Event planning

and allows communities to better understand disasters (Gillespie et al, 1987; Klonglan et al., 1973). Disaster preparedness embraces a broad spectrum of activities that span from risk assessment; the development of response strategies; education planning (Keeney, 2004). It also requires collaboration among diverse stakeholders: governmental agencies at all levels of government, private sector and voluntary organizations. An increasing interest is placed upon the role that communities play in…

In 1990, first Ulta Beauty store was opened in Illinois. Ulta is a public retail company that specializes in various cosmetics, skincare and haircare products, and fragrances for men and women. Now, there are 700 stores operating in 47 states of America. Ulta Beauty carries about 500 brands (most popular are bareMinerals, Benefit Cosmetics, Clinique, Smashbox, Stila, Urban Decay and Tarte) and 200,000 products in their traditional single store. Moreover, Ulta Beauty established its own private…

rocketed from $3 per barrel to $12 by 1974. This disaster was followed by the second energy crisis in 1979. At that time Pierre Wack (1922-1997) was an unconventional French oil executive who developed the scenario process. His success in scenario planning enabled the Royal Dutch/Shell oil giant to anticipate both of these oil catastrophes. Why scenarios Pierre Wack agreed that straightforward forecasts may be very accurate, however he believed that is why they are dangerous. As Peter Drucker…

A long, long, long time ago, approximately 3.5-39 billion years ago the very first living organisms appeared on Earth1. During the Cambrian Period/Explosion the first true diversification occurred on Earth. Prior to this point there was still no vegetation and the oceans had yet to be oxygenated. It is believed that a reduction in the oxygen depleting bacteria lead to the oxygenation of the oceans which lead to the development of hard shelled organisms and an increase in invertebrates as well as…

“As a man thinketh so is he”, a verse from the bible noted by my Grandmother in the interview. Providing the listener with some of my Grandma’s strength as a person and view on her life. Being able to overcome alcoholism is one thing, but becoming a counselor for chemical dependency is another. My Grandma is a very strong lady and has been a great role model for many to look up to, even me ever since I was a little kid. Simply looking at my Grandma’s history: being sober for 51 years, beating…

65,000,000 years ago, an entire species was killed off. There are so many different theories of how the dinosaurs dissapeared. There are many different ways to explain the extinction which took place 65 million years ago. One of the main reasons was the possibility of a sudden change in the climate or atmosphere. For instance, a nearby supernova explosion could heat up the upper atmosphere, disturbing the ozone layer. Disturbing the ozone layer could produce large ice clouds which would cool…

extinction events some species are more probable to survive than others are (Futuyma 173). Amphibians have survived through many of the great extinctions (Kolbert, 2009). They once were an all marine organism but have evolved throughout time and now can live on…

Growing up as an only child to a single parent who worked two jobs to pay the bills taught me a great deal about life. I was not only taught to work hard, but also to be dedicated to by my goals. I saw the injustices of life in ways other children were sheltered from. I remember how difficult it was for my mother to work 16 hours and still provide a home cooked dinner for me, and during that dinner listen to how my day was spent. There were even some days she had to take me to work with her at…

punishment for breaking sacred law, crashing into Earth and killing everything in the vicinity. And we can still see the scars of this event today. The local people feared if they strayed too close to this land they might reignite some otherworldly creature. Luritja people were forbidden from going near the craters, as that was where the…

In order to know exactly what the stumbling block principle is, a stumbling block must be defined as it is used in the Bible. First, in order to understand a stumbling block, “offense” must be defined. Offense within the Bible can be defined in two ways. It can be seen in the Bible as God or Jesus causing unbelievers to stumble in their ways and become saved, and it can also be seen as an experienced Christian causing a new Christian to act against their conscience; this offense can also be…