...Climate change is a modern fact of science that can not be denied. It is slowly shifting and changing the environment around us and we are not merely innocent bystanders to the whole affair. California’s as well the world’s dependence upon fossil fuels, largely oil and natural gas has only contributed to the increase in carbon in the atmosphere hastening climate change and its effects. It is with this knowledge that therefore California must look towards means of alleviating its contributions to climate change as well as fighting it. The state of California along with the entire United States of America, must shift from the dependence on fossil fuel and non-renewable energy to renewable energy sources by the year 2050 to deal with the...
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...in American history is the California Gold Rush which had changed the different races that lived there and changed the way ‘White Americans’ saw foreign people. The gold rush of 1849 was in Sacramento Valley, California. James W. Marshall found flakes of gold when he was trying to build a water-powered sawmill, he was the first one to go there and he got most of the gold. One newspaper was reporting that large quantities of gold were being turned up at Sutter’s Mill some of the people came to california by boat all the way from Chile, Mexico, and China everyone tried to get their share of it. Miners extracted more than 750,000 pounds of gold during the rush. A total of $2 billion worth of gold was extracted from the area during the Gold Rush. A lot of people put down their life savings and made the journey all the way to California. Just days after the great discovery they found out that the treaty of Guadalupe was signed and ending the Mexican- American war. When the war with Mexico ended the goldfields were lawless so...
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...My state is California, also known as “The Golden State”. The reason is because the state is famously known for the “California Gold Rush.” Also, the state is home to most of the most-well paid actors, actresses, singers, and etc. in the world such as; Chris Brown, Melissa McCarthy, Mila Kunis, Katy Perry, and etc. While reading this research paper, you’ll find out several of California’s interesting facts and its geographical beauty. California is located in the western part of the United States. California has four main regions which are; the coast, Central Valley, the mountains, and also the deserts. California has a Mediterranean climate, but because California is a large state the climate changes from subarctic to subtropical....
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...k CASE 33: CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN INTRODUCTION California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) is a restaurants services company that operates a casual dining chain, with a particular focus on the premium pizza segment. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and employs 14,800 people as on December 30th, 2007. The company recorded revenues of $633 million during the fiscal year ended December 2007, an increase of 14.1% over 2006. The increase in revenue was driven from its full service restaurants, ASAP restaurants and from LA Food Show. The operating profit of the company was $22 million during fiscal year 2007, a decrease of 28.3% compared with 2006. The net profit was $15 million, a decrease of 29.5% compared with 2006. In 1985 the California Pizza Kitchen was created by Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax in Beverly Hills, California. Rosenfield and Flax both hold the title of Co-President, Co-CEO, and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors for California Pizza Kitchen. It was known for its hearth-baked barbeque-chicken pizza, the “designer pizza at off-at-the-rack prices” concept flourished. California Pizza Kitchen derived its revenues from three sources: sales at companyowned restaurants, royalties, from franchised restaurants, and royalties from a partnership with Kraft Foods to sell CPK-branded frozen pizza in grocery stores. California Pizza Kitchen is in the food industry business. California Pizza Kitchen is a casual dining restaurant chain that specializes in...
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...officials that the government is supposed to exist to serve citizens not the other way around. One state in particular, California, is a prime example of state overspending. Figure 1 demonstrates California’s Total Expenditures from 1995-2012. There are five main areas where the California legislature failed their citizens when it comes to spending. The first area is their complicated institutional framework. Having a complicated institutional framework increases the cost of operating the government. For example, California pays for multiple administrators to do the same type of work in different departments. They also have additional administrators to coordinate the overlapping work of the different departments. Another area where California fails is their lack of coordination for their health and human services, this lack of coordination results in the second largest source of California’s government expenses. There are 33,000 employees in the health and human services organization of the government, $83 billion is budgeted and $24.95 billion is used from the state’s general fund. (Storms, 2011) These funds are being spent, and there is no efficiency to the programs. A third area is overspending in prisons. California spends about $47,000 per prisoner annually; this is 50 percent higher than the national average. The current prison population in California is still greater than 100,000 inmates. The...
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...Functions of Management Your Name MGT330 Date Instructor Name Functions in Management Four fundamental functions in management that have been around for decades are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Using these concepts has helped individuals manage effectively, as times change strategies in management need to change so these concepts need to be revisited into their relevancy in today’s world. Since these four functions have been first introduced these four concepts have been redefined. Planning, organizing, leading, and controlling have been changed to a more definitive manner. We will discuss in this paper how Bateman & Snell (2009) address a more definitive approach, and also how California Carpets used or did not use these functions. Planning Planning can be described by Bateman & Snell (2009) as “The management function of systematically making decisions about the goals and activities that an individual, a group, a work unit, or the overall organization will pursue.” Determining how to use the available resources to achieve a company’s business model, analyzing situations, preparing for what the future might bring, deciding on objectives, deciding what activities need to be performed, are normally the activities of the planning portion of management. There are more activities in planning in today’s world that needs to be considered than the activities that were described. Bateman & Snell (2009) state that planning is now “delivering strategic...
