Horizon

The Dark Raven – (Jason Helmsman) We’d been patrolling San Diego for Some time our chapter was located in downtown. I felt there was a need for us if I didn’t I wouldn’t have wasted my time. I’d been interviewed on television and spoke to youth summer camps and grade school kids. I never revealed my true identity for any of these appearances and that did peek people’s curiosity a little, maybe. But no one ever really went out of their way to find out who we were. I suppose even though I…

educational programming of Horizons for Homeless Children (HHC). Horizons was founded in 1988 to improve the lives of Massachusetts homeless children and their families. With this in mind, the stated missions of Horizons is “to improve the lives of young homeless children in Massachusetts and help their families succeed by providing high-quality early education, opportunities for play, and comprehensive family support services” (n.d.). To accomplish their intended mission, Horizons tells us that…

The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon that occurred in April of 2010 greatly affected the wildlife and habitats that surrounded the northern Gulf. As a result of the oil spill, the impacts it faced on wildlife such as dolphins, whales, sea turtles, fish, birds, and even the Gulf’s floor is detrimental. The article, “The Deepwater Horizon's Impact on Gulf Wildlife and Habitats”, explains the affect the oil spill had on all the wildlife as well as provides links to allow the reader to support and…

companies in America have harnessed tremendous control over the industry. Executives in the oil industry derive significant power from the fact that the economy relies so heavily on oil. As made evident in the circumstances leading up to the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill in 2010, BP and other companies…

The extent that decision making biases placed in the decisions for the Deepwater Horizon case and the specific bias present was availability heuristic bias. The crew on the Deepwater Horizon had never encountered a situation of this magnitude before. The employees of Transocean and BP were arguing about what to do because of the negativity test. They were both relying on information from memory on how to handle the situation. Another biases present in this situation was escalation of…

Some people are oriented toward very short time horizons where they think in terms of minutes and hours- a short time horizon (W&C, 53). Other people think in terms of months and years – a long horizon (W&C, 53). These differences were solved through proper planning, congruent communication, and clearly defining roles and responsibilities. The team also incorporated both task…

Bias Decisions made at Deepwater Horizon To understand the decision-making biases that occurred with BP and Transocean one must begin to understand the magnitude of control BP had over the Transocean rig. Petroleum (BP), is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. It is a multi-billion company providing over 16,000 jobs in the United States. BP offers exploration for natural gas (BP, n.d.). The United States provides for nearly one-third of BP’s worldwide…

The scientific significance of New Horizons was great. Up to this point, we had uncovered several mysteries about the planets in the solar system. However, the dwarf planets and smaller objects in our solar system’s outer reaches had great potential for scientific discovery as well. Pluto was chief among these. Specifically, the mission of New Horizons was to explore the Pluto – Charon system, as well as some of their Kuiper Belt cousins (New Frontiers Program, 2015). More specifically, the…

Abstract. On 20 April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon, located off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, exploded with 126 people aboard oil spill quickly became one of the largest accidental release of oil in the world affecting us humans, animals, and the environment. Our group decided to pick this topic because the nature of this accident was unlike anything seen before. We want to know what lead to the failure, how it developed, and what the end result was. Around 210 of million US…

Sex: A Horizon Guide, a documentary directed by Michael Duffy and released September 11, 2013, discusses the importance of science in the development of the human’s understanding of human sexuality and the technology helping those with problems relating to sex, such as erectile dysfunction, STIs, gender dysphoria, infertility, and unwanted pregnancies. Overall, I was impressed with the role science has played in developing medicine and other technologies that most take for granted today, but…