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Death Of Kobe Bryant

Pages: 8 (2415 words) Sources: 4 Document Type:Essay Document #:606401

… Gianna, and seven other friends were riding in Kobe’s chartered private helicopter in Calabasas, California on January 26, 2020.  Kobe had spoken about traveling by helicopter because of the well-known California traffic and his desire to spend more time with family and less time stuck in traffic.  … coach, and the pilot for a flight to Thousand Oaks. 

Though the flight to Thousand Oaks was a short one that Kobe had traveled many times in the past, it was not a good day for flying.  Visibility was low enough that the Los Angeles’ Police Department ……

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Badenhausen, Kurt.  “Kobe Bryant’s $600 Million Fortune: How He Won On- And Off-The Court.”  Forbes.  28 January 2020.   https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2020/01/28/kobes-600-million-fortune-how-he-scored-onand-offthe-court/#75edd8766d36 .  Accessed 15 March 2020.

Biography.com Editors.  “Kobe Bryant Biography.” A&E Television Networks.  25 February 2020.  https://www.biography.com/athlete/kobe-bryant  .  Accessed 15 March 2020.

CBS News.  “Kobe Loses McDonald’s Deal.”  CBS News.  23 January 2004.   https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kobe-loses-mcdonalds-deal/ .  Accessed 15 March 2020.

Sanchez, Ray.  “Kobe Bryant Was a Living Legend.  In His Final Hours, He Was an Ordinary Dad and Friend.”  CNN. 3 February 2020.  https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/02/us/kobe-bryant-final-hours/index.html.  Accessed 15 March 2020.

Wikipedia. “Kobe Bryant.”  Wikipedia.  8 March 2020.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant .  Accessed 15 March 2020.

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Trolley Problems And Self Driving Cars

Pages: 8 (2362 words) Sources: 8 Document Type:Essay Document #:94581761

… novel technological development that is not even yet perfected (and likely never will be, which is why pilots are still required for air travel). Trusting one’s life and the lives of others to a machine programmed by a programmer from some other part of the world, a ……

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Carter, Stacy M. \\\\\\\\\\\\"Overdiagnosis, ethics, and trolley problems: why factors other than outcomes matter—an essay by Stacy Carter.\\\\\\\\\\\\" Bmj 358 (2017): j3872.

Ewing, J. “German Court Says Tesla Self-Driving Claims Are Misleading.” New York Times, 2020.  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/business/tesla-autopilot-germany.html 

Himmelreich, Johannes. \\\\\\\\\\\\"Never mind the trolley: The ethics of autonomous vehicles in mundane situations.\\\\\\\\\\\\" Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 21.3 (2018): 669-684.

Marshall, Aarian. “What Can the Trolley Problem Teach Self-Driving Car Engineers?” Wired, 2010.  https://www.wired.com/story/trolley-problem-teach-self-driving-car-engineers/ 

Nyholm, Sven. \\\\\\\\\\\\"The ethics of crashes with self?driving cars: A roadmap, I.\\\\\\\\\\\\" Philosophy Compass 13.7 (2018): e12507.

Nyholm, Sven, and Jilles Smids. \\\\\\\\\\\\"The ethics of accident-algorithms for self-driving cars: An applied trolley problem?.\\\\\\\\\\\\" Ethical theory and moral practice 19.5 (2016): 1275-1289.

Pojman, L. and J. Fieser. Ethics: Discovering Right and Wrong. Cengage, 2012.

Snow, Nancy E. \\\\\\\\\\\\"Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics.\\\\\\\\\\\\" The Oxford Handbook of Virtue. Oxford University Press, 2018. 321.

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Iron Contra The Covert Action Operation In Iran

Pages: 9 (2708 words) Sources: 8 Document Type:Essay Document #:25726659

… director. The primary planner of the coup would be Dr. R.N Wilber, who worked with the secret service and had the experience of traveling across the Middle East disguised in various ways. Others were Loy Henderson and Richard Cottam, a CIA agent and the U.S Ambassador to ……

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Contini, C. (2013). A Realistic View on Iran: International relations and Global Politics. GRIN Verlag.

De Seve, M. (2020). Operation Ajax: The Story of the CIA Coup that Remade the Middle East. Verso Books.

Fowler, R. (2018). More Than a Doctrine: The Eisenhower Era in the Middle East. U of Nebraska Press.

