Briggs Initiative

opportunity cost of the land, possible over-exploitation of the zoo’s resources, and protests by social/political activists regarding commercial activities. Recommendations: The following recommendations offer implementable solutions to the key issues raised previously: 1) Extend hours to operation from 8:00AM to 7:00PM (April to September) and from 8:00AM to 6:00PM (October to March). 2) Offer specific ticket fares for adults and children: INR 15 and INR 10. Then increase them in 10-20% intervals every year. 3) Invest in an audio-visual show about conservation. 4) Do not use the land for other commercial purposes (i.e. reinstating boat races). 5) Invest in optimal marketing and publicity for the zoo. 6) Implement an employee recognition initiative to reward performance. 7) On a long-term horizon, invest the net profits into the CZA-required renovations. Rationale: Tata Steel established the Tata Steel Zoological Park to protect animals, and to educate and entertain the local Jamshedpur community. If the current loss-making situation continues, the zoo will be unable to meet those objectives and therefore, would have to be shut down. The 7 recommendations ensure that this is avoided. The financial performance of the zoo can be improved by extending hours to operations by taking into account the sunrise and sunset times of Jamsehdpur. If the zoo was to extend hours from 8:00AM to 7:00PM (April to September), as daylight ends closer to 7:00PM, and from 8:00AM to 6:00PM…

propositions. This begs the question, “What exactly are these California propositions?”. The California propositions are essentially state-wide initiatives that directly voted by the California voters rather than the state legislature. In this election year, 17 propositions were on the state ballot with one being Proposition 67. Proposition 67 was essentially a ballot…

groups including Christian pop singers ran a campaign named Save our children, and in no time the needed signatures were collected, and the bill was overruled in a bid dubbed as the Orange Tuesday. Irrespective of this challenge, Milk remained a de facto activist for gay community’s rights. Milk led thousand of the homosexual community to streets. He threatened to turn the demonstration into violence. Once Milk realized his great influence in the gay community, he decided to run again fort the…

“To ensure the success of the colonization,” began the General, “only those individuals deemed essential as outlined in the New Earth Initiative press release from February 4th, 2116 will be granted a seat on the first series of launches to New Earth.” The broadcast continued for a while longer as the General called out the names of the approximately 800 scientists, local politicians, business leaders, and cultural icons who had been deemed “essential individuals.” I winced when I heard my…

Piling itself, burying itself. Higher. Deeper’ (158). Morrison effectively connotes Denver as the snow, doing all the work to cover the house. In other words, she takes action on her own to help the entire household. While Sethe became too distracted in her love affairs with Paul D, Denver took initiative to comfort Beloved when nobody could do so. While Denver becomes more independent and mother-like to Beloved due to her altruistic actions, her actions of taking responsibility…

The legal drinking age for military serving on active duty can vary from around the world. The minimum drinking age in the United States military is twenty-one and in other countries the minimum drinking age is eighteen. Germany has maybe the most relaxed laws for military personnel, which they only have to be eighteen to drink and can drink a maximum of two beers during the duty day. Young men and women can join the United States military at eighteen, have the right to vote, are tried as an…

Law enforcement also has the duty to stop illegal behavior. There have been several instances in across the U.S. where the police fail to punish minors for drinking under the age. When the police show up at a party where teens are getting drunk they have been known to respond to the situation by taking the alcohol and making their parents pick them up. Nothing goes on the person who provides the alcohol or the minor’s record; both groups are simply given a warning. The drinking law is a commonly…

Hundreds of teens have been injured or died each year for underage drinking and driving. The alcohol age should not be lowered to 18, it needs to remain at 21 in order to protect teens from hurting themselves. Many young teens are experiencing the issues of drinking too much, and because of this, underage drinking is a leading public health problem. Some studies show that young people who drink put themselves at risk for potential health problems. About 5,000 people under the age of 21 die…

For many years, one of the biggest issues nationwide has been the abuse of alcohol by all age groups; however, this is primarily true for the 18-21 year old age bracket. In 1987, Ronald Reagan and his administration pressured states by threatening local funding cuts. His ultimate goal was for a nationwide minimum legal drinking age of 21 (Tooney, et al, 2009). Supporters of this, such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), believed that this law would end drunk driving related deaths. As a…

The magical number eighteen is when one is considered an adult along with being eligible to vote, get married, join the military, and even purchase tobacco however an eighteen year old is not allowed to purchase or consume alcohol. Thirty years ago the legal drinking age in America was set at eighteen years old , and things regarding alcohol use were okay back then however the only problem was the casualties drunk driving caused. I believe the legal drinking age is past due and America is…