...ECON 2013 Paper Fall 2012 Term: Written Assignment #1: Econ MIA Photo + Essay International airports are typically the engine and lifeblood of economic activities as they typically pump billions of dollars to a local economy. The Miami economy is highly dependent on the tourism, cargo and export/import industries as these are a tremendous source of employment and tax revenue for the city and arguably one of the main contributors to the tourism and export and import industries in any city is its main airport. Miami International Airport (MIA) is no exception to this cardinal rule as it contributes the following statistics to the city of Miami according to the Miami International Airport Website (http://www.miami-airport.com/about_us.asp) and Time Magazine: • an estimated economy impact of $26.7 billion • 282,000 direct and indirect jobs • 1 out of 4 jobs to the local economy • a capital improvement program of $6.2 billion • Nation’s second largest airport for international passengers and cargo • Approximately handles 38 million passengers a year • Largest cut-flower operation in the world (15000 boxes of buds from South America) • 1143 weekly flights to Latin America (largest gateway to Latin America) • 98% of all visitors to Miami arrive by air at MIA • 13.5 million passengers a year between MIA and Latin America • American Airlines with a hub in MIA is the city’s largest private employer The aforementioned statistics are eye popping when one considers that...
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...Business Writing Course Memo Business Communications/ GB512-05N Teresa Lao October 25, 2011 Abstract This memo will address the importance of effective Business Writing and why I need to take that course with the University of Miami. Discussed is how business writing is vital to the success of any organization. Management should consider business writing courses and or training for all employees within the Admissions Department because communication is a time-consuming activity in our department when it does not have to be. Memo To: Sharon Shaw, Associate Director of Admissions From: Donovan Bell, Admissions Advisor Date: October 25, 2011 Subject: Business Writing Course Increasingly, the ability to write clearly, concisely and correctly is becoming a rarer skill. It is not only University graduates in entry-level roles, like myself that struggle with business writing, but seasoned employees also often find themselves in awkward situations where their business writing skills are exposed. And, as we become more desk-bound and email-focused, the need for writing skills support has become more apparent. The University of Miami’s writing courses have been designed to respond to the growing needs of employees from all facets of life. I am seeking a writing course that focuses on providing...
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...Houston drew up a rail plan with entirely local funding. In 2001, several groups sued to stop construction, claiming that the METRO organization was a "private business" and subject to Houston City Charter provisions regulating business use of its streets;[5] they obtained 2 temporary injunctions in January 2001, which were reversed by appeals court on March 9, 2001.[5] Ground was broken on this line on March 13, 2001.[6] The opening of METRORail on January 1, 2004, came 64 years after the previous streetcar system had been shut down.[7] The cost was $325 million [8] Houston was the largest city in the United States without a rail system after the 1990 opening of the Blue Line in Los Angeles. Tom Delay strongly opposed construction of the METRORAIL line and twice blocked federal funding for the system in the United States House of Representatives.[9] Thus the Metrorail was built without any federal funding until November 2011 when a $900 million grant was approved for expansions.[10] In spite of the opposition of some groups to the Metrorail, surveys conducted by Stephen Klineberg and Rice University have shown consistent increases in support of rail transport and decreases in support for bigger and better roads/highways in the Houston metropolitan area in recent years.[11][12][13] Klineberg considers these changes a "paradigm shift" or "sea change" on attitudes towards mass transit.[11][13][14]...
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...organizations' views on internal and external forces that impact organizational behavior, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC), Western Integrity Center (WIC), and Chesapeake Appraisal's and Settlement Services (CASS). This essay will also explain why organizational restructure, organizational mission, fiscal policies, competition, economy, customer demands, and globalization are essential elements in the influence of organization behavior. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) manages the second largest rail transit system and the fifth largest bus system in the United States (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 2005). WMATA originated in 1967 and Metrorail originated in 1976. WMATA serves the District of Columbia, the suburban of Maryland and Virginia counties that covers 106.3 miles of territory with 86 stations. There are 5 lines of operations where trains operate at a speed of 59 mph. WMATA reports a safe, clean, and reliable service that carries millions of tourists and more than a third of federal government workers. However, you cannot read the Washington Post newspaper without reading a negative article about WMATA services. Customers and the media have made a demand that forces WMATA to evaluate their market position. What are the problems and how do WMATA address the issues? On-time service, over-crowded trains, and rude and discourteous operators are the most frequent complaints...
