Guarantee Benefit for Creditor and Credit Reconstruction Effort during COVID-19 Pandemic

Refurbishment of the Port Arthur Steam Energy facility began in early 2005 after key commercial agreements were concluded. The plant, which had been idle since October 2000, was originally constructed in 1983 and 1984 to recover energy from three petroleum coke calcining kilns at the Great Lakes Carbon LLC facility. Major repairs were needed because of extensive damage from sulfuric acid corrosion of the HRSG system and deterioration of water treatment facilities. In addition, major improvements were made including an acoustic cleaning system, multiclones for particulate emission reduction, magnesium oxide injection for corrosion control, a complete new control system with all new field instrumentation, stack improvements to increase dispersion, and improvements to the HRSG system and water treatment system to improve reliability and reduce maintenance. Rising energy prices dictated a fast-paced schedule. Following a major reconstruction effort with a peak force of 435 people, the facility was in full operation by August 2005, less than nine months from commencement. The facility is producing approximately 450,000 lb/hr of high pressure steam, the majority of which is sold to the neighboring Valero Port Arthur refinery, and producing 4 to 5 MW of power. By capturing 1800–2000°F heat that would other wise be wasted, the project recovers nearly 5 trillion Bru/year, off setting over 200 tons/yr of NOx and over 280,000 tons/yr of carbon dioxide that would otherwise be emitted by natural gas combustion. The success of the project can be attributed to management of the project which included innovative inspection techniques, development of the scope of work, design of improvements, and extensive construction and repairs.

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Introduction

Risen from Ruins ◽

10.11126/stanford/9781503603202.003.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Paul Stangl

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

World War Ii ◽

Political Socialization ◽

The Political ◽

World War ◽

Political Leaders ◽

Reconstruction Effort ◽

The Future ◽

The City

The center of Berlin lay in ruins at the end of World War II. Cultural and political leaders faced decisions regarding what to restore, rebuild, or raze. Yet the future of Berlin would not be envisioned in a vacuum. They would wittingly and unwittingly draw from inherited traditions, ideologies, and theories to structure their understanding of the city and guide decision-making about its future. For Berliners, the rebuilding of their destroyed city would remain a central part of their lives for years. Communist political leaders sought to mobilize the population for the reconstruction effort and to use this effort in the political socialization of the citizenry.

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A successful habitat reconstruction effort, the short history of the European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) colony at Albertirsa (Hungary)

Ornis Hungarica ◽

10.2478/orhu-2014-0005 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 47-51

Author(s):

Sándor Urbán ◽

Katalin Túri ◽

Zoltán Vas ◽

Tibor István Fuisz

Keyword(s):

Glacial Period ◽

Short History ◽

Last Glacial Period ◽

Reconstruction Effort ◽

Nesting Sites ◽

History Of ◽

Merops Apiaster ◽

Vertical Walls ◽

Construction Works ◽

The Last Glacial

Abstract In the Golyófogó Valley near Albertirsa natural erosion created near vertical walls in the loess deposited in the last glacial period, offering natural nesting sites for the European Bee-eater. Later the deeply cut coach roads, the pits of loess extraction and the construction works of the motorway nearby created further man-made banks. Hence by the 1970-ies a well-established colony bred here, but by the beginning of the 21st century, disturbance and the demise of vertical banks led to a serious reduction in the number of breeding pairs. The purchase of 5-hectare loess grassland plot and the adjacent loess bank, and later its reconstruction led to an unprecedented growth in the number of Bee-eaters. From 2010 the number of breeding pairs exceeded 200 every year. Not only the Bee-eater colony, but also the natural vegetation and the botanical values of the area are managed to maintain the population of rare and protected element of the local flora and fauna.

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Housing Reconstruction in Northern Sumatra after the December 2004 Great Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami

Earthquake Spectra ◽

10.1193/1.2201668 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 22 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 777-802 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Christopher S. Meisl ◽

Sahar Safaie ◽

Kenneth J. Elwood ◽

Rishi Gupta ◽

Reza Kowsari

Keyword(s):

Sumatra Earthquake ◽

Internally Displaced ◽

The People ◽

Reconstruction Effort ◽

Study Team ◽

Displaced People ◽

Multiple Levels ◽

The Government ◽

Housing Reconstruction ◽

Relief Organizations

The 26 December 2004 earthquake and tsunami resulted in over 100,000 damaged or destroyed homes and over 500,000 internally displaced people in northern Sumatra. Reconstruction and recovery from these massive losses requires the coordination of many stakeholders, including multiple levels of government, nongovernment relief organizations, donors, and the people of northern Sumatra. Although efforts have been taken by the Government of Indonesia to develop standards for the reconstruction of houses and establish a coordinating body, the reconstruction effort in Sumatra still faces many challenges. A broad range of housing types, with varying degrees of construction quality, have been constructed as part of the recovery effort. A field study team visited Banda Aceh, Meulaboh, and Nias seven months after the December event and documented the process of reconstruction, the interaction of the stakeholders, and the types of housing construction.

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THE LAST LAST WAVE

Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race ◽

10.1017/s1742058x06060164 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 233-238 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

John Lie

Keyword(s):

Native Americans ◽

Hurricane Katrina ◽

New Orleans ◽

Social Inequalities ◽

Short Term ◽

Reconstruction Effort ◽

Racial History ◽

The Media ◽

Governmental Response ◽

Blind Spots

Hurricane Katrina was a horrible tragedy. Rather than reprising the obvious pitfalls of governmental response or the dire consequences of social inequalities, however, I pose a series of questions. In particular, I seek to highlight the blind spots and silences that the media frenzy generated. These range from the fate of the Native Americans and the complexity of New Orleans' racial history to the explanatory adequacy of the dominant narrative and the unreflective premise of the reconstruction effort. The precarious state of nature and civilization demands a way to think and act beyond short-term palliatives.