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...EFFORTS TO REDUCE OZONE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Team A SCI/362 June 29, 2011 Kenneth Rayford “EFFORTS TO REDUCE OZONE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA” The Los Angeles Basin is a plain that lies between the Pacific Ocean and mountains to the north and east. During the summer, the sunny climate produces a layer of warm, dry air at upper elevations. Southern California counties are where almost 15 million people reside. South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) is a governmental organization established in 1977 to deal with the historically poor air quality in the area surrounding Los Angeles. Air pollution injures organisms, reduces visibility, and attacks and corrodes materials such as metals, plastics, rubber, and fabrics. The respiratory tracts of animals, including humans, are particularly harmed by air pollutants, which worsen existing medical conditions such as chronic lung disease, pneumonia, and cardiovascular problems. Discussed in our paper will be several key points that will highlight very important details in regards to the efforts to reduce ozone in Southern California. Topics to be discussed are; described the historical development of the issue, the stakeholder’s involvement in the issue, and the long term effects of the problem, the responsibilities that arise from the ethical position and try to find a solution to this major problem. Air pollution in California began just after World War II. Southern California has been known to have the worst air...
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...California State Constitution v. U.S. Constitution HIS/301 William Liesman September 4, 2012 California State Constitution v. U.S. Constitution Monterey, California; the year was 1849 a group of Californians gathered at their first Constitutional convention to talk and construct a government to maintain law and order. In October 1849 a California State Constitution was adopted, outlining founding principles as a territory. Once California became a State in 1850 the newly adopted Constitution remained in place up to present day. ("Teachergenius", 2012). The California Constitution is similar in many ways to the United States Constitution. Example of this is; Article III California Constitution divided State Government into three branches: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, the same as the U.S. Constitution. ("Teachergenius", 2012). There also are many differences between the two Constitutions. First; the California Constitution allows the Governor to line veto bills that have been submitted for approval, this means that the governor can accept some parts of the bill and delete other parts, and the President of the United States can only veto the entire bill. ("National Constitution Center", 2012). Second difference is; the Lieutenant Governor, which is equivalent to the U.S. Vice President, is elected by the voters separately from the State Governor, according to Article V (Executive Department). In the U.S. Constitution...
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...On its own sunny path The article talks about how the state of California in USA is going about executing its plans of using alternative sources of energy to as large an extent as possible to meet the coastal state’s energy needs. As the governor of California in 1970s, Jerry Brown started propagating the option of solar power as a major source of energy for California, this idea was however unwelcome at that time & was rather shot down without any considerations to the merits it could offer. This however changed with time as people realized the importance of renewable resources of energy. California having a sunny climate for most of the year, along with a long coast line also helped in generating interest & confidence in the scheme of things planned for alternative source energy generation in California. The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger set a goal in 2006 to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, and this goal was recently transformed into a law by Mr. Brown who has become the governor of California once again. The law includes a controversial but crucial component: a cap-and-trade system A cap-and-trade system limits the emissions of dirty industries and puts a price on their remaining pollution, in theory, provide an incentive for reductions. As per the law, starting in 2013 the government will “cap” the amount of gases (such as carbon dioxide) that industry may emit, and gradually lower that cap. It will also issue permits to...
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...William Upham Fin. 461 California Pizza Kitchen Brief Case Analysis “[R]estaurants don’t start out making money─ they build over time. So it’s really about having the capital and the staying power.” ─ Rick Rosenfield, Co-CEO of California Pizza Kitchen. Rosenfield, and longtime business partner Larry Flax, went from being defense attorneys to innovative pizza entrepreneurs. Their idea was to make “designer pizza at off-the-rack prices,” using unusual pizza toppings to create delicious combinations at low prices. California Pizza Kitchen began in 1985 in Beverly Hills, California and took off from there. The company went public in 2000, less than two decades after the opening of its first location, and by the end of the second quarter of 2007, the company had expanded to 213 locations in 28 states and 6 foreign countries. Even though the restaurant industry is constantly battling through macroeconomic changes, California Pizza Kitchen was able to minimize the effects of macroeconomic changes due to its strong business model and conservative financial policy, which created the staying power Rosenfield described. California Pizza Kitchen’s Chief Financial Officer, Susan Collyns, was about to announce near-record profits of over $6 million for the end of the second quarter of 2007. However, despite these strong results the share price had declined 10% during the month of June as a result of industry pressures and the Company was considering a share repurchase program that...
