...(2 marks) b) Graph the ‘proportion’ data appropriately (in a different way from question ‘a’) for the Top 10 countries. (3 marks) c) Use the data to create one graph that allows a simple comparison of ‘mobile phones in use’ and ‘population’ for the Top 10 countries. (4 marks) d) Your boss has produced a graph of the proportion data below. State 4 weaknesses of his Pie Chart. (4 marks) Question 2 (24 marks total) Open the Excel worksheet nz-earthquakes-sept-2013.xlsx The spreadsheet contains details of all the earthquakes in New Zealand in September 2013. a) Create a Histogram for the Earthquake data. (Hint : A group width of 0.5 would work well) (10 marks) b) What shape is the histogram? (1 mark) c) Calculate the Mean, Range and Mode for the Earthquake data. (3 marks) d) Identify 1 way in which your histogram could be improved. (2 marks) e) Using the data and your answers above (2a, 2b, 2c) state 4 distinct features of New Zealand’s earthquakes in September 2013; support each statement with a statistic. (8 marks) Question 3 (20 marks total) Open the Excel worksheet new-zealand-regions.xlsx The spreadsheet contains details of New Zealand’s 16 regions. a) Name the 5 variables and their data types. (5 marks) b) Draw an appropriate graph to show the population of the 16 regions. (2 marks) c) Calculate the Mean and the Median of the regional population. (2 marks) d) Why is the Mean...
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...CASE STUDY SUMMARY Case Study: | Christchurch Earthquake, New Zealand | Year: | 2010 | Event Profile Magnitude | Enormous | Sept 2010- 7.0Feb 2011- 6.6 | Small | Speed of onset | Rapid | | Slow | Duration | Long | Sept 2010- 40 seconds | Short | Areal extent | Widespread | | Limited | Spatial predictability | Random | | Predictable | Frequency | Frequent | 2010 earthquake had frequent aftershocks (over 14,000) | Rare | Facts Country Profile- NEW ZEALAND | LocationThe group of islands is located in Oceania, southeast of Australia, in the South Pacific Ocean. The 2 main islands are North Island and South Island. | Map | PopulationNZ: 4,438,393(Christchurch: 366,100) | HDI 0.913 (9th) | GDP (US $)$166 billion | GDP per capita (US $)$36,400 | Government Parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm | Political Stability | What happened? | Magnitude / LocationSeptember 4th earthquake occurred along an east-west fault (not Alpine Fault), associated with the motion of the two tectonic plates. Fault that caused the earthquake was under the Canterbury Plains- flatlands between the Southern Alps and the Pacific Ocean. The quake was centred around 45km west of Christchurch. February 2nd epicentre was 10km away from Christchurch with a shallow focus of 5km. This earthquake caused much more damage and had a greater impact on the area. | Time / Speed of onset / DurationFriday, September 03, 2010 at 16:35 PMSaturday, September 04, 2010 at 04:35...
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...Plan Development and Operation of a Nuclear Power Plant (Taking Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan as an example to make a risk management) Student Name : Cong Danh Bui Student ID :11381581 Lecturer : David Eager Abstract This report will give out a risk management plan for the development and operation of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, based on the AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009 standard. The report will begin with the definition of communication and consultation task before coming to the establishing the context, which is to define risks in term of finding the internal and external factors or some risk criteria that influencing in risks management. After that, risk assessment is implemented, including identification, analysis and evaluation. Then, some treatments will be applied to adjust those risk event. Finally, recording the process as well as monitoring and review, the crucial task in every risk management, is done to make sure that the management can bring efficiency in improving the control. Figure 1. Risk Management Process (Source NS/NZS ISO 31000:2009) Word count: 2600 words – excluding abstract, reference and appendix Appendix I. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………......3 1.1. Power Plant Information……………………………………………………………………...4 1.2. Construction Details…………………………………………………………………………..5 II. Communication and Consultant………………………………………………………………..6 III. Establishing the Context…………………………………………………………...………….6 ...
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...Executive summary Tourism can be the main industry of Sunshine state Queensland. There are many famous tourist destinations in Queensland such as Brisbane and Gold Coast. According to the official statistics, there are 197,000 Chinese visitors travelled in Queensland until March 2011, which increased nearly 29% in the last 12 months period. Moreover, the number of Chinese visitors was a continuing grow trend from 2001 to 2010. It can be said that Chinese visitor has become a needful group for the Queensland tourism, thus, the new target market is the international visitors who come from China. SWOT analysis of Queensland Tourism Company presents that some internal facts such as the environment, tourist experiences can be the Strengths. Moreover, Weaknesses can be that the brand image and awareness is weak for these potential Chinese customers. The high rate of exchange has already become the Threat not only for the Queensland tourism but also Australia tourism. The first marketing strategy is that using the social media tool as a platform to communicate with the potential customers in China, the brand awareness and image of Queensland Tourism Company could be improved, it should be mentioned that this social media platform also used to do the promotional activities. Packaging strategy can be the second marketing strategy for the target market, in China, Sina Weibo got the huge population of registered users. The packaging strategy means that the registered users can use the...
