150 employees after uncovering multimillion-dollar fraud” National Post, July 10. Retrieved October 9. 2019 (https://nationalpost.com/news/torontos-baycrest-hospital-fires-around-150-employees-after-uncovering-multimillion-dollar-fraud-scheme) Introduction Paragraph This paper is about white-collar crime and why crimes done in groups make criminals feel better about it. Groupthink has always been a topic when it comes to crime, the more people committing the crime, the more the individuals feel safe. The…

What is a Web Browser (and What Happened to WhatBrowser.org) After a few unsuccessful attempts, Jason Toff, a Programming Manager at Google, finally gave up on trying to explain to his mother what a web browser was. In 2009, Toff created WhatBrowser.org, a website that provided more information about web browsers for both tech and non-tech users. WhatBrowser.org is no longer available, and we took some time to find out what happened to the website. The web browser is perhaps one of the most important software no one thinks about. We simply click on the browser icon, and we are instantly transported into the world wide web. But browsers have come a long way ever since they represented a window into the internet or a central starting point to a web experience. Fast forward three decades and many of the proprietary technologies and features that enabled interactive user experiences have given way to newer features and capabilities that deliver great online experiences. People like browsers even more because they now also provide a broader range of functionalities such as web…

Why cybersecurity is important today. Cybersecurity involves everything to do with protecting sensitive data, industry information systems: data, governmental, among others that are important and require security. The risk of cybersecurity is increasing each day. It is highly attributed to the rise in global connectivity and the high usage of cloud services. Almost every business today has access to cloud services in which they store their data. Configuration settings for this data are very sensitive and require much attention. Poor configuration of these settings poses an even higher greater risk to these cybersecurity threats. A data breach is something that every company should be careful about because it is very prevalent, especially in modern times. In the olden days, people relied much on antivirus software and firewalls. This is a technology that has been long gone. These threats come from any side of the organization. It is becoming harder for business managers to rely on cybersecurity professionals to do the work for them. Businesses should look into educating their staff about these risks and any other threats that may be…

What you need to know about worker’s compensation in Charlotte NC   Long before the industrial revolution, most workers did not get compensation if they got injured while executing their duties. They were not lucky enough to get benefit from their employers; therefore, no guarantee to medical care. The employers would find a replacement, and that was all. Later on, federal and state laws chipped in to protect the employees.   The worker’s compensation process is quite simple. You sustain injuries or may develop an occupational sickness, file a claim, and get the benefits until you resume to work. Moreover, an employee cannot sue their employer on all work-related injuries but instead its a tradeoff. It is essential to seek legal advice from an attorney once injured.   Do all the injuries qualify for the benefit? Well, injuries may be caused by accidents, long term exposure to toxic chemicals, slips, trips and falls, shocks and electrocution, fires and explosions, violent acts by colleagues, customers etc. The injuries do not have to be as a result of immediate, one- time accident…

Facebook Security Breach Introduction Facebook is widely used throughout the world. It serves 2.37 billion active users. People use Facebook for different uses. Some business other personal accounts. About 60 million are business accounts. Regardless of whether the account is business or private, user privacy is essential. Unfortunately, Facebook has had a history of a security breach and unlawful access to user information. One major occurrence is the security breach that occurs in July 2017 but wasn’t realized until September 2018.  However, this breach could have been prevented, as will be explained in this paper. The major security breach On September 25, Facebook discovered a foreseen security breach that affected about 50 million accounts. The vulnerability was introduced in the site in July 2017, but Facebook did not realize until it was too late. A spike in unusual activity is what led to the discovery of the attack. This vulnerability enabled hackers to take over user accounts. The attackers used bugs, which allowed the attacker to see all contents in a victim’s profile. However, FB did not confirm if the…