...aftermath of a zombie apocalypse has left the city of Houston, Texas, completely devastated. The destruction has left Houston’s city and citizens in ruins. Few made it through the zombie attack, and now the city stands in an unstable and deteriorated state. With more than half the population already wiped out by the apocalypse, forming a secure and sustainable way of producing food for the community must be achieved by the city’s government. As my cities planner, I must decide on a sustainable and productive agricultural system that will support my cities recovering population. Planning ahead for Houston’s future, industrial agriculture stands as the only viable option to support the city’s future agricultural success. Before the zombie apocalypse, Houston stood as the fourth most populous city in the country. At its prime the city boasted well over two and a half million people, and had one of the largest oil and gas industries in the country. Now, the city stands barely even a shadow of what it used to be. The two million citizens that once thrived here now have dwindled to less than 800,000. The city’s government must decide how it will tackle the substantial job of feeding its surviving populous in this post-apocalyptic world. The officials have two options of agricultural style, either urban or industrial. Both of these come with their own pros and cons, but industrial agriculture is better suited for an area like Houston. The industrial model as a whole stands in contrast...
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...retirement savings will be denied thousands of e-mails and other electronic and paper files that could have helped illuminate the actions and motivations of Enron executives involved in what now is the biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history. Supervisors at Arthur Andersen repeatedly reminded their employees of the document-destruction memo in the weeks leading up to the first Security and Exchange Commission subpoenas that were issued on Nov. 8. And the firm declines to rule out the possibility that some destruction continued even after that date. Its workers had destroyed "a significant but undetermined number" of documents related to Enron, the accounting firm acknowledged in a terse public statement last Thursday. But it did not reveal that the destruction orders came in the Oct. 12 memo. Sources close to Arthur Andersen confirm the basic contents of the memo, but spokesman David Tabolt said it would be "inappropriate" to discuss it until the company completes its own review of the explosive issue. Though there are no firm rules on how long accounting firms must retain documents, most hold on to a wide range of them for several years. Any deliberate destruction of documents subject to subpoena is illegal. In Arthur Andersen's dealings with the documents...
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...Mark Holder 3/04/2015 Texas History 2306 Legalizing The Use of Marijuana in Texas To Be or Not To Be There is always a big debate over the legalization of recreational use of the commonly known all natural drug marijuana. In my opinion the debate stems from the stigma that has always been associated with marijuana use. That stigma, unto which was onset in the early 1960’s from the “ Hippy” generation has carried over into modern day, thus making the use of weed, marijuana, gongja. Reefer, or chronic as a substance that is destined to lead you to destruction. It would be easy for me to reference a lot of different resources when addressing this subject, but since I have so much hands on experience in the use of cannabis, I will start with myself and my history of the use of marijuana and why I feel like it should be legalized. My use of marijuana started at the age of 12. It was at a point in my life as to choose which side of peer pressure that I would submit to. I initially tried cigarettes, as a matter of fact a variety of brands, none to which I can actually say suited my taste. My first experience with marijuana took me to a place of calmness. My biggest fear of my first smoke was “What are the side effects?”. Needless to say my side effects were tolerable very to me, and damaging to any ones kitchen that I was in, because I was extremely hungry and very inquisitive, during mediocre conversations. This is a brief summary of my personal...
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...controlled on the way they conduct business through the instruction of auditing, corporate governance, and financial reporting. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act came about due to the issues with Enron. Enron was an organization founded based on two companies: InterNorth and Houston Natural Gas. Enron grew rapidly in the United States and maintained strong globally. Even through Enron progressed, the executives became greedy. Days before Enron announced a $618 million loss over the third quarter, the company’s accountants told workers to destroy all audit material and keep the basic work documents. Because of this, workers suing Enron for lost retirement savings were denied all of the backup paperwork to support their claims against Enron. Enron’s accounting firm reminded employees of the document destruction process prior to the subpoenas issued by the Security and Exchange Commission. There is speculation that documents were being destroyed even after the subpoenas were issued. Accounting firms are to use a retention policy, and any intentional destruction of a document that could be subpoenaed is illegal. The accounting for a company like Enron is complex. Enron fell so fast and took with its’ destruction jobs and pensions of hundreds of workers and loss on millions for investors. Shell companies, who partnered with Enron, were able to allow Enron to profit and keep millions of debit off of their books. Once the word was out about...
