...GAPS Guidelines GAP.17.5.0 A Publication of Global Asset Protection Services LLC PULP AND PAPER MANUFACTURING INTRODUCTION The modern pulp and paper mill is a complex, high-valued facility. To operate profitably under today’s environmental constraints, a mill must efficiently integrate steam and power demands and chemical recovery systems with the pulp and paper processes. Computer control of all mill processes is the norm. Each step in papermaking — from raw material storage, through stock preparation and papermaking, to finished roll storage — presents special loss prevention challenges. Storage areas pose severe fire loss potentials. Fires, explosions and machinery breakdowns can seriously damage critical process equipment. Pollution control equipment can also cause large losses. Associated with these high property damage potentials are even higher business interruption potentials. In a full process Kraft mill, loss of the black liquor recovery boiler (BLRB) can result in extensive downtime. Continuous digesters and Yankee dryers can also present very large business interruption potentials. This GAPS Guideline describes “full process” pulp and paper mills. Full process mills include pulp, paper and finishing mills, and sometimes converting mills. Figure 1 shows a simplified process flow diagram for a full process mill. Many of the processes described in this section also apply to mills that are not full process. PROCESSES AND HAZARDS Woodyard Operations...
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...A Guide to Case Analysis Hult International Business School Professor Jim Prost San Francisco Campus The purpose of this guide is to help you maximize your learning when using case studies. It outlines some key issues that will help you learn from the case analysis method. In most graduate courses, students use cases from actual companies to practice strategic analysis and to gain some experience in the task of creating and implementing strategy. A case describes, in a factual manner, the events and organizational circumstances surrounding a particular managerial problem. It’s as if the reader is inside the organization (at the time the case was written) and has most, if not all, relevant information, facts, and circumstances. The student’s role in case analysis is to diagnose and evaluate the situation described in the case. You then develop recommendations, supporting arguments, and the appropriate action steps that should be taken to rectify the problem presented in the case. After reading this guide, you will be able to: * Understand what a case study is * Appreciate the benefits of using case studies in the learning of strategic management and how their use can help develop your managerial skills * Use the key steps in analyzing case studies * Apply theoretical concepts and frameworks to the case material The case approach to strategic analysis is an exercise in “learning by doing.” Because cases provide you with detailed information about...
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...Baker University School of Professional & Graduate Studies MLA Style Guide 8001 College Blvd, Suite 100, Overland Park, KS 66210 913.491.4432 March 2010 Getting Started Introduction • Grab his or her attention in the first paragraph. Thesis • Your paper “proves” a thesis, a one or two sentence statement of your central idea. The thesis is usually placed at the end of the first paragraph, immediately after you introduce the topic. Although the thesis appears early in the paper, it is usually written late in the writing process, after you form your ideas and gather your supporting evidence. • Body • The body of your paper contains the evidence (specific examples and application) to support your thesis. • State viewpoints that oppose yours as effectively as you state your own. Remember HEAP--Honest Evaluation of Alternate Positions. Conclusion • The conclusion is the last chance the writer has to connect with the reader. A conclusion summarizes the paper’s main points with a sense of closure and completeness. • Summarize and/or conclude your paper in a way that helps the reader evaluate whether or not you did what you said you would do. Do not introduce any new material. Include a “killer” statement in the conclusion that leaves no doubt in the reader’s mind that you prove your thesis. Summarize the main ideas of the specific thesis and apply the main ideas of the body to the “bigger picture.” Help the reader by demonstrating to her...
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...The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (the Guidelines) are recommendations addressed by governments to multinational enterprises. They provide voluntary principles and standards for responsible business conduct consistent with applicable laws. The Guidelines aim to ensure that the operations of these enterprises are in harmony with government policies, to strengthen the basis of mutual confidence between enterprises and the societies in which they operate, to help improve the foreign investment climate and to enhance the contribution to sustainable development made by multinational enterprises. I. Concepts and Principles 1. The Guidelines are recommendations jointly addressed by governments to multinational enterprises. Observance of the Guidelines by enterprises is voluntary and not legally enforceable. 2. Since the operations of multinational enterprises extend throughout the world, international co-operation in this field should extend to all countries. 3. A precise definition of multinational enterprises is not required for the purposes of the Guidelines. These usually comprise companies or other entities established in more than one country and so linked that they may co-ordinate their operations in various ways. While one or more of these entities may be able to exercise a significant influence over the activities of others, their degree of autonomy within the enterprise may vary widely from one multinational enterprise to another. II. General Policies...
