The Decoration of Houses Essay -- Literary Analysis, Edith Wharton

In Edith Wharton’s first major work, The Decoration of Houses, she states that â€Å"the impression produced by a landscape, a street or a house should always, to the novelist, be an event in the history of the soul† (qtd. in Falk 23). Later in her Pulitzer-winning novel The Age of Innocence, Wharton uses her knowledge and love of architecture to develop her characters, as she had previously deemed important. Thus, she takes style of houses, their design, and their European or American identification into consideration and depicts characteristics of the New York society and the major characters. Ranks in the social order are shown based on where in the New York district a character lives, personalities of aristocrats that are cold are shown through plain walls and furnishings, and some characters are separated from society because they follow different strains of architecture and interior design. At the beginning of the novel, Beaufort’s house quickly stands out as a character who earned his place in society through the architecture of his home. It is the first described and â€Å"one of the few in New York that possess[es] a ballroom . . . this undoubted superiority [is] felt to compensate for whatever [is] regrettable in the Beaufort past† (13). This characterizes the upper class society of New York. Clearly, architecture must be important if a ballroom guarantees someone a high rank, and it can even cover up the fact that Beaufort was not born into the social order and has a mistress. Ada Van Gastel, a Wharton critic who wrote â€Å"The Location and Decoration of Houses in The Age of Innocence,† points out another way that Beaufort’s property represents him: â€Å"Having only recently entered society, he still resides on the ... ...lot, yet at this point, he is identified with New York. He tries to break away later, but like the plot of the novel, he cannot leave America or the architecture attributed to it. Wharton artfully uses her love of architecture in The Age of Innocence. She shows some characters as elite but plain New Yorkers, just like their house. Beaufort uses his to break into society, but he never quite fits. All the same, Archer cannot be characterized as directly. He wants to be European, like Ellen Olenska and Catherine Mingott, but it does not work. Architecture seems to confusedly describe him in this, which portrays his own confusion with it. It may also show Edith Wharton’s uncertainty on whether she liked his character or not. In the end, when she announces that he will never fit in with the European characters, maybe she is deciding her view of him.

Oil & Gas Management

Abstract The Gulf of Mexico incident is an occurrence that many people in the United Kingdom and Mexico, who were affected, would like to forget as it had immense environmental and economic impact to them. This paper is going to describe the extent to which the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is considered to have led to a meaningful reform of the regulation of the offshore oil and gas industry on the UK continental shelf. These include well planning and control, environmental protection, emergency response, authority for stopping operations off, catastrophic BOP’s failure, the significance of simple checks, protection of the whistle-blowers, and a summary or conclusion of the described measures. Introduction An explosion took place on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig on 20 April 2010 leading to the death of 11 workers. The region is in the Gulf of Mexico and was under contract to the British petroleum. It is still not yet known the extent of the damage that took place both on the environment and the communities around. Among the errors that led to the incident is the fact that the two pods of control on the BOP of the Deepwater Horizon showed that there was an error in a vital valve in one of the pods of control, and that the other pod of control did not have adequate charge on the batteries; it is believed that these faults were there during the time that the accident happened. There was at least a single working control pod needed to run the automatic mode function that would have helped in closing up the BOP. The automatic mode function should have taken place in an automatic manner, without being aided, when the hydraulic line together with the electric cables were destroyed in the explosion. The automatic mode function is a very important system of backup. This paper is going to describe extent to which the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is considered to have led to a meaningful reform of the regulation of the offshore oil and gas industry on the UK continental shelf. Well planning and control The reforms that were recommended by the panel included making sure that the Well Life Cycle Practices Forum remained in place permanently. It is also required that the professional, influential representatives from the HSE and the industry meet on a regular basis to decide, review and always improve values and standards for good practice in the well integrity as well as management of application in the UKCS. The Macondo blowout is taken into consideration by the standards and consists of operating practices, sufficiency and consistency of the safety vital equipment (particularly BOPs), testing and maintenance of hardware; proficiency and training of personnel; organizational and human features. They share these standards with the partners in the industry and international regulators and the organizations that set the standards. In consideration of the Macando, it was also required that the following are considered; Whether a change in the control of well standards it essential to ne cessitate at least two barricades to be in place (besides the BOP) during the moving of a well to a situation that is not balanced with the zone of production, and; Whether there is any change