Lee, C. T. (2013). A Cold War Narrative: The Covert Coup of Mohammad Mossadeq, Role of the U.S. Press and Its Haunting Legacies. Senior Theses, Trinity College, Hartford, CT.  http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/theses/300 

Levin, Y. A. (2018). Operation Ajax in the CIA analytics: colonial knowledge in postcolonial age. Samara Journal of Science, 7(2), 200-203.

Luce, D. D. (2017, September 20). The specter of operation AJAX. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/aug/20/foreignpolicy.iran

Merica, D., & Hanna, J. (2013). In declassified document, CIA acknowledges role in\\\\\\'53 Iran Coup. CNN News. Retrieved June 15, 2020.

Roosevelt, K. (1979). Countercoup, the Struggle for the Control of Iran. McGraw-Hill Companies.

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Cultural Examination Of Portugal

Pages: 8 (2519 words) Sources: 2 Document Type:Essay Document #:50058596

… will look. I know the starting points, and I know what to expect when I do get to the point where I can travel to get the immersive experience. I think that the immersive experience is essential to learning about a culture but I also know now ……

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Hofstede Insights (2020) Country comparison: Portugal. Hofstede Insights. Retrieved May 24, 2020 from  https://www.hofstede-insights.com/country-comparison/portugal/ 

Mudge, E. (2019) Portuguese culture: food, fado and festivals. Portugal.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020 from  https://portugal.com/portugal-blogs/portuguese-culture 

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Acute Myocardial Infarction Diagnosis And Treatment Plan

Pages: 1 (408 words) Sources: 2 Document Type:Essay Document #:99868799

… blood flow to the heart. Some of the key symptoms associated with AMI include, but they are not limited to “chest pain, which travels from left arm to neck, shortness of breath, sweating, nausea, vomiting, abnormal heart beating, anxiety, fatigue, weakness, stress, depression, and other factors” (Lu, ……

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Hajar, R. (2017). Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease: Historical Perspectives. Heart Views, 18(3), 109-114.

Lu, L., Sun, R., Zheng, Y. & Zhang, P. (2015). Myocardial Infarction: Symptoms and Treatments. Cell Biochem Biophys, 72(3), 865-867.

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Public Safety And Public Relations

Pages: 7 (2022 words) Sources: 9 Document Type:Essay Document #:36972565

...Travel Public Relations
Introduction: Public Safety
The aim of the public safety sector is the provision of products and services geared at safeguarding individuals and their property. Over 286,000 individuals are employed in this sector, which can be segregated into the following two key segments: commercial and governmental organizations. Federal, regional, state, and local level governmental public safety organizations agencies have outnumbered commercial ones all through the course of the past decade. Most individuals working in this sector are hired by governmental organizations, including the fire department, police department, and sheriff's department. Some federal level public safety institutions include the CIA, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and Border Patrol (Vault, 2020).
The most predominant public safety jobs are connected with the police: police officers, detectives/ investigators, or correctional officers. EMT personnel, highway patrol officials, and firefighters make up another major public safety employee cluster. The majority of private-sector safety personnel include……

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Achim, A. C. (2014). Risk management issues in policing: from safety risks faced by law enforcement agents to occupational health. Procedia Economics and Finance, 15, 1671-1676.

Bornstein, A. (2005). Antiterrorist policing in New York City after 9/11: Comparing perspectives on a complex process. Human Organization, 64(1), 52-61. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/44127004?seq=1

Buyantseva, L. V., Tulchinsky, M., Kapalka, G. M., Chinchilli, V. M., Qian, Z., Gillio, R., et al. (2007). Evolution of lower respiratory symptoms in New York police officers after 9/11: A prospective longitudinal study. J Occup Environ Med, 49, 310–17.

Homeland Security. (2005). Grand reform: The faster and smarter funding for first responders. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Lippmann, M., Cohen, M. D., & Chen, L-C. (2015). Health effects of World Trade Center (WTC) Dust: An unprecedented disaster with inadequate risk management. Crit Rev Toxicol, 45(6), 492-530. DOI: 10.3109/10408444.2015.1044601

NYPD. (2020). About NYPD. Retrieved from  https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/about/about-nypd/about-nypd-landing.page 

OHS. (2008). Occupational Health and Safety Code of Practice. Australian Government.