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...Additional Skills: Patrols Authority facilities to ensure order and prevent the commission of crime. Operates assigned police vehicles as required. Investigates crimes or incidents, preserves evidence, identifies witnesses and protects the crime scene pending the arrival of investigating officer(s) and supervising official(s). Responds to calls for police service. Provides assistance to transit patrons to include routing information and emergency first aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Performs revenue protection duties within the Metrorail system, on armored truck/train, on the revenue collection loading docks and within the revenue collection facility. Performs rescue functions at accidents, emergencies and disasters. Transports and escorts prisoners, detainees, and mental patients, using handcuffs and other appropriate restraints. Breaks up fights and affrays. Engages in functions in confined areas, e.g., extended walking foot patrols, and physically inspecting buildings, stations, doors, elevators, windows, bus divisions, service yards and other areas to ensure they are secure. Endures verbal and mental abuse when confronted with the hostile views and opinions of criminal defendants, suspects, arrestees, and other people encountered in an antagonistic environment. Effectively restrains a criminal suspect, assailant, or perpetrator, forcibly if necessary, using handcuffs and other restraints, subdues resisting arrestees using maneuvers and...
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...Types of terrorist groups: Al-Shabaab- Somalia Al-Queida Tehrik e Taliban- Pakistan Jamaah Islamiyah Abu sayyaf Lashkar-e-tayiba Islamic Jihad union As sahab—al quaidas media wing connect with Adam Gadahn * released videos promoting lone ranger (individuals) to commit terrorists acts alone * use of weapons * Arabian Peninsula (al queida affiliate) uses a magazine to promote vehicle violence running over victoms * U.S born Anwar al-Awkali and Saudi born American citizen Samir Khan (died in Yemen air strike) Najibulla Zazi and Adnan el- shukrijumah – recruited Zazi for new york city subway bombing Small groups are harder to detect- less known bombing skills, formal organization, home grown plots, can travel out of state easily 2011- Colleen LaRose )Jihad Jane)—ability to blend in and travel to plan attacks 2010- David headley Gilani- guilty to attacks in 2008 in Mumbai, india, and newspaper for Copenhagen denmark. Radicalism- extreme beliefs Extremist- these beliefs lead to violent acts or terrorism Salafism Anwar al-Awlaki was a radical imam and key international charismatic figure in jihadist circles prior to being killed in a U.S. air strike in Yemen in September 2011. Awlaki allegedly served as a leader in the terrorist group known as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).57 He was a U.S. citizen born in New Mexico in 1971 and had been linked to a number of domestic jihadist plots.58 U.S. officials have said that he directed foreign...
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... http://jtlu.org . 6 . 1 [2013] pp. 7–24 http://dx.doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.v1.425 Linking urban transport and land use in developing countries Robert Cervero University of California, Berkeley a e mobility challenges of the developing world are considerably different than those in wealthier, advanced countries, and so are the challenges of coordinating transportation and land use. Rapid population growth, poverty and income disparities, overcrowded urban cores, poorly designed road networks, spatial mismatches between housing and jobs, deteriorating environmental conditions, and economic losses from extreme traffic by congestion are among the more vexing challenges faced by developing cities that could be assuaged through improved coordination of transportation and urban development. is is underscored by examples reviewed in this paper from South Asia, Southeast Asia, China, India, Africa, and South America. It is concluded that whatever is done to improve transportation and land-use integration must be pro-poor. e cardinal features of integrated and sustainable transport and urbanism everywhere—accessible urban activities and safe, attractive walking and cycling environs—are particularly vital to the welfare and prosperity of urbanites in the world’s poorest countries. Abstract: Keywords: Urban transportation; land use; Developing cities; Air quality; Poverty 1 The challenges of rapid growth in developing cities ...