required to make the operators provide notice warning about each time a situation is arrived at where the BOP together with one other barricade to a release is attained. Protecting the Environment The DECC and the industry are required to work hand in hand for the purposes of developing and adopting improvements like: The concept of Environmental Assurance plan that possibly uses the Environmental Management System or the Environmental Statement as living equipment for engendering a concept of goal-setting to environmental policies intended to continuously improving, especially in relation to the low-frequency incidents that have high impact. The identification and cohesive treatment of the generic features of documents of environmental assurance to enable the devotion of more effort to some other more localized or particular areas of possible risk and impact, via more rigorous use of internet systems. The industry has also been challenged to take greater ownership of the available regulatory requirements of the environment, which include appraisal of the contractual arrangements for the preparation and keeping up-to-date the required documents making them into tools for drivi ng improvements in the environmental evaluation and protection. The regulator is also required to continue working with the industry so as to make identifications of the ways in which the available requirements of reporting, particularly about compliance to the environmental requirements, may be rationalized or even simplified. Additionally, there might be more that should be done to show the need for, and resultant value of the comprehensive environmental evaluations that is required of them, with a need and aim of offering increases scope for approaches that are innovative to the improvement of the standards of the environment. It has also been recommended that the documents of guidance that relate to the offshore environmental effect evaluation, regulatory activities and enforcement should be revised and reviewed on a regular basis, initially following the changes in the procedures that came up from the Macando and consequently taking into consideration any other applicable or re levant occurrences, for the reinforcement of the continuous culture improvement of the UKCS and ensuring that operators are well acquainted with the present requirements and expectations of environmental best practice. In addition, since the incident of the Deepwater Horizon, some other interim environmental regulation and inspection steps that have been taken by the United Kingdom include the increasing of the number of yearly environmental inspections to the drilling rigs, besides hiring three more inspectors. This consequently increased the total number of the inspectors of the drilling rigs to ten, and this includes one inspector who is senior. Considering the less widespread areas of responsibility of the DECC in comparison to the HSE, it together with its prototype agencies have all worked with fewer inspectors as compared with the HSE. The HSE has 114 professional inspectors, whereas the DECC has about ten inspectors. The onshore offices and offshore installations are visited by DECC inspectors for the inspection of the management systems and records. They also go there to interview individuals and appraise the conditions of the site, practices and standards. The increased number of the site inspectors is expected to enable the DECC raise the number of inspections on the environment done on the mobile drilling rigs across the country from an average of seven to at least 16 on yearly basis immediately. The Cabinet Secretary referred to the inspectors’ movement between the private and public sectors. This might render it very difficult for the recruitment and maintaining of inspectors that are highly qualified in the future. The offshore inspectorate of the DECC describe their strategy of environmental inspection as one that is risk-based. This means that of the rigs that are presently carrying out activities of drilling, nearly twenty four of them, which translates to about twenty percent are on gas reservoirs; however, the DECC argue that this in herently does not pose much risk to the environment in comparison with those that operate on oil reservoirs. Hence, this is taken into consideration, together with the site of the rig and the well’s nature, the DECC aims to inspect the rigs that carryout drilling activity on particular oil reservoirs. Responding to Emergencies Arrangements for giving response to the incidents of oil spilling that pose potential danger to the marine environment were established by the Oil Pollution Emergency Plans. The plans intend to prevent pollutions as such and minimize or decrease the effect that might come with it. The Oil Pollution Emergency Plans are risk evaluations that are applicable to a particular installation or field. Their focus is on the worse-case instance; as a result of the incident at the Gulf of Mexico, the United Kingdom operators are not expected to do extra modeling for the installations of deepwater, which include a more appraisal of the predictions of oil spill beaching. These plans are also appraised by the Maritime Coastguard Department and some other related consulters like the Maritime Management Agency and the related inshore statutory agency. Witnesses were asked about the way they had changed their ways of operation in the United Kingdom deepwaters since the occurrence in the Mexican Gulf. Some of them said that they do not believe they had basically changed in any manner. This was due to the strong regulatory era that was the Cullen’s legacy of inquiry into the incident of Piper Alpha. However, with regard to establishing any changes in regulation in reaction to the tragedy of the Deepwater Horizon, they were wary of making universal and global changes that might not be proper for them from incident to incident, the kernel of what is in the safety case era. There is a