...There is an issue in society that continues to be a concern and needs to be seriously addressed. The problem is that global warming is increasing at a significant rate. According to NASA’s article entitled “Global Warming”, global warming is the unusual “...rapid increase in Earth’s average surface temperature,” (2014, para. 1). Our planet, Earth, has had its temperature changed a significant amount of times throughout history. These changes were due to receiving more or less sunlight from the shifts in the Earth’s orbit. However, scientists have found that over the past century another source has influenced the change of Earth’s temperature: mankind. Scientists from NASA’s Earth Observatory suggests that these significant changes are primarily due to the release of greenhouse gases as people burn fossil fuels, given the fact that the rate of temperature increase nearly doubled in the last 50 years (GlobalWarming, 2014, para. 3). Greenhouse gases allow sunlight to shine into the atmosphere freely. When the sunlight strikes the Earth’s surface, some of it reflects back to space as heat. The greenhouse gases absorbs this heat and traps it in the atmosphere keeping the Earth at a suitable temperature for humans to live in. There are various amounts of greenhouse gases but carbon dioxide, oxygen, methane and nitrous oxide seem to be more dominant (Hunt, 2011, online). However, when too much of the gas is released then too much of the heat gets trapped within the atmosphere. This...
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...this project is to provide Kudler Fine Foods with the ability to track individual customer purchases. These purchases are to be monitored as Loyalty Points for later redemption by the customer. The purpose of this project is to develop a system that tracks customer purchases through a Frequent Shopper Program thereby increasing revenue. Stakeholders: • The Customer: The entire process begins with someone who would like to purchase from KFF a product of service offered • The Employee: The employees make it possible for Kudler Fine Foods to meet the demands of their customers • Financial Institution: The financial institutions help by providing financial assistance as needed • Suppliers: The suppliers provide the wares that KFF sales to their customers • Distribution: The distribution team work together to get the products that customers have purchased to where they need to go Functions included in the project: • Finance and Accounting: Keeps track of the ledgers, vendor codes, retail sales, accounts, asset management, and information security for the business. • Sales and Marketing: Handles advertising, accounting, inventory management, and merchandise selection and pricing. • Frequent Shopper Program: Tracks and maintains records of individual shoppers for the purposes of rewarding those that increase their purchasing with loyalty points. The goal for this program is to provide the loyal customer with a reward system in the form of loyalty points, adding an incentive...
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...Executive summary Suzlon, the Indian-owned Wind Energy company, has made its mark in the Indian and Global Wind Energy markets since its inception in 1995. By 2011, the company was the Asian market leader, having completed projects across 32 countries around the globe. Tulsi Tanti, originally a textile manufacturer founded Suzlon in 1995 to meet the energy demands of his family business textile operations. In those days, India was marred by expensive and unpredictable power grids which lead to rising power costs and frequent electricity outages. In 1994, the Government of India announced incentives for those investing in Wind power. As a part of the scheme the Ministry of non-conventional Energy resources offered capital subsidies and waivers from excise, income and import taxes for renewable energy projects. Tanti saw a promising opportunity and raised $0.6 million for his new wind energy venture. He began by securing selling rights from “SudWind”, the German turbine manufacturer, in India for their turbines. However, in an unexpected turn of events the German company went bankrupt. Determined not to lose this opportunity, Mr Tanti purchased the Worldwide rights to sell SudWind turbines – hiring the manufacturer’s R&D centre in Germany. Their first project was a ten turbines wind farm for India Power Corporation Limited(IPCL), a petrochemicals company. Suzlon’s successful completion of the project in a record three months helped it build its name. Soon, other projects...
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...Chapter I Background of the Study In reach with this paper, it centres the power interruptions cause to distinctive business establishments worldwide. This article analytically investigates the times when back up electricity is most needed and becomes very important. It can keep the clocks running, so we aren’t late for work. We can have breakfast before we leave the house. It’s important to keep schedule and backup electricity can do just that. As long as the electricity is available, no one thinks much about it. Whether it’s during the day or at night, electricity keeps our lives in order. It affects your business, your schedule and even your entertainment. Electricity runs everything in our everyday lives. Gas stations can’t pump gas without it. Businesses have to close because their cash registers won’t work without it. Restaurants can’t cook food without it. Our lives almost come to a standstill without electricity. Everything in our world today depends on having the power to keep them running. In our house, everything we need and enjoy is plugged into a wall socket and requires electricity. Therefore, backup electricity has become a necessity and is no longer a luxury. It’s really inconvenient when the electricity is shut off at night and it’s too early to go to bed and sleep through it. You are usually in the middle of something when it happens and frustrating to wait for the power to be restored. This has all changed with the invention of the power inverter. No one has...
