Extractive Industries and the Resource Curse Introduction Extractive industries are categorized as those that operate through mechanisms of removing valuable minerals and other treasured aggregates from the earth. According to Wikipedia, resource curse refers to the paradox that states; nations with plenty of natural resources e.g., fossils fuels, usually have minimal economic growth and experience the worse in economic growth and development. Most of these countries have high potential to boosts their economies, but the resources are squandered by the corrupt few who control the economy, or the resources remain unmined due to civil wars and related political issues. There is always a strong relationship between the resource curse and the extraction industries. Economists contest on the existence of positive and negative spillovers from mineral extraction to the economy of a country, suggesting that they are influenced by locals, particularly in the presence of a foreign multinational (Gilberthorpe, 2015). In this paper, Gilberthorpe indicates that whether the country benefits from the resource extraction or not, that will entirely depend on the decisions made by the locals. The extracting company has…
Couple indicted with animal cruelty after footage revealed them abusing their horse A Colorado couple was accused and charged with animal cruelty for abusing their horse. They were caught on the camera doing the act. The camera footage revealing the cruel act went viral on Facebook over the weekend, and the public was quick to condemn the couple as “awful,” “sickening,” and “incredibly heartless.” The footage showed the horse being forcefully pulled along an icy road while it was tied to the back of a vehicle. The horse, named Trigger, was clearly in a state of distress. It pulls hard to get free and slides across the road. According to CNN, the horse’s owners, 59-year-old John Saldate and his wife 33-year-old Amber Saldate, have been charged with animal cruelty this week after an enquiry by the Grand County Sheriff’s Office. Ms. Saldate, in an interview with CBS Denver, complained about the outcome of the incident to the reporter. She said, “You make one stupid decision, and it can ruin your life,” she told Matt Kroschel. “I’ve hurt many people. I…
Fire balloon frames Many companies are combating for working structure fire within the three-story, using the victory style, and the balloon frame house with its basement. As its fire started from the basement and reached the first floor. With the fire on the first floor being suppressed and still having some active fire at the attic. While the second floor may have fire involvement. The scenario has the main concern with the void spaces at the walls. The fire runs through the walls to its highest level. With the fire activity beginning at the upper floors of the building. When this happens, it will create a risk to the fireman. Due to this, there will be a rise in the fire burning ability downward? When the fire gets to the top is the attic base on this situation. And will possibly freely burn downward. This type of building allows the spared of fire to void from the floors resulting in a building collapse. Fire balloon frames Based on the scenario, in this case, the construction of many buildings and fire…
HOW TO SEASON A NEW SMOKER Ready for you next cook-off with that sleek BBQ gear? Well, hold your horses because there’s one thing you need to do first- season it! The initial step to grilling some finger-licking barbeque is to learn how to season a new smoker. The task may seem daunting but worry not because we’ve got you covered. Seasoning isn’t just about adding pepper and salt to meat but rather, cleaning the inside of your smoking equipment. You might hear other BBQ aficionados call it ‘curing’ or ‘pre-seasoning’, and to some extent, they’re right. It’s laying the proper foundation for tremendous BBQ results. Let’s explore simple steps that you should follow to unlock your smoking beast truly. What you didn’t know about seasoning Seasoning a brand new smoker serves two primary purposes: extending the equipment’s life by preventing rust and cleaning off unwanted contaminants from the manufacturing process. But more importantly, it’s a great chance to know your BBQ baby inside-out to avoid ruining any expensive brisket. The exact method will vary from one smoker to…
Disaster Recovery Plans for Small and Medium Businesses Hey Kranthi Abbu, You did a great work in contributing to this week’s discussion on concepts learned from the risk management course. I agree with you that the discussion involved was much value to the class.Especially the questions posted after a discussion. I also agree that business continuity planning, CSIRT, and disaster recovery planning were some essential concepts from the course (Gross Jr, W. F. (2017).However, I think planning risk mitigation was another vital concept learned from the course. The concept is essential in that it helps one to take action to reduce the possibility of risk occurrence. Hey Uday Samudrala, You did a great work of participating in this week’s discussion on important concepts learned from the course. I agree with you that planning risk mitigations and management of threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits are essential concepts from the course. I also agree that lab sessions were significant in that they gave direction to learners on how to develop an outline for risk mitigation (Ager, Kline & Fischer,2015). However, I think discussions…