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...Reading Research Literature #2 Guidelines and Grading Rubric – Week 6 Purpose The student will read research literature to determine the informed consent, study setting, sample size, data collection procedures, reliability and validity, demographic information, variables, data analysis, figures, and conclusions. Course Outcomes This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: CO 2: Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies. (PO #4 and 8) CO 4: Evaluate published nursing research for credibility and lab significance related to evidence-based practice. (PO #4 and 8) Due Date: Submit to the Reading Research Literature #2 basket in the Dropbox by 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday at the end of Week 6. Requirements 1. Download the research articles from the Chamberlain library. Retrieve the following research articles: Sanford, J., Townsend-Rocchicciolli, J., Horigan, A., & Hall, P. (2011). A process of decision making by caregivers of family members with heart failure. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, 25(1), 55–70. http://proxy.devry.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/853503862/354CEF3F10A4D9CPQ/6?accountid=147674 Schwarz, K. A., Mion, L. C., Hudock, D., & Litman, G. (2008). Telemonitoring of heart failure patients and their caregivers: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing, 23, 18–26. http://proxy.devry.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost...
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...CITATIONS AND APA FORMAT When writing any kind of paper or essay, it is essential that you give Plagiarism is a serious credit to the sources that you use; you do this by appropriately citing these sources in parenthetical citations within your paper and in a academic violation. reference list at the end of the paper. Failing to appropriately cite To avoid plagiarism, sources—either intentionally or unintentionally—is a serious academic violation called plagiarism. You should never represent someone else’s use this rule of thumb: work or ideas as your own. Any time you have taken a statement, a When in doubt, cite it. fact, or even an idea from another author, you must cite it. A good rule to go by is that if you are in doubt about whether something must be cited, do it to be safe. Certain types of material always require citation, and others do not. Material That Requires Citation How to Cite: Citations should include the author and date of the source, that is, “(Author’s last name, year).” Direct Quote: Direct quotes always require a citation. A direct quote should also include the page number, that is, “(Author’s last name, year, p. #).” • Shame is most simply a sense that one’s self is bad. According to Goldberg, it is a “conviction that in some important way one is flawed and incompetent as a human being” (1991, p. 191). Paraphrase/Summary: A paraphrase takes a short section of text and restates the ideas in different words. A summary does the same but generally...
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...Jānis Slāvietis BBA2 What are the possible future fluctuations of income generated from firewood and the possible tools used to increase the added value for firewood, in United Kingdom? Research questions: Future fluctuation of income generated from firewood. How to increase added value for firewood ? United Kingdom firewood market research. How prices changes according to seasonality ? This will look at: Average price for each type of wood Taking in consideration four type of woods Birch, Ash, Alder, Oak. Market trends Firewood seasonality SWOT PESTEL Porter's 5 forces What is added value for firewood Firewood is any wooden material that is gathered and used for fuel. Generally, firewood is not highly processed and is in some sort of recognizable log or branch form, compared to other forms of wood fuel. This paper will look at firewood business from manufacturing side and will research firewood market from different perspective in the United Kingdom. Also will look at how to start your own selling business in United Kingdom. All the calculations will be based on costs producing firewood in Latvia and sold in United Kingdom. I want to understand the possible future fluctuations of income generated from firewood and the possible tools used to increase the added value for firewood, because I am running firewood producing company and ...
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...Book Report Guidelines You must choose one out of the two books listed below for your book report. The book report is due on November 5th, 1 pm and must be typed, ten pages long (double spaced) with font size no larger than 11. You must email me the book report by this date. Books: 1. What Has Government Done to our Money? By Murray Rothbard. Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/What-Has-Government-Done-Money/dp/146997178X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378217153&sr=8-1&keywords=what+has+government+done+to+our+money Free PDF: http://mises.org/books/whathasgovernmentdone.pdf 2. The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis. By Ben Bernanke Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Federal-Reserve-Financial-Crisis/dp/0691158738/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378217165&sr=8-1&keywords=ben+bernanke For the book report, you must: 1. Read the book (!) 2. Write a short introduction providing an overview of the book, its author and the main themes.(1 page) 3. Summarize the main arguments in the book. (about 4 pages) 4. Write an analysis of what you perceive to be the strengths and weaknesses in the author’s arguments from the point of view of economics. You should be able to utilize economic concepts and theories that we have studied in class over the semester to do this. I will grade you in this section based upon your ability to present a point of view (a perceived strength or weakness) and cogently defend it using an (economic) argument. (about 5 pages) ...