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...2551 TORSIONAL EFFECTS AND REGULARITY CONDITIONS IN RC BUILDINGS Edoardo COSENZA1, Gaetano MANFREDI2 And Roberto REALFONZO3 SUMMARY Earthquake damages at the perimeter of buildings are often the result of excessive deformations caused by torsion during the earthquake. Large torsional responses can be expected if the buildings have large eccentricity and low torsional stiffness. Modern codes, including Eurocode 8, recognise the importance of the torsional stiffness on the seismic response and include such information in its static torsional provisions. Eurocode 8 states that the static torsional provisions can be applied to torsionally unbalanced buildings with regularity in elevation that satisfies the set of conditions presented in the Annex B of the Code. Present paper shows an overview on the EC8 torsional provisions including the code background and the comparison with other codes (UBC, etc.). On the other side the EC8 provisions could be improved during the revision process. In fact recent studies on the static torsional provisions of Eurocode 8 show that the static torsional provisions generally are satisfactory in order to limit additional demands when the building has a large torsional stiffness, but the provision seems to be deficient when applied to torsional flexible models. Moreover, the behaviour of buildings designed in High Class of ductility (“HD”) is more complex. This paper compares most of the results existing in the literature, suggests proposals...
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...Deduction Grieve v CIR The deduction of the expense is irrelevant to the resulting net profit. Herald Weekly Times v FCT The cost of the defamation is paid as damage, it is a cost incurred during the operation of business. Deductiable CIR v Mitsubishi Motors NZ Ltd The expense on warranty is deductible, as the cost is incurred at the time of the sale. Case F24: The deduction of the expense of keeping a guard dog is 50%, as it has both business and private use. Case F46: Band musician’s cloth expenditure is deductable because the cloth is necessary to taxpayer’s occupation as a musician TRA Case E20: The dress is a conventional that can be worn by anybody and used in private sector. Buckley & Young Ltd v CIR: Restrictive covenant has capital natural and hence is not deductable. Case G36: No business has started yet, the cost is merely used to prepare business. Not deductable Amalgamated Zinc Ltd v FCT: The compensation to workers is not deductable since the business activity (mining) had terminated already. Christchurch Press Co v CIR: Worker’s fee to install the press is regarded as capital and not deductable. Auckland Gas Co v CIR: PE pipe replaced. Capital and not deductable. FCT v Cooper: Food is private and not deductible since everyone needs to eat. Budget Rent A Car Ltd v CIR: Bad debt can be written-off at taxpayer’s discretion Pacific Rendezvous Ltd v CIR: The purpose of borrowing money is irrelevant as...
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...concrete moment resisting frame subjected to earthquake loading. Design and detailing provisions on beam-column joints in IS 13920 : 1993 do not adequately address prevention of anchorage and shear failure in this region during severe earthquake shaking. In view of these limitations, this paper proposes new provisions for inclusion in IS 13920 : 1993. The paper also gives a clause-by-clause commentary on these recommended provisions and includes one solved example to illustrate the same. Keywords: Beam-column joints, wide beam, strong-column weakbeam, shear design. Beam-column joint is an important component of a reinforced concrete moment resisting frame and should be designed and detailed properly, especially when the frame is subjected to earthquake loading. Failure of beam-column joints during earthquakes is governed by bond and shear failure mechanism which are brittle in nature1. Therefore, current international codes give high importance to provide adequate anchorage to longitudinal bars and confinement of core concrete in resisting shear2. A review of the behaviour and design of different types of beam-column joints in reinforced concrete moment resisting frame under seismic loading illustrates that design and detailing provisions for the joints in the current Indian seismic code, IS 13920 : 1993 are not adequate to ensure prevention of such brittle failure3,4,5. Since joints are subjected to large shear force during earthquake, shear strength in this region should be adequate...