Reflection Paper on The Austronesian Expansion This world map, which covers about ¾ of the surface of our planet, shows us the extent of what is one of the unknown expansions of humanity: that of the Austronesian peoples. Like the Indo-European peoples that came to populate Europe, the Middle East, and the Indian Subcontinent, these were processes triggered by population growth, but prolonged growth, which was gradually and dragged by millennia. As part of prehistory, everything that is thought to be known about these processes at the moment results from the work of archeology, linguistic investigations, and, more recently, genetics. One of the biggest surprises of the Austronesian expansion is the location of its cradle. Although there are other theories – there are always them under these circumstances – the predominant one places the origin of the Austronesian peoples on the eastern shores of Taiwan. There is no way to deceive the irony: the island is now mostly populated by Chinese (98%). It constitutes, as a Republic of China and as an expression of the refusal to accept communist…
Incident Command Systems in Disaster Management Incident Command is a disaster management system designed to suit domestic disaster management. The system integrates a mixture of procedures, personnel, equipment, facilities, and a string of communication processes operating within a structure. The structure of the Incident Command Systems (ICSs) suits the facilitation of an organization’s five significant fields, for instance, logistics, planning, intelligence, investigation (FEMA, 2017). The system works in managing a wide range of areas both commercially and domestically, including finance, administration, and disaster that may cause physical damage. The fundamentals in these systems enable managers to identify significant concerns linked to the incident of the catastrophe at the time of occurrence (Gnoni & Saleh, 2017). Moreover, the system also considers matters of urgency without diverting attention to other components of the system. This research topic focuses on the impediments of the system during any form of disaster, either domestically or commercially. Background The background of incident command systems in disaster management begins from defining an incident and relating it to disaster. Research across the United States investigates the fundamental and…
“Rakaposhi Scene Speaks” Suddenly the motorbike stopped on the deserted road and started to descend, upon my inquiry we found that we were stopping at a yard. And so Abraham and Ibrahim should stay. Do you see that a memorial named “Memorial No. 1, Engineer Battalion” was erected in recognition of the services of the people who walked on the construction of the Karakoram highway from 1966 to 1972? Their graves are there too. This memorial is made in memory of the enormous engineers, laborers and other staff who have sacrificed their lives while participating in the nation’s construction and development in the Karakoram Mountains and have fallen asleep forever in the mountains. Hotels in Rakaposhi There are several hotels in front of me, with a bunch of domestic and foreign tourists. Many people from Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan are here with the family. Many children are playing with transparent water flowing from the foot of the monastery. On my query an innocent girl said, Uncle is very cold water. In my freezer I do not have that much cold water.…
The Importance of Ancient and Modern Methods of Water Conservation Water is a significant challenge in drylands. From the old age up to the present, various technologies to harvest and use water, either as surface water or rainwater, have been invented. During the ancient times in Mesopotamia, impressive hydraulic structures such as the Sennacherib Aqueduct was constructed to harvest and provide water for irrigation to the people living in water-scarce areas (Tamburrino, 2010). To cope with water scarcity, human societies develop water management approaches in proximity to cultural and social evolution Ancient methods of conserving water have two significant features; they lead to practices that are: connected to sustainable management and utilization of natural resources, and are socially sociable. For instance, oases demonstrate the traditional management approach in the usage of geomorphological and physical factors. Oases comprise a water management and distribution system, cultivation of plants that are salinity and aridity tolerant, and planting structure that control micro-climate. Over the years, water conservation has become a global issue; thus, new initiatives and technology have been developed to modernize the process…
risk elimination It is on a high note that most people do not differentiate between risk management and risk elimination. In a well-defined manner, risk management is essentially the process of assessing, identifying, and also controlling threats to the organization’s capital and earnings. The threats detailed in risk management are from different sources, which are inclusive of the legal liabilities, financial uncertainty, accidents, and natural disasters, and many other ways. Risk elimination on the other side can also be termed as risk avoidance, which is the ways of doing away the hazards, items, and the exposures which can negatively have an effect on the company’s assets. For a risk elimination to be carried out, a strategy has to be designed so as to deflect as many threats as possible so as to have the avoidance of the costly and the disruptive consequences which can be experienced from a damaging event. The methodology in the risk elimination gets a good attempt at minimizing the vulnerabilities, which are threats posing. Most essentially, in carrying out of risk elimination in an organization, policy,…