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...contemplating a sale of one of its reporting units (G), that is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company located in the Midwest. California law allows the Company to include G in its combined group for California state income tax purposes. Therefore G's receipts are currently included in the Company's calculation of its California sales apportionment factor. G has very few, if any, California customers and therefore the inclusion of G's activity in the receipts factor significantly dilutes the Company's California resulting apportionment percentage. If the Company sells G, the California state apportionment factor will increase significantly (from 1 currently to approximately 14 post-sale) as it will no longer be diluted by G's receipts. The increase in the state apportionment factor will result in a higher effective California state income tax rate for the Company. The Company's existing California deductible temporary differences, which are expected to be recovered over the next five years, will not be reduced or otherwise affected by the sale of G. Therefore, the Company will still be able to utilize the deferred tax assets (DTAs) related to G in its California returns subsequent to the sale of G. However, the Company has significant California deferred tax liabilities associated with its other business units that will be affected by any changes in the state apportionment factor. The Board of Directors is expected to vote on the sale of G prior to June 30, 2013 (the Company's...
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...Attention Shoppers: Fruit and Vegetable Prices Are Rising Grocery shoppers may be faced with changes in produce prices. California is a major producer in the nation’s fruit and vegetable market. The state grows 90% of the lettuce consumed, 94% broccoli, 88% strawberries, 97% plums, etc. Being a large producer for the entire nation requires a lot of assistance from Mother Nature. Unfortunately, California has been dealing with a 3 year long drought that will cause an increase in the prices of production of the fruit and veggie market. A drought is a period of dry weather, especially a long one that is injurious to crops. The market for produce is projected to increase in the upcoming months. A few crops such as lettuce, avocados, and tomatoes could see significant increases. The price of lettuce could go to $2.44 per head, a 62 cent increase. The price for avocados could increase to $1.60 each, a 32 cent raise. And tomatoes could cost up to $2.84 per pound, increasing the price by 45 cents. The following price changes are a brief overview on how the market is going to change. Consumers aren’t hurting as bad as the farmers. Having a job in agriculture in California is difficult to maintain. California could be faced with up to 800,000 acres of land abandoned due to the long standing drought. The vacant land is accumulating money that is being lost because there are no farmers on that land. Unfortunately, even if farmers can’t grow produce they can’t even raise livestock...
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...California is currently experiencing major environmental obstacles. With changing climate and weather patterns, forest fires continue to devastate the state. Couple this with the depleting water supply the outlook for California appears grim. The article takes on the many aspects of each environmental challenge and follows them with solutions. As water becomes scarcer, technology advances are being made from utilizing wastewater to agriculture reduced irrigation. One unique solution presented by the article is desalinating water, which comes with its own challenges. The article predicts that the naturally occurring El Niño will alleviate the water scarcity. However, this prediction is just that, a prediction. California has a long road ahead itself, and it starts with the average citizen...
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...RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE: OCEAN RESPONSES TO EARTH SYSTEM INSTABILITY IN THE LATE QUATERNARY James P Kennett Department of Geological Sciences and Marine Science Institute University of California Santa Barbara and Larry C Peterson Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science University of Miami A RAPID CLIMATE OSCILLATOR IN THE LATE QUATERNARY Until recently most Earth scientists believed that past climate change occurred on relatively long time scales of tens of thousands of years or more Most also thought that climate change was controlled largely by changes in the distribution of solar radiation with Earth's orbital oscillations providing an external forcing to the climate system and pacing the so called Milankovitch cycles However dramatic discoveries during the early s changed this paradigm Climatic records produced from the Greenland ice sheet and in nearby marine sediments of the North Atlantic altered the way Earth scientists thought about the operation of Earth's climate system and the relative sensitivity of this system to major climatic shifts Age (Years before present) 0 cold 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 Paleoclimate studies of Greenland ice cores (Dansgaard et al ) were the first to reveal a remarkable sequence of major rapid millennial scale oscillations in the climate system during the last ice age (Fig ) superimposed on the more gradual orbitally driven insolation cycles Because of high accumulation rates of snow over Greenland ice cores from this...
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...exceeds supply, and is quickly becoming a global issue. Water scarcity is a more extreme version of water stress. Physical water scarcity is when a country is utilising more than 75% of the water available to them. Some countries suffer from economic water scarcity. This is when a country is using less than 25% of the water available to them. Greater demand for water than supply of water can cause physical water scarcity because there simply isn’t enough water in specific locations such as North Africa, middle east, California and south east Australia. Places which don’t suffer from physical water scarcity are places such as western Europe, Scandinavia and Canada. Physical water scarcity is caused by a variety of factors. Demand is outstripping supply because there is a higher population now than 100 years ago. In the last 100 years population has almost quadrupled in size. Increased population growth also means a larger supply for food and agriculture. Californias population is at 37.7 million, containing the megacity of los angeles. The drought from 2000 to 2007 caused major food shortages. In 2008 the government lmitied purchases of flour, rice, and cooking oil as demand outstrips supply on the west coast. Economic growth has also increased the demand. Countries require water for economic growth. Economic growth also brings infrastructure, which attracts people, adding to...
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