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Fuzzy Sovereignty: Rural Reconstruction in Afghanistan, between Democracy Promotion and Power Games

Comparative Studies in Society and History ◽

10.1017/s0010417512000230 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 54 (3) ◽

pp. 563-591 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Alessandro Monsutti

Keyword(s):

Codes Of Conduct ◽

Environmental Conservation ◽

Rural People ◽

Social Fabric ◽

Political Actors ◽

Symbolic Resources ◽

Reconstruction Effort ◽

Rural Rehabilitation ◽

National Solidarity

AbstractThis paper contributes to the study of new forms of transnational power constituted by the action of international and nongovernmental organizations, to which gravitate loose networks of activists variously promoting democracy, human rights, the empowerment of women, and environmental conservation. The paper's focus is impacts that the massive reconstruction effort is having on Afghan society, examined through a case study of The National Solidarity Programme (NSP), the main project of rural rehabilitation underway in the country. Launched in 2003, its objective is to bring development funds directly to rural people and to establish democratically elected local councils that will identify needs, and plan and manage the reconstruction. Although the NSP's political significance faded in the context of the presidential elections of 2009, which were characterized by quickly evolving alliances, the program illustrates how reconstruction funds are an integral part of Afghanistan's social and political landscape. My arguments are four-fold: First, the NSP subtly modifies participants' body gestures and codes of conduct. Second, the program's fundamental assumptions are at odds with the complex social fabric and the overlapping sources of solidarity and conflict that characterize rural Afghanistan. Third, the ways in which political actors use material and symbolic resources channeled through the NSP mirror national struggles for power. Finally, such programs are one element in a much larger conceptual and bureaucratic apparatus that promotes new forms of transnational governmentality that coexist with and sometimes challenge the more familiar, territorialized expressions of state power and sovereignty.

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DISASTER IN A ‘PLURAL SOCIETY’: CYCLONES, DECOLONIZATION, AND MODERN AFRO-MAURITIAN IDENTITY

The Journal of African History ◽

10.1017/s0021853721000189 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Robert M. Rouphail

Keyword(s):

Home Ownership ◽

Natural World ◽

Southwest Indian Ocean ◽

Colonial State ◽

Reconstruction Effort ◽

Racial Exclusion ◽

Diasporic Community ◽

Plural Society ◽

To Come ◽

The Moment

Abstract In February of 1960, the most powerful cyclone in Mauritian history, Carol, made landfall. In its wake, the British colonial state embarked on a reconstruction effort that would reshape the island for decades to come. This study examines how Afro-descendant Creole Mauritians understood Carol at the moment of its landfall and produced social meaning in the reconstruction efforts that followed. It sheds light in particular on the construction of cités, ‘cyclone-proof’ housing estates meant to permanently shelter those left homeless, at a moment when questions of racial coexistence defined debates over the end of empire. It shows that the building of the cités and the prospect of home ownership they allowed would become important touchstones in contemporary Afro-Mauritian notions of belonging and permanence in a society structured by racial exclusion. In so doing, this essay emphasizes the importance of the natural world to narratives of diasporic community in the southwest Indian Ocean.

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Jurgen Habermas: Problem Dialektika Ilmu Sosial

KOMUNIKA Jurnal Dakwah dan Komunikasi ◽

10.24090/kom.v3i1.2009.pp101-113 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 101

Author(s):

Santosa ‘Irfaan

Keyword(s):

Critical Theory ◽

Frankfurt School ◽

Jürgen Habermas ◽

Jurgen Habermas ◽

Dead End ◽

Reconstruction Effort ◽

Process Dimension ◽

Changing Process

Habermas critical theory is a reconstruction effort to Frankfurt school that inspired by Karl Marx’s critical theory, thatfacing dead end. With continuing concern of his previous thinkers to radically alter practical thinking structure, Habermasformulate that concern with new and original critical theory concept. This is clear on changing process dimension, whereHabermas choosing different way from his predecessors, with non-revolutionary and non-violence. Namely, through socialtransformation, with emancipate dialogs, communicative method, without domination method

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Community reconstruction orientation by victims of the disaster of a post-monsoon flood in Malaysia

International Social Work ◽

10.1177/0020872817746224 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 62 (2) ◽

pp. 829-848

Author(s):

WA Amir Zal

Keyword(s):

Peninsular Malaysia ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Community Orientation ◽

Post Monsoon ◽

Observation Methods ◽

Reconstruction Effort ◽

Family Orientation ◽

Indicator Element ◽

Partnership Approach

A monsoon flood often happens on a huge scale on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia and has an immediate impact on the community. This article explores the community reconstruction orientation of the victims of the disaster of a post-monsoon flood in Malaysia. The study was carried out using an exploratory case study design on nine flood victims in Pahang, Malaysia. These informants were chosen by using purposive sampling, and data were gathered using the interview and observation methods. This study found three forms of community reconstruction orientation: (1) self-orientation, (2) family orientation, and (3) community orientation. Each orientation can be observed in a context through a participation indicator element, such as priority and commitment; readiness, knowledge, and skill; and social routine. A reconstruction effort from all parties ought to consider these orientations to avoid negative effects on the community. Thus, this study suggests that a partnership approach should be applied in the future to carry out community reconstruction. However, the findings cannot be generalized since it was a preliminary study.

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