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...So, a couple of weeks ago, one of my roommates, Jonathan (who, for briefest background information, will rewash clothes multiple times if they have gotten wrinkled from being left in the dryer for too long, but who will not just *iron the clothes*) announced that he would be able to get some new furniture for the apartment, but he would need Ari (our other roommate) and me to help bring it in. I was initially opposed...we already had a couch and didn't need another. There were other pieces of furniture we could use (dining room chairs or a table to replace our lawn chairs and lawn table, for example), but I didn't want to get involved with whatever shenanigans that will come over just getting a *second couch*. But eventually, Jonathan talked Ari and me into helping. (Our reservations had been that we thought he was going to ask us to split the cost of the furniture, reasoning that each of us would be using it. I was opposed to the prospect of paying, even in part, for furniture that I had never seen before, but it turned out that the furniture was free -- Jonathan's mom's friend was giving away the furniture, not selling it.) Soon, the day came for us to help move the furniture and we went to U-Haul to pick up the truck that Jonathan had reserved. We took Ari's car to the U-Haul place, and the plan was that Jon would drive the U-Haul truck to his mom's friend's apartment, I would be his navigator (ughggghhh), and then Ari would follow with his car, so he didn't have to leave...
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...Introduction Public transport plays a major role in the development of any country and therefore needs to be planned for and managed to ensure efficiency, control and reliability within the systems. There are quite a number of problems that the individual transport modes face in the city of Johannesburg municipality that could effectively be solved by thoroughly implementing an integrated public transport system. This system will involve a lot of transport planning and is will be responsible for the development of strategy and programmes to direct and manage both the private, business, and public transport systems throughout the City Of Johannesburg Municipal area towards a common council vision. The different public transport modes must be integrated with transport infrastructure on which they operate. The infrastructure should be designed to suit efficient and effective operations. Inefficient operations will require higher capacity infrastructure, with the solution to improve efficiencies and not providing costly extra infrastructure. The role of the transport system is to serve the movement needs of persons and goods. A number of different modes, or technologies, have developed over the years that provide different levels of efficiency for a variety of trip purposes, volumes and distances of travel. It is important to recognise the operational efficiency of a mode that makes use of a particular type and form of infrastructure. Cars require much more road infrastructure...
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...utilities like steel and concrete pipes and balance width was removed using a combination of tools i.e. pavement breakers, SCDAs. In some of the foundations, plaster shooting muffled with rubber mats was also done below jointed pipes where purpose was to create disintegrate in the rock and balance work was done using pavement breakers. 5.1. CURRENT STAGE The team working in controlled blasting has taken more than 1700 blasts in past Months and rendered 67 foundations evacuated of hard rock. The progress of controlled blasting has helped the project retain and exceed its desired place and the world’s largest integrated metro rail project has been completed for more than 50% of its total 2700 odd foundations and piers. 6. CONCLUSION Metrorail sector is a timely completion projects to meet Country's grade for development to state-of the-art public transportation of facilitieshence carrying out the absolute control blasting can avoid the normal blasting effect while tunnel excavation at faster rate.Besides Optimum Drilling and Blasting design was engineered in order to protect structures and utilities inside and outside the blasting area. 6.1 REFERENCE 1. Anantha Murthy B.S, and Sharma Abhishek, (2011) "Mining for Sustainable Growth of Indian Construction Industry", Proceedings of Golden Jubilee Seminar on Mining Technology for Sustainable Development - MineTech'11, Raipur, India. 2. Drilling and Blasting by G.K Pradhan. 3. Rock Blasting Technique by C.P Chugh. 4. Kim DS, Lee...
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...Johannesburgh South Africa Johannesburgh Flag Johannesburgh Seal Johannesburgh Flag Johannesburgh Map Population (2001 city; 2007 metro)[4] | • City | 1,009,035 | • Density | 1,984/km2 (5,140/sq mi) | • Metro[5] | 3,888,180 | • Metro density | 2,400/km2 (6,100/sq mi) | | | Area[4] | • City | 508.69 km2 (196.41 sq mi) | • Metro | 1,644.96 km2 (635.12 sq mi) | Geography Johannesburg aerial view looking towards the south-east Johannesburg is located in the eastern plateau area of South Africa known as the Highveld, at an elevation of 1,753 metres (5,751 ft). The former CBD is located on the south side of the prominent ridge called the Witwatersrand (Afrikaans: White Water's Ridge) and the terrain falls to the north and south. By and large the Witwatersrand marks the watershed between the Limpopo and Vaal rivers. The north and west of the city has undulating hills while the eastern parts are flatter. Johannesburg may not be built on a river or harbour, but its streams are the source of two of southern Africa's mightiest rivers. A number of streams meander through the suburbs of Johannesburg, and form the source of two of southern Africa's primary rivers – the Limpopo and the Orange. Most of the springs from which many of these streams emanate are now covered in concrete and canalised, accounting for the fact that the names of early farms in the area often end with "fontein", meaning "spring" in Afrikaans. Braamfontein, Rietfontein, Zevenfontein...
