Automatic Train Protection

Fate is an often debated topic. There are many questions that are often asked when talking about fate. There are three questions I will be answering based on Sophie’s World : “Do you believe in Fate?, Is sickness the punishment of the gods?, What forces govern the course of history?” Some other major themes are the purpose of history, Hegel’s view on history, religion,…

Disaster plans are a very important part of designing a security plan. Disasters come in several types. There are physical disasters like earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, and floods. Then you have non-physical such as data breaches and system failures. In order for us to complete our security plan we need to create a disaster plan to help us should an unfortunate event occur. The first step in creating a disaster plan is to conduct a business impact analysis (BIA). To conduct a BIA, we must…

I. Description of the situation. Note the professional and/or ethical behavior discussed. Even though I have no work experience in human resources just yet, I was able to connect one of the common professional/and or ethical behaviors associated with human resources to a personal life situation. In my undergraduate days, I was an active member of a national sorority; in fact, I served as Secretary for one term and then as President for two. During my time as President, I was faced with…

Lives are being lost everyday due to the cost of fires with old fire alarms. According to the National Fire Protection Association, almost two-thirds of home fire deaths result from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA 's) fire department survey, showed that in 2009-2013 fires in homes with no smoke alarms caused an average of 940 deaths per year (38% of home fire deaths). An additional 510 people per year were fatally…

Affirmative action, by definition, is an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education. Using varying instruments and policies, Affirmative Action aims to help underrepresented groups have a better job opportunities or college admissions. Generations of people have been disadvantaged by institutionalized discrimination and one way to remedy this is to place a policy that evens out the playing field. There has been…

"receives the wastes of steel mills, chemical and meat-rendering plants and other industries” (Scott). Within the following year, congress passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA would assist in the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which was given the executive authority to write regulations and ensure that “all Americans are protected from significant risks to human health and the environment where they live, learn, and work” (“Our Mission and What We…

such a wide spread occurrence, the witness protection program was created. For as long as witness intimidation had been a problem, the witness protection program hadn’t been developed until 1970. Back then they were known as Witness Security Program (WITSEC). WITSEC was created from the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 and was developed by then Department of Justice attorney, Gerald Shur (Fyfe & McKay, 2000). The sole purpose of the witness protection program is to keep witnesses and their…

requirements of professional diligence. However, it is witnessed the difficulty to examine the professional diligence of traders. It may only be determined case by case with the assessment of all material facts. Besides, the objective of consumer protection may not be achieved by the provision on professional diligence as consumers neither set up honest market practice nor contribute to develop codes of practice. Therefore, the enforcement of the rules on the professional diligence, as the…

The southern border separating the United States from Mexico is nothing more than a river to people that live and work in the area; imaginary lines that decide the fate of so many people. After the border came into existence, for many years life was as it had always been a constant ebb and flow of migratory workers. Before the morning of September 11, 2001, Americans understood the borders by the typical political sound bites on immigration. After that fateful day, The United States…

It provides the best security at major events, structures, facilities and most importantly, to the president of the United States. The Department of Homeland Security consist of many agencies and other divisions. The Directorate for National Protection and Programs work to reduce risk to facilities and services such as airports, roads, bridges, utilities, and computer system (Mockaitis). Another branch of the Homeland Security is the office of Operation Coordination working to coordinate the…