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...Faculty of Business & Information Technology Bachelor of Applied Business Studies Graduate Diploma of Applied Business Studies BUS 7333 Strategic Management, Semester 2, 2011 | Assessment Cover Sheet This sheet must be signed by the student and attached to the assessment being submitted. 21101006 | STUDENT ID : TUTOR NAME : Julie McGowan ASSESSMENT : Assignment One – Case Study Analysis Report – Towards 2040: A Smart Green Wellington. DUE DATE : 1pm Monday, August 22nd, 2011 (via Moodle). DATE SUBMITTED : August , 2011. I declare that * I have read the Whitireia Community Polytechnic Regulations on Assessment Misconduct and understand what plagiarism is. * I am aware of the penalties for plagiarism as laid down by Whitireia Community Polytechnic. * This is an original assessment and is entirely my own work. * Where I have made use of the ideas of other writers, I have acknowledged the source. * This assessment has been prepared exclusively for this course and has not been or will not be submitted as assessed work in any other course. STUDENT SIGNATURE: Mohan, Apratim. DATE OF SIGNATURE: August , 2011. Analysis Report Case Study: Towards 2040 - A Smart Green Wellington 1. Executive Summary: This report is an attempt to analyse and evaluate, both critically and otherwise, the strategic approach of Wellington City Council towards its endeavour to take the city to a highly elevated level in terms...
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...ASSESSMENT 1: BUSINESS REPORT Cover page (Design your own cover page for this assignment) Table of Contents (headings and page numbers) 1. Introduction (purpose of the report and an outline of the content of this report) 2. Background: (name of company, size of company, what industry it is in, what it produces, company structure, markets, competitive advantage). Briscoe Group Limited (BG) is one of the greatest retail organizations in New Zealand working its capacity over 150 years . The Group works roughly 79 stores all through New Zealand inside of two retail areas, home product and donning merchandise, under the three brand names Briscoes Home product, Living and Giving and Rebel Sport, which together created deals income in the Group's most recent money related year in abundance of $507 million with having its home office situated in Auckland; New Zealand. The organization's item portfolio incorporates home decorations, washroom and room items, pads and floor covers, indoor and outside furniture, cultivating frill, wearing products, wellness related types of gear, donning attire, footwear and other related stock. Notwithstanding that, the organization gives different administrations including home delivery, blessing card plans, guarantee upkeep administrations and eCommerce.(briscoes, 2015). 3. Environmental Analysis 3.1 Macro-environmental (PESTLE) analysis What is the macro-environment? What is PESTLE analysis...
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...According to preliminary estimates from Swiss Re’s sigma team, 2011 was a Year of highest ever economic losses ! In 2011, total economic losses to society (both insured and uninsured) due to disasters reached an estimated USD 350 billion. And insured losses for the global insurance industry reached USD 108 billion in 2011.which is more than double than in 2010. Claims from natural catastrophes alone reached USD 103 billion in 2011 On the next slide I put this chart only to illustrate this increasing trend in insured losses due to natural disasters and here we can see that 2011 was the second costliest year for the insurance industry right after year 2005 and hurricanes Katrina, Wilma and Rita. In this table we can see that, The earthquake in...
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...the March 2011 quarter compared with the December 2010 quarter: The consumers price index (CPI) rose 0.8 percent. The main upward contribution came from transport (up 2.5 percent), reflecting higher prices for petrol and diesel. Cigarette and tobacco prices rose 9.4 percent, influenced by a rise of 11.64 percent in excise duty on 1 January 2011. Food prices rose 1.2 percent, with higher prices for grocery food and for meat, poultry, and fish. From the March 2010 quarter to the March 2011 quarter: The CPI increased 4.5 percent, including a 2.3 percent increase in the December 2010 quarter when GST rose from 12.5 to 15 percent. The CPI measures the rate of price change of goods and services purchased by households. Statistics NZ visits 3,000 shops around New Zealand to collect prices for the CPI and check product sizes and features. Geoff Bascand Government Statistician 18 April 2011 ISSN 1178-0452 Commentary Consumers price index quarterly movement The consumers price index (CPI) rose 0.8 percent in the March 2011 quarter. This follows rises of 2.3 percent in the December 2010 quarter (when goods and services tax (GST) rose from 12.5 to 15 percent) and 1.1 percent in the September 2010 quarter, respectively. Seven groups rose in the March 2011 quarter, with transport (up 2.5 percent), alcoholic beverages and tobacco (up 3.5 percent), food (up 1.2 percent), education (up 5.7 percent), and housing and household utilities (up 0.4 percent), being the most...