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...choices; moral philosophy; and the rules of standards governing the conduct of the members of a profession”. The Enron scandal is already part of the history as one of the reasons why Business and Accounting Ethics had become more than ever a major concern in today’s businesses. In this paper we’ll review and analyze all the major reasons why will Enron collapse. To begin with, Enron in only 15 years grew rapidly and became of the biggest companies in the United States. Enron employed more than 21,000 people in more than 40 countries. Everything was running perfectly; however, one day unexpectedly the company stared to have major Accounting problems. Let’s review and list the facts : - Enron Corporation, created in 1985 by merger of Houston Natural Gas and Nebraska based InterNorth Natural Gas Company. - After the merger in February 1986, Ken Lay was named as the new company’s CEO and chairman of the board. He served from February 1986 to February 2001. He stepped down in February 2001 but reassumed the position in August 2001 until he resigned in January 2002. He was one of the top key players. - Soon after the Enron was created, the natural gas market got deregulated. Deregulation of the Nation's energy markets created tremendous challenges for the Enron and elimanitated its ability to claim exclusive use of its pipeline system. Enron began to transform from a traditional energy company into an iregulated utilities-focused investment company. Enron ended up producing and...
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...Enron Managerial Organization Ismael Cruz University of Phoenix LDR531 Instructor Jerry Kahn 02/27/2012 Enron Managerial Organization Organizational behavior theories help manage organizations with managerial issues, such as Enron, an energy company based in Houston, Texas, as in October 2001, revealed the largest accounting failure and internal financial corruption in U.S. history. Perhaps, the lack of transparency, and dishonest executives cause the company’s failure. The lack of specific organizational-behavior theories reviewed in this paper, help identify the reasons for Enron’s failure, and how the establishment and adherence to such theories could avoid such problems. Enron’s History In 1985, Kenneth Lay created Enron by merging energy companies InterNorth and Houston Natural Gas, which became highly profitable through further diversifying and expanding its assets such as electricity plants, paper and pulp plants, gas pipelines, and other services. By 1992, Enron was the leader in natural gas sales n North America. From 1990 to 1998, the company’s stock had increased 311 percent, and its market capitalization was $60 billion by the end of 2000, which also received recognition as the most innovative company in America, by Fortune’s Most Admired Companies Survey (Roston, 2002). Enron’s Scandal President and Founder Kenneth Lay, with the aid of CEO Jeffrey Skilling, created Enron’s “special” board of executives, who were able to hide billions of dollars in deficit...
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...Water Control: Flooding Issues in Houston, Texas The purpose of this paper is to analyze and discuss the flooding problems in Houston, Texas. As a part of this analysis, this paper will assess the economical, political, and legal implications of Houston’s flooding. It will also explain the relationship that psychology has to environmental preservation, and will create a solution to the issue at hand. In the process of proposing a conceivable solution, this paper will discuss the economic, political, and legal barriers of the solution, how they can be overcome, and why this solution will be successful. Flooding Issues in Houston, Texas Houston, Texas is home to over two million individuals, and is the fourth largest city within the United States of America. It is located in the Southeastern part of the state of Texas, and sits roughly 50 feet above sea level. Houston is known for its famous nickname of the Bayou City, as it is home to over 2,500 miles of manmade rivers. These manmade rivers (bayous) are the city of Houston’s way of containing and channeling rain water to the ocean. This alternative drainage system was a much needed installation because of the city’s position, as compared to the sea level (Bayou Preservation, 2012). Currently, Houston suffers from severe flooding issues (i.e. flash floods, urban floods, river and bayou floods), and depending upon the area of town, the probability of high and slow moving floodwaters increase. As the city’s population...