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...CS1100: Excel Lab 1 Filtering and Summarizing Data To complete this assignment you must submit an electronic copy to Blackboard by the due date. Use the data in the starter file. In this lab you are asked to filter and calculate various descriptive statistics on a data set about students at a university and calculate various descriptive statistics on a data set about loans and investments. In addition, you will solve a problem using induction. Problem 1 (25 Points) In the sheet “Problem 1” you are given a list of festivals, their locations and the seasons that they fall in. Your task is: 1. Using IF, filter the data for these festivals by season. You will need to add a column for each season and then use the IF function to filter the data by season. Your formula should use proper anchoring so it is copyable both down and across. 2. Calculate the total number of festivals each season as well as the percentage of festivals that fall in each season. Your solution must look like this (including the formatting): Problem 2 (40 Points) Your solution must take into account the possibility that the data could change, i.e., do not “hard code” any data values. If the season of a festival changes, your calculations should update to the correct values automatically. Additionally, if new rows are inserted or existing rows are deleted, your spreadsheet model should still work. In the sheet “Problem 2”, you are given information about a savings account. Use this information to create...
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...Rasmussen Medical Center Policy: Health Record Documentation Requirements Approval Date: xx/xx/xxxx Policy Group: Medical Staff Bylaws ------------------------------------------------- All medical staff and health care providers shall: History & Physical 1. A complete history and physical examination shall, in all cases be done no more than 7 days before or 24 hours after the admission of a patient. Physical examinations may be used from the previous hospitalization if the examination was within 30 days. A physical examination may be accepted from a physician’s office if the examination was within 30 days and meets the standards as defined by hospital policy and procedure. If the patient was transferred from another hospital, the physical examination may be accepted if the examination was done within 30 days, provided they are updated within 24 hours of admission or registration by the attending physician. In the above three cases, the attending physician must validate the examination in the medical record (on the physical exam) by noting that there are no significant findings or changes and signs and dates the report. Guidelines for contents of a complete History & Physical include: a. The Emergency Room documentation form may not be used as a History and Physical. b. A complete history and physical examination shall be recorded before the time stated for operation or the operation shall be canceled unless the attending surgeon indicates it is an emergency...
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...Step 1: Perform internal and external environmental scanning for the company. Strengths- 1. Ability to leverage strong brand name to generate sales 2. Ability to customize products to the local market conditions 3. Strong global operations with diversified revenue base 4. Research and development capabilities Weaknesses- 1. Increasing instances of product recalls hampering brand equity Opportunities- 1. Transition to a 'nutrition and well-being' company 2. Focus on developing and emerging economies 3. Booming out of home eating market Threats- 1. Compliance issue resulting in penalty payments 2. Macro economic factors 3. Allegations of unethical business activities Step 2: Strategy Formulation is developed based on portfolio analysis findings. Nestle Portfolio Analysis- Stars: Prepared Dishes and Cooking Aides 16% (33% of North Amer. Frozen foods) Cash cows: Beverages 18% Milk Products, Nutritional and Ice Cream 18.7% Dogs: Confectionery segment -11% Other Food & Beverages- 9.5% Pet Care- 9.3% Question Marks: Pharmaceutical Products- 0.7% Strategy Formulation- Differentiation Strategy in combination with the First Mover strategy can be used to bring the pharmaceutical products; which are the question marks of their product matrix; to the point of becoming a cash cow for Nestle in the future. Differentiation requires long-term customer relationships created out of close interaction with the sales force. Step 3: Strategy Implementation...