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...BC607 From: Millicent Fowler To: Dr. Miro The country of Ghana a region in West Africa is my country of choice, Electricity generation and usage in Ghana. Business Report The country generates electric power from hydropower, fossil-fuel, thermal energy and renewable energy sources. Electricity generation is one of the key factors to propel it to achieve the developmental goal of the national economy, with aggressive and rapid industrialization, which has increased the consumption from 265kilowatt-hours per capita in 2009 to 297.8 kilowatt-hours per capita, causing frequent power outage and rationing. It has become necessary for the privatization of the sector. Ghana exported some of its generated energy and fossil fuel to other countries in the region, Transmission is under the operation of Ghana Grid Company, Distribution under Northern electricity Distribution Company and electricity Company of Ghana. For the country to meet its economic growth, it is working on projects aimed at diversifying its energy generation and supply as the government is no longer able to handle it. I therefore propose that Consolidated Edison Company (ConEdison) come into a joint venture business agreement with Ghana, where generation and supply will be manage by ConEdison. During the past two decades, Ghana has emerged as a paragon of stability and good governance, held up as a shining example for the rest of Africa to follow. Its...
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...MNGT-395-A3 - Managing Strategically February 2016 MNGT-395-A3 - Managing Strategically February 2016 Managing Strategically - Case Assignment 1: “Wind in Shaw’s Sails” | Adolfo Mauricio Jimenez ArceAli KhalilAnja JelacaClaudia Siller VargasJorge Siller Vargas | Managing Strategically - Case Assignment 1: “Wind in Shaw’s Sails” | Adolfo Mauricio Jimenez ArceAli KhalilAnja JelacaClaudia Siller VargasJorge Siller Vargas | Table of Contents Introduction 1 Mission Statement 1 The Macro Environment 1 6 Element Examples of the Macro Environment 1 1 Gone with the Wind: Shaw in the Cell Phone Market 1 Competitive Strategies 1 Core Concept 1 Conclusion 1 References 1 Table of Figures Figure 1: 6 External Elements: PESTEL Analysis 1 Table of Tables Table 1: Rankings of the Big Four by Media 1 Table 2: Canada's Wireless Market Share 1 Introduction This report is a case analysis of Shaw Communications, commonly known as simply Shaw, and its purchase of Wind Mobile. Shaw provides Internet, television, and landline services to customers in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario. Shaw intends to finalize the purchase of Wind Mobile in late 2016; however, the sale requires federal government approval. Wind Mobile is a relative newcomer in the cellular market, but it will provide Shaw with a service that has been lacking. In this report, the following elements will be examined in greater detail: Shaw’s mission statement, the macro environment...
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...Product Launch Plan Wind-based energy is becoming the most popular and fastest growing form of alternative energy in today’s market. Compact Energy, Inc. (CE) is a newly formed organization with the goal of providing affordable energy solutions to all areas of the world. Currently, CE operates domestically in Eritrea and internationally in Argentina. In this paper, the team creates a product launch of CE’s compact windmill for both the domestic and international market. The team discusses the product, target market, market needs, market potential and growth, competition, marketing objectives and strategy, pricing, marketing communication, distribution strategy, and marketing research. Additionally, the team has completed a SWOT analysis of both the domestic and international market and a quarterly budget indicating the product launch expenses for a period of three years. Compact Energy, Inc. Compact Energy, Inc. is the innovation and creation of Team B, a diligently formed group of business professionals all preparing to improve the quality and availability of alternative energy throughout the world. Headquartered in Eritrea, a small country in Northeast Africa, CE established its most recent location in Argentina. Contributing to its rapid expansion, CE created a business alliance with Strabag International, an environmentally friendly construction organization with unprecedented experience in alternative energy construction and installation (Strabag, 2012). ...