feeling that the industry appears to be reacting to incidences after they have occurred instead of having anticipations and making proper planning for the high-consequence events that are low in probability. It is beyond reasonable doubt that the industry and BP’s inability to respond because it was not prepared in a proper manner was not acceptable. The black swans’ occurrence appears to be more frequent nowadays. The United Kingdom has high regulatory standards of offshore, as sho wn by the Safety Case Regime, which was established in reaction to the 1998 Piper Alpha incident. The regulatory framework of the United Kingdom is on the basis of flexible and goal-getting approaches that are stronger than those that the Deepwater Horizon operated under. Despite the high standards of regulation in the United Kingdom, they are concerned that the industry of offshore gas and oil is giving a response to disasters instead of anticipation worst-instance cases and making proper planning for the high-aftermath, low-probability occurrences. Role of the Offshore Installations Manager We are informed from both the industry and the regulator that there were individual offshore installations that always have the power to shut down the well. Bridging documents were created between the systems of the owner of the rig and the operator systems of the well to ensure that issues like who has the final word or say are properly agreed before any operation is commenced. The HSE stated that there will normally be one individual who is actually responsible for matters safety on the rig, which is the Offshore Installations Manager, the contractor of drilling. There are huge financial implications of delaying the operations of drilling even just for very short periods. In the instance of the Deepwater Horizon, we find that the BP had the aim of drilling the Macondo well for a period of 51 days only, at about 96 million dollars. It was expected that the platform of drilling would be taking off as early as 8 March 2012; however, the Macando well unexpectedly took a longer period. By the 20th April, the day that there was the blowout, which killed eleven individuals, the rig was already late by 43 days, and this would have led to an extra cost of 21 million dollars in lease fees only. There is a danger that those who are responsible for making decisions to stop operations could feel economic pressure not to do so if was possible. Catastrophic BOP’s failure The last defense line against the Macondo incident was a device known as the ‘blind shear ram’, which is part of the BOP found on top of the wellhead, and more than a mile below the ocean floors’ surface. If the oil’s upward pressure and the gas that is in the reservoir became more than the heavy drilling fluid’s downward pressure, and all the other resources for controlling the well failed to operate, the two blades of the blind shear ram, were expected to slice through the pipe of the drill and then help in sealing the well. If the BOP had worded as expected, the whole incident would not have occurred and all the lives would not have been lost. Taking into account the single blind-shear ram’s failure to run the blowout preventer of the Deepwater Horizon, which appeared to be one of the major causes of the blowout of the well of Macondo, it was recommended that the Safety and Health Executive particularly review the case for prescription that the United Kingdom Continental Shelf’s blowout preventers are well equipped with the two blind shear ram. Whereas the flexibility of the safety regulation regime of the United Kingdom seemed to have performed properly, it was also been seen that for fail-safe devices like blowout preventer, the administration or the government has adopted minimum, strict standards of safety or show that these would not actually be an economical, last-resort against catastrophes. Importance of simple checks An appraisal of the two pods of control on the BOP of the Deep-water Horizon as a result of the incident showed that there was an error in a vital valve in one of the pods of control, and that the other pod of control did not have adequate charge on the batteries; it is believed that these faults were there during the time that the accident happened. There was at least a single working control pod needed to run the automatic mode function that would have helped in closing up the BOP. The automatic mode function should have taken place in an automatic manner, without being aided, when the hydraulic line together with the electric cables were destroyed in the explosion. The automatic mode function is a very important system of backup. It is of great concern that the simple failures of various systems were not identified during the process of inspection. As a consequence, a programme has been implemented across the global drilling operation to make sure that the equipment operates the w ay it is designed to do. Another thing that has been done to ensure that such preventable incidences do not repeat include fundamentally improving the testing procedures of the blowout preventers, which consists of making sure that the systems of backup work and are properly tested in the process of drilling a well. This is another instance of the industry giving a response to an accident instead of anticipating a possible problem, even though the new regime is highly welcome. It is believed that the authorities have to make sure that the offshore inspection regime of the United Kingdom could not be susceptible to simple faults like having a battery that does not have sufficient charge, to go without being noticed. Need to protect the whistle-blowers Owing to the immense economic pressure of keeping a drilling rig functional, it is of great concern to various stakeholders that the workers who attempt to talk about safety matters might be or even feel like they are intimidated by their seniors. The whistle-blowers are not in a position of calling a halt or