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...Writing a student reference/letter of recommendation The Careers Service Centre is often asked for guidelines about what should be included in letters of reference. GENERAL GUIDELINES • • • • • • • • • (JB Aug 2012) Be specific and give examples to justify the points that you make. Request a CV or personal statement for additional information. This can inform your writing and enable you to be specific e.g. refer to anecdotes that back up points about a student's personality and ability. Raise the issue of references with students in class early in the academic year and clarify your / the Department's procedure for dealing with references. One page of a typewritten A4 page is generally sufficient - but do try to write more than one paragraph!. Students should inform you of the job(s) or course(s) they are applying for. The reader of the letter wishes to get to know the person better and you can tailor your give evidence of relevant skills, knowledge or experiences. If the letter is going to be negative, or overly bland, then tell the student who requests it in advance. The request may then be withdrawn. Some writers suggest that you avoid the gushing letter that only has positives to say and encourage you to write briefly about a weakness/area for development as it will give balance to the letter. Either way be comfortable with what you say. You can also follow the letter with a phone call. Do not substitute a telephone reference for a written one if that is what is requested...
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...Nestle: Strategic Plan Guidlines In: Business and Management Nestle: Strategic Plan Guidlines Step 1: Perform internal and external environmental scanning for the company. Strengths- 1. Ability to leverage strong brand name to generate sales 2. Ability to customize products to the local market conditions 3. Strong global operations with diversified revenue base 4. Research and development capabilities Weaknesses- 1. Increasing instances of product recalls hampering brand equity Opportunities- 1. Transition to a 'nutrition and well-being' company 2. Focus on developing and emerging economies 3. Booming out of home eating market Threats- 1. Compliance issue resulting in penalty payments 2. Macro economic factors 3. Allegations of unethical business activities Step 2: Strategy Formulation is developed based on portfolio analysis findings. Nestle Portfolio Analysis- Stars: Prepared Dishes and Cooking Aides 16% (33% of North Amer. Frozen foods) Cash cows: Beverages 18% Milk Products, Nutritional and Ice Cream 18.7% Dogs: Confectionery segment -11% Other Food & Beverages- 9.5% Pet Care- 9.3% Question Marks: Pharmaceutical Products- 0.7% Strategy Formulation- Differentiation Strategy in combination with the First Mover strategy can be used to bring the pharmaceutical products; which are the question marks of their product matrix; to the point of becoming a cash cow for Nestle in the future. Differentiation requires long-term...
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...LAB 1 Tuesday Hacking and Countermeasures Reconnaissance, scanning, Gaining Access, Maintaining Access, Covering Tracks I would follow the fives steps of hacking and start with step number one, reconnaissance, and a bit of scanning. I believe google would be a great tool for performing the first step in hacking, there is a lot of information on most things there. Other tool sthat could be used are NMap, Paratrace, and ScanRand. Social engineering is one of the best ways to get information abotu a company or person. In social engineering one could pretend to be a higher up just trying to run a check and get all sorts of information. One of the most common forms of social engineereing is a method called phishing. Enumeration is similiar to scanning a system for vulnerabilitiesthat can be used to attack the system. This is vital to a hackers object since it reveals the information needed to access the target. To avoid detection a good hacker will always cover their tracks. This is done by purging any information in the system that could even minutely show the trace that someone was their. You must be careful when doing this because sometimes its not whats there that gets the hacker busted but what wasn’t. An attacker will leave some sort of backdoor into the system. This allows for re-entry at a later time that doesnt appear in scans by the company As the security professional your job is to find holes in the...
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...An ethical dilemma is a situation that will often involve an apparent conflict between moral imperatives, in which to obey one would result in transgressing another. This is also called an ethical paradox since in moral philosophy, paradox plays a central role in ethics debates. For instance, an ethical admonition to "love thy neighbour as thy self" is not always just in contrast with, but sometimes in contradiction to an armed neighbour actively trying to kill you: if he or she succeeds, you will not be able to love him or her. But to pre-emptively attack them or restrain them is not usually understood as loving. This is one of the classic examples of an ethical decision clashing or conflicting with an organismic decision, one that would be made only from the perspective of animal survival: an animal is thought to act only in its immediate perceived bodily self-interests when faced with bodily harm, and to have limited ability to perceive alternatives. – Think about what we include into the childcare environment to include cultural diversity. Such as: - Singing songs in different languages. - Adding foods on the menu from different cultures. - Providing different costumes from different countries for the children to dress up in. - Providing resources and equipment that promote different culture. For e.g. adding multicultural foods in home corner, using multicultural dolls during play time, displaying posters that promote cultural diversity. - Reading stories which...
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