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...THE ALAMO I chose to write about the Alamo because I watched this movie when I was younger and wanted to watch it again now that I have a better perspective on the history that took place in the Battle for the Alamo. The movie takes place in San Antonio in early 1836, 6,000 Mexicans marched to The Alamo to fight a group of patriots of 187 strong; they were led by Colonel William B. Travis. During the 10 days of fighting, the Mexicans fought and fired their cannons until they were able to climb over the walls of The Alamo., to defeat the patriots. Among the dead were frontiersmen Davy Crockett and the Bowie brothers. This paper will explain how John Hancock interprets the history of the Alamo, along with the characterization of William B. Travis, Davy Crockett, and Jim Bowie and finally the cinematography of the movie of the story of the Alamo. Colonel William B. Travis was a main character of the Movie. Travis was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel of the Legion of Cavalry and became the chief recruiting officer for a new regular Texan army. Governor Henry Smith ordered Travis to raise a company of professional soldiers to reinforce the Texans under James C. Neill at the Alamo Mission in San Antonio. On February 3, Travis arrived in San Antonio with eighteen regulars as reinforcements. A compromise was reached between Bowie and Travis for command of the Alamo; with Bowie in command the volunteers and Travis in command of the regulars. When Bowie's health began to fail, it...
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...Water Control: Flooding Issues in Houston, Texas The purpose of this paper is to analyze and discuss the flooding problems in Houston, Texas. As a part of this analysis, this paper will assess the economical, political, and legal implications of Houston’s flooding. It will also explain the relationship that psychology has to environmental preservation, and will create a solution to the issue at hand. In the process of proposing a conceivable solution, this paper will discuss the economic, political, and legal barriers of the solution, how they can be overcome, and why this solution will be successful. Flooding Issues in Houston, Texas Houston, Texas is home to over two million individuals, and is the fourth largest city within the United States of America. It is located in the Southeastern part of the state of Texas, and sits roughly 50 feet above sea level. Houston is known for its famous nickname of the Bayou City, as it is home to over 2,500 miles of manmade rivers. These manmade rivers (bayous) are the city of Houston’s way of containing and channeling rain water to the ocean. This alternative drainage system was a much needed installation because of the city’s position, as compared to the sea level (Bayou Preservation, 2012). Currently, Houston suffers from severe flooding issues (i.e. flash floods, urban floods, river and bayou floods), and depending upon the area of town, the probability of high and slow moving floodwaters increase. As the city’s population...
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...project with NIH. We have highlighted all the instruction areas in yellow. Please review each section carefully and contact SPH IT Services for any additional details. 1. Information System Name/Title [Enter the name of the system (or systems)] 2. Information System Owner [Enter the name and contact information for the system owner] Derek Drawhorn Asst Dean, Information Technology Services University of Texas Health Science Center Houston School of Public Health 1200 Herman Pressler Suite RAS E-17 Houston, TX 77030 (713) 500-9533 Derek.d.drawhorn@uth.tmc.edu 3. Other Designated Contacts, Including Those with “root” Access. [Enter the names and contact information for any other critical technical or administrative contacts for this system. This should include the IT (policy) director, system administrators, data center contacts, etc] Chris Harvey Asst Director, Information Technology Services University of Texas Health Science Center Houston School of Public Health 1200 Herman Pressler Suite RAS E-17 Houston, TX 77030 (713) 500-9544 Christopher.m.harvey@uth.tmc.edu 4. Assignment of Security Responsibility [Who is responsible for implementing security policy? Enter the name and contact information of the security contact for this system, if different from above] Information security is a multi-tiered approach from both the systems administrators (listed above) in cooperation with the UTHSC Information Security team. The contact below is...
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...individual will hear constantly in their workplace. Unethical practices that are done the parties that are involved usually try to justify their actions. Employees will constantly feel the pressure of unethical and integrity in the accounting field. Individuals do unethical behaviors for personal gain or for fear of losing their jobs and they have been threatened by their supervisor and thus feel the need to conform to their demands. Unethical laws are broken it can affect the whole company and can create complete chaos. When individuals hear unethical behavior two names come to mind which is the Enron and Tyco unethical behavior scandals that made headlines. The world witnessed the complete destruction and collapse of Enron. Enron was an energy company based out in Houston, Texas. It was believes they company practice insider trading, bribes, falsifying financial documents, and other unethical behaviors. The unethical accounting behaviors were legal until the government passed the Sarbanes-Oxely Act in 2002. The Sarbanes-Oxely Act created standards that companies had to be held accountable for their accounting practices and statements. Also this act was intended to protect investors and to make sure they get accurate financial statements. The purpose was for companies to use the (GAAP) which is the generally accepted accounting principles. The GAAP was to set principles in reporting the balance sheet to the company’s shareholders. The companies must also make sure that...