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...Title A Research Paper presented to Mr. Ghio Magtibay Reyes Canossa Academy Lipa City In partial fulfillment of the requirements in English IV Aeron Glenold R. Almoite Aldreah Krisol P. Dinglasan Christian Paolo R. Dumlao Cleo O. Vergara December 2013 Chapter I Introduction It took a power outage for me to see the light Of what it is I am really like To hear the words that you said without the noise I could listen close, without distraction of toys I saw the darkness of how I felt surround me The candle that you lit, so profound within me Safety, security, as well as desire Lit so lovingly by that fire “Power outage” a poem by Deanna Repose (September 23, 2009 (blog.deannarepose.com) Electricity is an imperative necessity and essential to modern life; one basically depends on the use of electricity with almost every task. People suppose that it will be present when they need it to power the engines and systems which on the other hand are also involved in practically everything we do. In Lipa City, the residents expect their power supply to be always ready and available every time considering that theirs are busy and rushed lives. In exchange, they compensate for that power, depending on how much they use. That's about as much as most of us think about in the process. Unfortunately, BATELEC does not always meet the expectations for minimized power outage in most places of Lipa. In order to meet the problems in power shortages, there...
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...Title A Research Paper presented to Mr. Ghio Magtibay Reyes Canossa Academy Lipa City In partial fulfillment of the requirements in English IV Aeron Glenold R. Almoite Aldreah Krisol P. Dinglasan Christian Paolo R. Dumlao Cleo O. Vergara December 2013 Chapter I Introduction It took a power outage for me to see the light Of what it is I am really like To hear the words that you said without the noise I could listen close, without distraction of toys I saw the darkness of how I felt surround me The candle that you lit, so profound within me Safety, security, as well as desire Lit so lovingly by that fire “Power outage” a poem by Deanna Repose (September 23, 2009 (blog.deannarepose.com) Electricity is an imperative necessity and essential to modern life; one basically depends on the use of electricity with almost every task. People suppose that it will be present when they need it to power the engines and systems which on the other hand are also involved in practically everything we do. In Lipa City, the residents expect their power supply to be always ready and available every time considering that theirs are busy and rushed lives. In exchange, they compensate for that power, depending on how much they use. That's about as much as most of us think about in the process. Unfortunately, BATELEC does not always meet the expectations for minimized power outage in most places of Lipa. In order to meet the problems in power shortages, there...
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...they couldn’t stop them. (History Learning Site). Once the rocket attacks occurred, the US Ambassador, Graham Martin, made a live appearance on Saigon television where he pledged, “I, the American Ambassador, am not going to run away in the middle of the night. Any of you can come to my house and see for yourselves that I have not packed my bags. I give you my word”(History Learning Site). The U.S. ambassador was not ready to stop fighting and wasn't going to run away like the President and Commander of Vietnam. On April 29 1975, The South Vietnamese knew that they wouldn't be able to hold their ground against the North because the South was extremely weak, so they started evacuations.These evacuations were followed through in Operation Frequent Wind, which was the largest helicopter evacuation in history. Marines and Air Force helicopters, flying from offshore carriers, performed a massive airlift. Within 18 hours, more than 1,000 American civilians and nearly 7,000 South Vietnamese refugees were air carried out of Saigon.(Fall of Saigon). The South Vietnamese pilots also were permitted to participate in the evacuation, and they were allowed to land on U.S. carriers. More than 100 American supplied helicopters that were on the air carriers, which cost more than 250,000 dollars each, were then pushed off carrier decks to make room for more evacuees and refugees.(Fall of Saigon). At 4:03 a.m., April 30th, 1975, two U.S. Marines were killed in a rocket attack at Saigon's Tan Son...
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...Reference Manual on Best Management Practices for PM-10 and Fugitive Dust Control BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES For Maricopa County, Arizona Rule 310 Written by Zbigniew D. Czupak Dr. Edward Kavazanjian, P.E. Arizona State University Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment Sponsored by 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the Arizona Pavements, Materials, and Transportation Conference steering committee for preparation of this Reference Manual. The authors would also like to thank Amanda McGennis of the Phoenix Chapter of the Association of General Contractors and Cameron Flowers of Kitchell Engineering for their technical assistance in manual preparation, including their review comments on the document and many of the pictures used in the document. 2 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE Application Control Method Watering Paved Roads p. 19 Unpaved Roads p. 20 Construction Entrances p.21 As needed (excessive watering increases track out, requires catch basins) Staging Areas p.23 Storage Piles p.24 Disturbed Flat and Sloped Surfaces p.26-28 Water to form visible crust Weed Abatement p.29 Use prior and during weeding Demolition/Blasting p.30-32 Backfilling p.33 Stacking, Loading, Unloading p.34 Use prior and during Trenching, Excavating p.35 Pre-wet, maintain moisture content Expensive, Can mix with water Hauling p.36-37 - Periodic reapplication Polymer...