bringing to a stop some things and the managers and clearly attempting to make money for the organization. Their primary responsibility is not protecting the environment. Some contradicting reports were found from the HSE regarding harassment and aggravation on the rigs as well as the industry’s assurances that honest whistleblowers will be given a hearing and protection. The government has also ensured that there are discussions with the unions and industry about the further actions that are required for the prevention of representatives of safety from feeling or being intimidated by their seniors such that they do not report a danger. Conclusion Following the fatal incidence that occurred in the Mexican Gulf, it is important that there is clarity on the hierarchy and identity of the liable stakeholders to make sure that the government, and thus the taxpayers, doe not need to pay for the outcomes of the offshore accidents. Any lack of hierarchy and clarity on the liability will hamper the compensation payment to those that are affected by the incident of the offshore. It is recommended that it needs to be a requirement of the process of licensing that it proves their capability to pay for the outcomes of any incident that could happen. It is recognized that these measures could actually be added to the cost of investment in the new United Kingdom gas and oil production and encourage the Treasury to consider this during incentives to investments as such. Bibliography A. Hopkins, ‘Risk-management and rule compliance: Decision-making in hazardous industries. Safety Science,’ (49, 110-120, 2011). B.P. 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The Children s Crusade A Crusade Of The Holy Land

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Shakeys Research Paper - Free Essay Example

Sample details Pages: 7 Words: 2031 Downloads: 6 Date added: 2017/09/25 Category Advertising Essay Type Narrative essay Tags: Pizza Essay Restaurant Essay Did you like this example? Introduction Shakey’s is the first successful pizza restaurant chain in the Philippines. In the 70s-80s, they use to feature bands, in their restaurants. try any of their thin- crust pizzas. Shakey’s the number 1 pizza restaurant in the Philippines. For the generations, Shakey’s has been the neighborhood gathering place, where family and friends come together to share great food and good times. Where Shakey’s things cup and growing with anew generation of family fun. Sherwood â€Å"Shakey† Johnson and his partner big Ed Plummer opened the first Shakey’s pizza parlor more than 10 years ago. It all started in a remodeled grocery store on 57th and â€Å"j† streets in Sacramento California back in 1954. Shakey and Ed wanted to open all pizza and beer joint, but with a little something unique. They provided delicious Shakey’s pizza, the cold beer and live Dixieland music for the entertainment, Shakey’s pizza quickly become known as they world greatest pizza. Today, Shakey’s still serves the delicious pizza made famous by ours founders, using the best ingredients and dough prepared fresh, everyday. Keeping the tradition of great food and family entertainment, Shakey’s is giving up with exciting changes, newly remodeled restaurants, improved and expanded menus, state of the art game rooms and expansion plans to open new Shakey’s nationwide. Since its establishments, stands to be the perfect gathering place for friends and families, and indeed for anyone to enjoy great food. Chapter I Company profile In 1954, Sherwood â€Å"shakey† Johnson pooled his funds with those of college friend, Ed Plummer, to open the first Shakeys outlet. The building was a remodeled grocery store located at â€Å"57th and â€Å"j† streets in Sacramento, California. The parlor opened on Friday evening, april 30 with the help of their friends. As the ovens, were not complete, only beer was sold the first weekend. Johnson entertained guests by playing the piano and Plummer serves the beer. With the money from the beer sales, the partners bought pizza products and began selling pizzas o0n Monday. Ten (10) days later, they had fourteen employees and month later, Dixieland entertainment jazz was added. The restaurant at â€Å"57’ and ‘j† streets has grossed millions of dollars and still a successful Shakey’s today. With success of the first Sacramento restaurant, Johnson and Plummer opened a second Shakey’s two years later in a remodeled mattreys factory on foster road in Portland Oregon. The Shakey’s name and concept were already familiar due to the nightly jazz radio program they sponsored. In 1957 Shakey’s service companies began franchising. Opening that year were franchised restaurants in settle, Washington, Albany, Oregon, Carmichael, concord and Marysville, California. The franchise units also introduce a standed Shakey’s building design. Prior to it, the restaurants have always been located in existing remodeled structures. Shakey’s began to expand outside the United States with the opening of Mexico City restaurant on May 7, 1968. The first Japanese restaurant opened in Osaka, Japan on July 26, 1976. Expansion continued with a restaurant in Makati, Philippines in 1975. Today there are over 500 Shakey’s restaurant world wide. Pizza is stilled the mainstray at today’s Shakey’’s, whether it’s our original thin crust version with its crispy, crunchy taste or the classic hand tossed pizza with dough bake thick and chewy. Shakeys guests also find a wide spectrum of ala-carte items including marinated pressure fried chicken, our exclusive mojo potatoes and pasta. MISSION To always exceed expectations and become the best in class by making things happen and getting things done. We will wow them all! VISION To be the leading and prefer red pizza restaurant by consistently serving the best tasting, high quality food through fast, efficient and friendly service in a clean, fun environment. We provide our guests the best value for their money and very memorable