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...by upland forests that include cedar elm, honey locust, mesquite and juniper trees. This park host a variety of common animals that include bobcat, coyote, fox, and raccoon, as well as aquatic species ranging from large- mouth bass, white bass, and crappie. Over the years this ecosystems functional dynamics have changed because of the development of homes and retail shopping centers that have diminished the cedar forest that covered the land. The Golden-cheeked Warbler suffered due to habitat destruction and was on the verge of extinction but because of the unique habitat found at Cedar Hill State Park the Golden-Cheeked Warbler was spotted in 2004. The tall grass prairie was a migratory habitat for the Eskimo Curlew now thought to be extinct. These are some of the species that have been forced out of their habitat and in any instance this occurs it affects the ecosystem of that habitat severely. Biogeochemical cycles may have been affected in this habitat by development and destruction of trees. When people build on land without consideration for natural ecosystems, they can cause harm to wildlife and even to human health. In the Cedar Hill...
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...WNBA and the Economy The topic of sports is an ongoing form of popular entertainment that generates millions of dollars per year. Although the revenue is enormous, the slow demise of the Women’s National Basketball Association is apparent within the economy. Many other factors, including the recession, have had an enormous effect on the deterioration of this league. Some of these factors include the demand for women’s basketball which has led to a decrease in fan base, salaries, and funding for other teams, ultimately contributing to the downfall of this empire. In dissecting this problem, it becomes evident that the demand for this particular sport is an issue. How many people have a desire to watch this sport, and furthermore are willing to pay a price for this entertainment? The WNBA fan base is slowly declining, and as a result, less money is being generated from the public. Spectators have concluded that the growing audience has been hard to come by for the WNBA, which is apparent by the league’s attendance history. With the WNBA falling short of its male counterpart attendance wise, the WNBA has the lower hand of the deal when it comes to ticket pricing. The WNBA is already put at a disadvantage by having half as many seasonal games as the NBA. The average WNBA ticket price is fifteen dollars as opposed to the average NBA ticket being forty-five dollars. When compared with the attendance rate, the women’s basketball league is struggling tremendously. With people already...
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...EXPAND ON GILDED AGE CORRUPTION IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Was it innovation or greed and corruption that played a pivotal role in making the United States the leading industrialized nation in the world during the late 19th Century and early 20th Century, also known as the Gilded Age? In the book, Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson the author describes how greed and corruption by the United States government ultimately leads to poor decisions after a horrific disaster in 1900 [Larson]. In addition, well-researched essays by Henry Demarest Lloyd and Emma Goldman back up Larson’s theory that the Gilded Age was actually a very dark time for the United States. Isaac’s Storm describes the historical aspects of the national weather service, weather forecasting, and hurricane predictions. Larson gives insight into the personal tragedy of a destructive storm in September of 1900 and how it affected Galveston, Texas and its position as a major city in the United States. Teemed with devastation and arrogance, the book follows Isaac Cline who was one of the first meteorologists at a time when there really was not a true science connected to weather predictions. He showed a real aptitude in this new field and eventually found himself assigned to the weather bureau in Galveston, Texas [Larson]. At the beginning of the 20th Century, a great confidence pervaded the United States. Isaac Cline was one of the era’s new men, a scientist who believed he knew all there was to know about the motion of...
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...In this case study, the causes of that the Andersen’s auditing of companies accused of accounting improprieties, it’s has a main factor. Because Athur Andersen do not think about the company who is to cooperate whit it is like Athur Andersen to make deceptive accounting. These four real cases to show us how they operate the deceptive accounting. First point, “Sunbeam.” 1997 sunlight company (SUNBEAM) is referred to the forge sales volume, the profit and the expenditure. Under its partner discrete sampling's premise, Andersen had still approved the sunlight company to have the questionable point financial reporting. Finally, Sunlight Company suspends pay. Claim request which proposed regarding the American negotiable securities and the transaction committee, Andersen strong against. Finally, to accuse in the situation which shows neither approval nor disapproval, Andersen and the shareholder out of court settlement, compensates $110million dollars. Second point, “waste management.” Waste Management the company to make a false report gathers shares the desk, Waste Management Company’s financial reporting 1992 to 1996 income false report to amount to $1.4 billion dollars to the company. The American negotiable securities and the transaction committee discovered that Andersen's report has the misleading function. Rules it to be a suspect the improper occupation operation finally. Andersen has accepted this ruling, and has paid damages $7 million dollars civil fine. The Andersen...
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