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...Michael Hill International Limited (MHI) | Individual Case Report: External Analysis | Table of Contents Report Purpose 3 Company Overview 3 Background of Michael Hill International Limited 3 Environmental factors affecting the Jewellery Industry & Michael Hill International Ltd 4 Industry Analysis 10 Strategic issues and problems for the Jewellery industry 10 Future of the industry 12 Company Analysis 12 Competitor analysis 14 Conclusion 14 References 18 Report Purpose To conduct an external analysis on Michael Hill International limited (MHI) to establish whether the firm is in a favourable industry and ultimately their position among their rivals. It will consist of industry analysis including; key industrial driving forces, potential emerging trends affecting the macro-environment of the industry that might transfer onto Michael Hill International Ltd as well as, their competitors in the industry. The main strategic issues for the industry will be identified and their implications on Michael Hill International Ltd will be outlined/described. Company Overview Background of Michael Hill International Limited In 1979, Michael Hill opened his first signature jewellery store (Michael Hill Jewellery) in Whangarei and entered into the New Zealand jewellery industry. Fast-forward 33 years, Michael Hill International Limited together with its 13 subsidiaries, has become one of the largest manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers...
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...Executive Summary The report is to be presented to board of Hallenstein Glasson Holdings ltd. The report analyses company with respect to its internal and external environment and the strategic direction the company is headed in. The report is based on past statistics and forecasted results, which need to be verified and evaluated intermittently. The report finds that HGL had created a sustainable competitive growth for over 50 years by leveraging its internal resources and capabilities. However, with new international players in market, the sustainable advantage is no longer sufficient to maintain that growth, the results of which are presented in terms of lowered company, brand and profits value. The report makes recommendations to company to take explore further markets, market segments and better leverage their brands. The report also suggests to the board to have a coherent and consistent brand image – all giving the same message. This report forms the basis of strategies to be derived and implemented. Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 1. Background / Introduction 3 2. Company Vision, Mission and Strategy 4 3. Company Analysis (1200) 5 3.1 Macro Environment Analysis 5 3.1.1 Does the industry offer attractive opportunities for growth? 5 3.1.2 What Kind of Competitive forces are industry members facing and how strong is each force? 5 3.1.3 What factors are driving changes in industry and what impact will these changes have...
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...approximate that man settled some time 800 years ago. In comparison to North America, which is somewhere around 25,000 years, New Zealand is still young (Warner pg. 47). Important Considerations Location, Climate, and Topography: • Southeast of Australia, New Zealand is similar in size to Colorado; its southern location from the Equator means opposite seasons from Europe and North America. • New Zealand’s climate is classified as Cbf (Fig. 2). • Most of the North Island lies on the Australia Plate, where as the South Island is on the Pacific Plate (Fig. 1). This, combined with active volcanoes, creates a hotbed for seismic and volcanic activity (CIA). • One quarter of the earthquakes have been below a 2.0 magnitude, but within the last year alone, New Zealand has seen 17,246 earthquakes with a majority ranging from 0-5 magnitudes (Geonet). (Fig. 2) Link: http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/. Topography • New Zealand formed after the collision of the Australian and Pacific Plates (Fig. 1). • This Collision created an extremely undulated landmass. • The picture to the right, (Fig. 3) courtesy of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, shows the topography of New Zealand. o The green areas indicate a lower area, where as a yellow/tan color shows elevation. o Information for this image gathered through satellite sonar imaging (NASA)....
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...Sustainable Development Report 2011 From sea to food – over 100 years of sustained growth Sustainability Development Report home San Aspiring, South Amundsen Sea. The San Aspiring on 13 February 2011 in the South Amundsen Sea at the end of her Ross Sea season. The iceberg was about 20m tall and 30m wide, the hole through the centre about 10m high by 10m wide. The vessel had been fishing for 86 days at the time and had a full load of Antarctic toothfish on board. Cape Horn was less than 2,000 nautical miles to the north-east and it took 10 days to steam back to Timaru. Contents Sustainability Policy Introduction Managing Director’s Statement Key Performance Indicators About this Report and Reporting Scope Management Changes Growth and Renewal Iwi Collective Partnership Christchurch 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 Team Health and Safety Team Well-being Communities 30 32 34 Economic Sustainability Overview and Highlights Financial Indicators Quota Ownership New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme Supply Chain Stakeholders Auckland Seafood School 36 36 37 40 40 40 42 44 Environmental Sustainability Environmental Profile Environmental Compliance Fishing Sustainably Sustainable Aquaculture 10 10 18 18 24 Assurance Statement Glossary of Terms Response Form Management Directory 45 46 47 Inside back cover Social Sustainability Sanford Team 28 28 Cover image GreenshellTM mussels being packed at Sanford Christchurch for overseas retail markets. ...
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