I. Introduction a. Background on Resilient Neighborhoods • Description of overall Resilient Neighborhoods initiative • Relation to the City’s overall response to Sandy and resiliency planning • Relation to other DCP work, such as Citywide Text Amendment • Relation to other state and federal initiatives • Why this study area was chosen Following Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, New York City developed a detailed action plan for recovery from the storm and the long-term resiliency of the…
Nick Mariano Dr. Mark Wilson ETH 2050 24 November 2014 Game of Drones In the Civil War, Confederate generals like Robert E. Lee dismissed guerilla warfare as dishonorable and immoral. It was akin to shooting a man in the back, they said. Today, guerilla warfare forms the foundation of modern military strategy. No longer do we march our armies into open fields wearing blue uniforms. Instead, soldiers wear camouflage, guns have silencers, snipers are stationed hundreds of meters from the heart of…
The key general capabilities necessary to rebalance the Joint Force 2025 given the current strategic direction and global security environment to ensure Freedom of Maneuver (FOM) in the global commons and dominance within the cyber and space domains. Enhanced capabilities to protect cyber and space domains and synchronized partnered alliances are required to counter threats to these domains. This rebalancing is warranted to maintain a level of readiness that meets the needs of the National…
meetings and its increasing position in the modern business world. The case study also attempts to show the importance of virtual meetings, how it has been enabling the organization for the better decision making and how it has transformed the way of conducting business. This case study report attempts to show outline of Virtual Meetings, its major milestones, future trends or developments about the virtual meeting.…
Mentoring students through the university application process while working for Prep-Zone, a Singapore-based education company, was one experience that brought out my interest in this area. Advising these students illuminated to me the limitations of traditional methods of tutoring. A number of our clients lived all over Asia and commuted…
"sympathy exhaustion" and wellbeing concerns, and large portions of them were connected with anxiety and burnout (see diagram). Officers who reported higher quantities of traumatic caseload occasions and exploitations additionally had higher scores in the zones of burnout, question, sexual issues, family issues, outrage, bended world-view, social/enthusiastic segregation, and feeling excessively dependable. Increments in traumatic anxiety were straightforwardly identified with length of…
Walkthroughs are an essential part of education. Usually preformed by administrators to gain understanding of individual teachers and their classes, walkthroughs hold valuable lessons for anyone in the education field. They showcase various teaching styles, classroom organizations, and learning projects. This week I had the privilege of observing three social studies classrooms at McCulloch Junior High School. Each room was different in structure and style, but each provided valuable insight…
1. Introduction:- - There is no doubt that the profession of pharmacy is one of the most important professions, for that the pharmacist is considered the only expert on drugs and everything about medicine (The knowledge of medicine) is his professional responsibility. The pharmacist has indisputable functions at various levels and should be uniquely qualified. The World Health Organization convened a meeting of a consultative group on the role of the pharmacist in the health care system, in…
In Table 2, the advantages and disadvantages of the three critical measures to protect operating systems, including their specific examples are hereby provided. Most of the disadvantages pertain to costs, time and efforts upon implementation of the critical measures for system protection and security. Moreover, there are no absolute solutions for cyber-attacks, intrusion and hi-jacking of systems and information, except that prevention can substantially reduce these occurrences (Silberschatz, et…
Willow Springs Park runs through the Cherry Hill fault zone and has a history of artesian flowing springs. This paired with 90 years of oil production, a new urban farm, and Coastal Sage Scrub (CSS) community makes the park a uniquely diverse environment. The purpose of conducting research at Willow Springs Park is to monitor the growth of CSS, which consists of low-growing shrubs, many of which are summer deciduous, with some succulents and long-lived grasses, sages, buckwheats, etc. CSS…