Vault. (2020). Overview. Retrieved from  https://www.vault.com/industries-professions/industries/public-safety

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COVID 19 And The Lockdown S Effect On Mental Health

Pages: 11 (3360 words) Document Type:Assessment Document #:41730231

… to school because I had the eight hours in a day that the kids go to school or whatever, eight to 10 between traveling, breakfast program, in school, after school program, so they was in school for a good 12 hours, from 7:00 to 7:00.
Client is ……

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Manufacturing Systems In Automotive Industry

Pages: 12 (3647 words) Sources: 16 Document Type:Research Paper Document #:87931381

...Travel Introduction
A manufacturing system includes four different components together with the production machine, material handling system, computer control system, and human resources (Lee, 1998). In recent times, due to the technological advancement, automation of manufacturing systems has continued to become prevalent. A key aspect in the contemporary automotive manufacturing systems and automotive industries is automation. An automated manufacturing system alludes to an intersected or interrelated system of material processing stations with the capability of automatically processing an extensive range of part types simultaneously under computer control. Imperatively, the system is not just interlinked by a material transport system but also interconnected by a communication network for assimilating all aspects of manufacturing. This sort of system portrays flexibility in handling, routing, processes, and changing of tools. Also, an automated manufacturing system demonstrates key features, including a high magnitude of automation, integration, and flexibility (Swamidass, 2000). This paper examines the four different……

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Boone, L. E., Kurtz, D. L., & Khan, M. H. (2009). Contemporary business. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons.

Chui, M., George, K., Manyika, J., Miremadi, M. (September 2017). Human + machine: A new era of automation in manufacturing. McKinsey & Company.

Deng, W., Luo, Q. (2012). Advanced Technology for Manufacturing Systems and Industry. New York: Pearson.

Groover, M. P. (2007). Fundamentals of modern manufacturing: materials processes, and systems. John Wiley & Sons.

HR Cloud. (2020). HR Automation - The Future of Human Resource Process Management. Retrieved from:  https://kissflow.com/hr-process/ 

Joshi, V., Adhikari, M. S., Patel, R., Singh, R., Gehlot, A. (2018). Industrial Automation: Learn the current and leading-edge research on SCADA Automation. New Delhi: Pearson.

Krar, S. F., & Gill, A. (2003). Exploring advanced manufacturing technologies. Industrial Press, Inc.

Ladet, P., & Vernadat, F. (Eds.). (2013). Integrated manufacturing systems engineering. Springer.

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Higher Education Institutional Crisis And Solutions

Pages: 9 (2593 words) Sources: 10 Document Type:Term Paper Document #:97229095

...Travel Introduction
Higher education continues to be a significant aspect within an economy with professions necessitating individuals with such educational attainments. However, institutions of higher education have continued to experience several challenges, including deteriorating student enrollments, increasing student debt across the United States, and also concerning student completion rates for the different educational programs. The Higher Education sector in the United States is experiencing major challenges. California State University, Los Angeles, is the leading all-inclusive public university that is situated at the heart of Los Angeles and is committed to engagement, service, and the public good. It is one of the renowned higher education institutions not only in Los Angeles but also in the state of California as a whole. The purpose of this report is to conduct extensive research to offer prospective solutions to an organizational problem being experienced at Cal State LA as a setting for higher education.
Vision,……

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California State University Los Angeles. (2020). Strategic Plan. Retrieved from: http://www.calstatela.edu/strategicplan

Chavez, M. (2019). Cal State LA has proposed a plan to cut enrollment for incoming freshmen beginning Fall 2020. University Times. Retrieved from:  https://csulauniversitytimes.com/operation-impaction/ 

Finney, J. E. (2014). Why the finance model for public higher education is broken and must be fixed. Public Policy Initiative 2(6).

Wiley Education Services. (2020). Top Challenges Facing U.S. Higher Education. Retrieved from:  https://edservices.wiley.com/top-higher-education-challenges/ 

Unigo. (2020). California State University – Los Angeles: What do you consider the worst thing about your school? Why? Retrieved from:  https://www.unigo.com/colleges/california-state-university-los-angeles/q-and-a/what-do-you-consider-the-worst-thing-about-your-school-why-673/1 

Mitchell, B. C. (February 22, 2018). America\\\\\\\\\\\\'s colleges and universities have a serious revenue problem. Hechinger Report. Retrieved from:  https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-americas-colleges-universities-serious-revenue-problem/ 

Hussain, S. (February 25, 2019). Cal State L.A.\\\\\\\\\\\\'s plan to raise admissions standards faces pushback from students and faculty. Los Angeles Times.  https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-edu-cal-state-los-angeles-admissions-20190225-story.html 

Zeleza, P. T. (March 12, 2020). Money Matters: The Financial Crises Facing Universities. The Elephant. Retrieved from:  https://www.theelephant.info/ideas/2020/03/12/money-matters-the-financial-crises-facing-universities/

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