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...The most frequent meteorological hazards in the City of Yuma are hurricanes, tropical storms, windstorms, and drought. According to FEMA (2012) the most memorable hurricanes are Hurricane Kathleen in 1976 and Hurricane Nora in 1997 for the damages and the casualties they occasioned. Windstorms occur many times each year said FEMA (2012). Drought is also present each year in this area. The same source stated that other tropical storms are intermittent in the city and in the county. 1.2 Hydrological Hazards Hydrological hazards are caused by heavy rains and abnormal functioning of water systems. Flood is the most event of concern in the US (Lindell, Prater, and Perry, 2007). Flood is recorded as being the most recurrent hydrological hazard in the City of Yuma. It occurs most of the time with severe consequences for people and properties. Those which engendered some of the biggest casualties and damages are the flooding of Gila and Colorado Rivers respectively in 1983 and 1993 (FEMA, 2012). As it can be seen, flood is a serious calamity in the area. 1.3 Geophysical...
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...What is JetBlue’s strategy for success in the marketplace? Does the company rely primarily on a customer intimacy, operational excellence, or product leadership customer value proposition? What evidence supports your conclusion? The strategy for JetBlue’s success in the marketplace is described in the company’s 10-K/A filling. Their goal is to ³establish JetBlue as a leading low-fare, low-cost passenger airline by offering customer’s high-quality customer service and a differentiated product.´ (JetBlue,2005) By doing this, they are trying to ³stimulate market demand while maintaining a continuous focus on cost-containment and operation efficiencies.´ (JetBlue, 2005) Based on the filing, JetBlue relies on product leadership customer value proposition. The four key elements to their strategy are: Stimulate demand with low fares Emphasize low operation costs Offer point to point flights to underserved and/or overpriced large markets Differentiate our product and service (JetBlue, 2005) Due to the strategies, JetBlue has been able to grow largely as a company and become one of the leading airlines which focus on customer satisfaction at a low operating cost. JETBLUE AIRWAYS 3 What business risks does JetBlue face that may threaten the company’s ability to satisfy stockholder expectations? What are some examples of control activities that the company could use to reduce these risks? (Hint: Focus on pages 17-23 of the 10-K/A.) As in any business, there are risks involved...
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...I. Strategic Recommendations A. Pause Strategy (CI#1, 2, 3): Carnival Corp has been known for health and safety records, a key component in consumer decision-making in the cruise industry. In order to begin improvements, a pause strategy needs to be utilized to allow the company to take a step back from aggressive growth and focus more towards consumer necessities. Many complaints stem from issues like sanitization of rooms, quality of food, and ship malfunctions. Keying in on ship maintenance, restoration, and efficiency will significantly decrease the chance of malfunctions. While implementing more stringent and attentive guidelines towards guest amenities and conditions of food storage/quality to help increase consumer appeal. Pros * Allows focus towards proactive improvement of overall health and safety environment * Opportunity to address customer complaints with effectiveness * Better consumer reports from changes * Proliferation of trust and support from consumers * Reduction of direct costs from efficiency of improvements/upgrades Cons * Overall growth will be put on hold * Hard to estimate overall initial costs of improvements * Costs associated with implementation process * Strategy is temporary; Follow-up plan must be ready B. Marketing Strategy (CI#1, 2): Carnival Corporation & PLC is a global cruise company, consisting of some of the industries most recognized brands. In order to reach the different consumer...
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...that Haveloche Corporation has been publicly traded. BACKGROUND Haveloche Corporation was formed in 1989 as a research firm dedicated to innovative electronic design. Haveloche sells patents to large electronics manufacturing companies. For innovative inventions that are immediately useful to these electronics firms, Haveloche receives handsome gains. Many of the inventions and patents also wind up sitting on a shelf, even after Haveloche goes to the effort and expense of gaining the patent. Inventions that hit the jackpot make up for the losers over time, but the successes are sporadic and create large fluctuations in Haveloche's earnings. The firm grew up very quickly until its initial public offering in June of 1994 due to several key patents that were snatched up by several large computer manufacturers. By 1994, there were 28 researchers in the Haveloche think-tank, and the firm had developed the reputation for cutting edge research with a market orientation. Haveloche was also one of the larger pure research firms, and appeared to have become large enough to ensure more frequent innovations and earnings that were not as volatile as smaller firms. Since the IPO, Haveloche's research capability grew until a high of 102 researchers was reached. In early 2001, Haveloche had reduce workloads and eventually had to reduce the number of researchers due to the economic downturn. Since early 2003, though, the firm seemed to be enjoying the high demand again, and...
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