experiences. CORE VALUES: GUEST FOCUSED To wow our guests( external and internal), exceeding†¦.. not just meeting their expectations. ANALYTICAL We apply â€Å"critical thinking† in all major decisions. e are a thinking organization. PASSION We are self-driven, intense and persistent. We have the ability to energize ourselves and everyone around us. RESULTS ORIENTED We make things happen†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦.. We get things done. UNQUESTIONED INTEGRITY We are ethical, honest, just, reliable and honorable. our integrity is beyond doubt. COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE We will do things better than before, better than the others and better than expected. Good enough is never enough.. RESPECT We create on environment where everyone will be appreciated and recognize d for the effort they put in. SENSE OF OWNERSHIP Loyalty, dedication, commitment and malasakit to the business.. thinking and deciding like an owner does for his business. CHAPTER II MARKETING STRATEGY ASPECT FRANCHISING AT SHAKEYS Shakeys business is a great business. Shakeys share its opportunities with the right partners who trust in the shakeys name. we have grown to 100 stores nationwide and still growing. †¢Proven brand and track records for more than 32 years with attractive store design. †¢Low investment cost, great margins, one of the best return on investment, (ROI) rate. †¢Fantastic growth opportunities. †¢Wide array of the well love products . A committed team who has the vision of making the company the leading and preferred pizza restaurant in the Philippines. NATIONWIDE STORE SYSTEM Easy to operate with simplified operations systems. Integrated points of sales and inventory system. Number one delivery systemin metro manila. Investors have been a ttracted to the business because of its low capital investment resulting to quick and high yielding returns . expertise unwavering support and an exciting blue print for growth and success arte just some of the reasons that sets itself apart from other franchise opportunities. As part of the family, resources are your disposal and these include †¢ Strategic planning and site selection †¢Marketing and advertising services †¢Standardize financial system †¢Centralize purchasing and distribution †¢Operations, Standard, System and support FINANCIAL INVESTMENT The financial requirement for a franchising restaurant range from P 8,000,000. 00 to P 10,000,000 depending on store size, location, and other factors (but does not include site acquisition cost) . The investment well be for the : †¢Construction of the restaurant (interiors and exteriors) †¢Purchase and nstallation of kitchen equipment, furniture and fixtures †¢Pre-operating expenses †¢Franchise Fee TERMS OF RENEWAL The franchise grant is for 10 year period applicable to a specific location only with an option to renew another 5 years based on mutual agreements. PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE The product life cycle of shakey’s pizza is on a â€Å" first in first out â€Å" bases (FIFO) just like the other food chains. APPLICATION PROCESS An application form will be provided to the franchise applicant who then undergoes a three(3) based application process. †¢The screening †¢The validation Final review WORLD FAMOUS MENU †¢Pizza †¢Starters, soup and salads †¢Chick ‘n’ chips †¢Pasta †¢Family meals and combos CHAPTER III TRAINING/OPERATING/MANAGEMENT METHOD TRANING DEVELOPMENT Shakeys has a tradition of developing and promoting employees through their many years of creating the shakeys experience. We continually evaluate our employees skills and talents and create development plans to help them grow personally and professi onally. COACHING Study of the art of providing feedback, encouragement, appreciation and performance expectations. GUEST SERVICE Understand the contrast between a guest and costumer, how to define guest service, guest expectations, how to create a hospitality culture, service leaders and how to resolve guest concerns. LIFE IS A SERIES Learn how to inspire, inform and influence anytime, anywhere. CHAPTER IV ADVERTISEMENT/PROMOTION ACTIVITIES †¢Enjoy their different pizza product †¢Enjoy promotional activities that company offered CHAPTER V CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY General Santos City Shakey’s outlet are made their own corporate responsibilities and it is affiliated on the top which is from Manila. hey also varying strategies, ideas and etc in order to achieve their goal as a corporate itself. The responsibility initiated through their internal management as to fulfill their specific interest in one direction. Shakey,s Pizza known for its products and how th ey handling customer according to taste preference of it. The prestigious stores want more menus for them to increase their sales and profits. The categorize idea of internal affairs are big help to the company to persuade and create sales to the customers. The management of Shakey’s Pizza here in General Santos City re valued their customers, their product, their reputation and of course the company’s locality are still exercised so that it will not be vanished till tomorrows operations. They are also engaging in society’s congestion so that it maintain the good customer relationship. And it is big help also to their company to retain their specialty of the product of Shakey’s. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE CHAPTER VI SWOT ANALYSIS, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATION ?SWOT ANALYSIS †¢STRENGTH ?Product ?System ?services WEAKNESSES ?Location ?Price †¢OPPORTUNITIES ?Products ?Location †¢THREATS ?Competitors CONCLUSIONS The researcher conclude that their trusted crew are simply treats to their company’s, in reason in possible not cater the possible costumers. Their management are quite working because the researcher observe their environment inside the store. 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