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...Site and Area Review Proposed Hotel on Brickell Bay Drive, Miami, FL Site and Area Review Site Considerations Introduction The site is located on an undeveloped parcel of land on high-end Brickell Bay Drive, just south of SE 12th Street, on the east side by the bay. The available land is divided into two parcels. The hotel will be on the Southern portion of the side. There is no existing structure on the land, just a patch of grass, and it is fenced and closed off. There are hotels on both sides of the property and all along the same street. So it is assumed the area is well set up to provide the appropriate utilities services. The new hotel is planned for opening on January 1, 2015. Plans for the hotel include: 400 guest rooms 20,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space, Two restaurants: one a Bistro type restaurant (casual or linen table service depending on the meal period) to open from 6 AM to midnight (100 seats); and a fine dining restaurant with 80 seats. A bar/lounge with entertainment A pool and outside patio area. Two 1000 sq. ft. gift shoppes inside the hotel 2 – 1000 sq. ft. gift shoppes inside the hotel The developer is planning to develop the hotel as an independent hotel, not as a brand. 1 Thunderbird Consulting Group Site and Area Review Proposed Hotel on Brickell Bay Drive, Miami, FL The Brickell area has long been the financial center of the City of Miami. Located just south of Downtown Miami, Brickell Avenue, from which...
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...Research Paper List of content Page Summary of the Research 1 Introduction Introduction and Motivation 2 Research Question 3 Conceptual Framework 3 Contribution Literature Relevant literature review 3 Empirical 4 Methodology and Data Methodology 4 Data Collection 5 Econometric Specification 5 Hypothesis ...
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...The motorist contributes to the revenue of South African (SA) by paying the following fees and taxes, annual motor licence fees, CO2 emission tax, the fuel levy (fuel tax) and toll fees when using various roads in the country. Revenue from fines are also payable when motorists are guilty of contravening the National Traffic Regulations e.g. exceeding the legal speed limit on public or national roads and carrying loads exceeding the legal carrying capacity of a vehicle. Revenue from motor vehicle licence fees A Motor vehicle licence fee is payable annually. The cost is determined by the category of the vehicle. This ranges from motorcycles to heavy passenger and goods vehicles. The category of a vehicle is based on the number of axles, and their load carry capacity. The National Road Traffic Act (NRTA) defines the category of vehicle, (Ministry of Transport, 1996). Funds generated from licence fees form a direct revenue stream to the National Treasury. This contributes to the gross annual income of the country. According to the Road Traffic Monitoring Corporation (RTMC), as of December 2010, there are 9 829 400 registered vehicles on the South Africa roads. This increase by 2,52 per cent from December 2009, with significant contributions of increase in the motorcar and bus categories and a notably decrease in the number of motorcycles. The highest per cent of motor vehicles are in Gauteng and Western Cape Province respectively. Attached are the data table and graph illustrating...
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...in the Mainland and Accelerate our success Grow and enhance our Hong Kong core businesses corporate citizen reputation Strengthen our Hong Kong internationally Sharing Our Annual Report 2012 Growth Sharing Our Growth We continue to grow and enhance our core businesses in Hong Kong, while at the same time accelerating our expansion in the Mainland of China and overseas through sharing our expertise in developing sustainable communities based on rail transport. In support of these goals, we are strengthening our Hong Kong corporate citizen reputation by listening and responding to the voices of Hong Kong people. In our Annual Report, we share our progress with stakeholders, and outline our plans for the future. Contents 02 04 06 08 12 23 24 26 40 46 58 66 72 78 84 86 88 MTR Corporation in Numbers – 2012 Hong Kong Operating Network with Future Extensions MTR Corporation at a Glance Chairman’s Letter CEO’s Review of Operations and Outlook Key Figures Key Events in 2012 Executive Management’s Report – Hong Kong Transport Operations – Hong Kong Station Commercial Business – Hong Kong Property and Other Businesses – Hong Kong Network Expansion – Mainland and Overseas Growth – Human Resources Financial Review Ten-Year Statistics Investor Relations Risk Management 89 90 94 112 116 124 125 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 240 Sustainability Corporate Responsibility Corporate Governance Report Remuneration Report Board and Executive Directorate...
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