...Alberta Oil – Keystone XL pipeline The high demand for oil in the U.S. is continuously increasing. In 2010, the United-States, on average, consumed 19.15 million barrels of oil per day (bpd) (Index Mundi 1). Due to the high demand and the proximity to the U.S., Canada is a major supplier of their oil. The Alberta Tar Sands are the 2nd largest oil reservoir in the world and are a major source of Canada’s oil exports to the States and to the world. The high demand is being met with extreme dislike from environmentalists. It also creates thousands of jobs. Bureaucrats are pushing for its construction; they do it for the economical growth and the capital benefits. The construction of the Keystone XL pipeline (KXL) is a controversial issue which has lead President Obama to deny the permit for TransCanada to continue building in the United-States. Sending crude oil down to the United-States would be a sensitive issue and could hurt Canada’s economic development in the future if not handled correctly. The Keystone XL pipeline would primarily perform the job of bringing oil down from Alberta to the large refineries in Texas. The pipeline will provide millions of new jobs in North America. The quick job increase is due to the fact that government of Alberta assigns permits to extract oil from the Tar Sands and not one has been denied. Robert Rampton, a reporter for the Financial Post, wrote, “Canadian production is surging on expanding output from the oil sands. With exports to...
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...Chapter 14 Review The environmental effects of gold mining can harm the environment in many negative ways. Gold miners removed enough rock to equal the weight of 50 automobiles to extract a little amount of gold. The leftover waste is piled near the mine sites and can pollute the air and nearby surface water. Mining companies also created a new mining technology called cyanide heap leaching to level entire mountains of rock. In order for them to extract the gold, they spray a solution of highly toxic cyanide salts. This cyanide is extremely toxic to birds and mammals drawn to these ponds in search of water and they can leak into the rivers posing as a threat to fish and other life forms. Geology is the science devoted to the study of dynamic processes occurring on the earth’s surface and in its interior. The core is the earth’s innermost zone. The mantle is a thick zone surrounding the core. The crust is the outermost and thinnest zone of the earth. The tectonic plates are various sized areas of the earth’s lithosphere that move slowly around with the mantle’s flowing asthenosphere. The lithosphere is the outer shell of the earth, composed of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle outside the asthenosphere. A transform vault is an area where the earth’s lithospheric plates move in opposite but parallel directions along a fracture in the lithosphere. Weathering is the physical and chemical processes in which solid rock exposed at earth’s surface is changed to separate...
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..."12 Important Pros and Cons of Free Trade", the author had said that some manufacturers and employers are encouraged to hire foreign workers for reduce labor costs and relocate factories and plants to other countries as well as some workers are forced not to join labor unions and receive lower wages due to the threat of losing their jobs (Garage). Besides workers were threat by not letting them to join the Unions, workers may also be treated like slavery; as the author, Mr. Green, had said, “Workers live in desolate places to work and paid low wages. Opponents of free trade argue that free trade has led workers from poorer countries to work long hours and forced to live in shanties without electricity even, just so they can work and send money back to their families” (Garage). In additional, women and kid may also like slavery in unusual places in the U.S. and in other countries. as according to Mr. Kimberly, the author of “Free Trade Agreements Pros and Cons: Six Advantages and Seven Disadvantages and Their Possible Solutions”, had said, “women and children are often subjected to grueling factory jobs in sub-standard conditions”...
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...Advanced Clean Coal Technology DeVry University Technology Society and Culture Professor Paul Team D Table of Contents Renee M King I A brief description of the why the technology is needed …………….page 3 II The historical development and context of the technology …………..page 5 III The technology in its cultural context, media influence……………....page 9 IV Psychological considerations and sociological effects…………..….page 10 V Economic questions and considerations VI Implications for the Environment VI Political and legal influences IX Moral and Ethical Implications References Advanced Clean Coal Technology I A brief description of the why the technology is needed The most plentiful fuel in the fossil fuel family, coal has been used since the caveman days to heat their homes. In the 1700s, people found that it would heat cleaner and hotter than wood charcoal. The Industrial Revolutions overwhelming need for energy to run the new technologies providing the real opportunity for coal to dominant as a worldwide supplier of energy. (A brief history of coal use). As other sources of energy was discovered the use of coal diminished. However, 4 decades ago it became popular again as an energy source. The 1970’s brought about an oil crisis that showed industrialized countries that any disruption in the petroleum supply line would send a shockwave through energy production. (Morse, 2012). Even though coal...
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...Chapter Two Being Ethical and Socially Responsible Business Ethics Defined Ethics * The study of ______ and ______ and of the morality of the c_______ individuals make * An ethical decision is one that is “right” according to some s_______ of b________ Business ethics * The application of m_____ s________ to business situations Ethical Issues Fairness and honesty * Businesspeople are expected to refrain from knowingly d________, m___________, or intimidating others Organizational relationships * A businessperson should put the w_______ of others and that of the organization above their own personal welfare Conflict of interest * Issues arise when a businessperson takes a_________ of a situation for p_________ gain rather than for the employer’s interest Communications * Business communications that are f______-, misleading, or deceptive are both illegal and unethical Special Areas of Concern for Managerial Ethics Areas of Concern | Sample Issues | Relationship of the firm to the employee | * H______ and f_______ * Wages and w_______ conditions * P_________ | Relationship of the employee to the firm | * C_______ of i_______ * Secrecy * H________ and expense accounts | Relationship of the firm to customers | * Fairness of p_______ * Honesty in a_________ * Product s_________ * Right of p________ | Factors Affecting Ethical Behavior Three general sets of factors appear to influence the standards of behavior in...
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...Cash’s Evolution to Digital Currency Tony Giuliani Business Finance 350 September 25, 2013 The other day I needed to fill up my car with gas, but when I got to the gas station by my house the pumps had a sign on them saying “Cash Only” due to an internet outage. This did not bother me as I had cash on hand but as I pumped my gas several vehicles pulled up, saw the signs, and left for another station. I even heard one person muttering about how inconvenient it was for them that the store could only take cash as they got back into their car. Now normally I pay for gas at the pump with a credit card even though I usually have cash on me, mainly because I do not have to deal with pre-paying and guessing how much gas I need, and I prefer to pump my gas and go about my day with a minimum of human interaction. This is a phenomena getting more and more common throughout a world where currency and coinage are quickly becoming items that people no longer carry as their primary instrument of payment and businesses would rather not accept. We all want a quantifiable measurement for what our wealth is but don’t really care if it is in actually hard currency or just expressed in the zeros and ones in the digital world. Call the money a Dollar, Euro, Pound, Deutschmark or any other name you want as long as we know, on paper, we have an amount of them is all we care about. Why have currency and checks become less and less important as a form of payment when they were once responsible...
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...Identification. Christopher Columbus landed in Puerto Rico in 1493, during his second voyage, naming it San Juan Bautista. The Taínos, the indigenous people, called the island Boriquén Tierra del alto señor ("Land of the Noble Lord"). In 1508, the Spanish granted settlement rights to Juan Ponce de León, who established a settlement at Caparra and became the first governor. In 1519 Caparra had to be relocated to a nearby coastal islet with a healthier environment; it was renamed Puerto Rico ("Rich Port") for its harbor, among the world's best natural bays. The two names were switched over the centuries: the island became Puerto Rico and its capital San Juan. The United States anglicized the name to "Porto Rico" when it occupied the island in 1898 after the Spanish-American War. This spelling was discontinued in 1932. Puerto Ricans are a Caribbean people who regard themselves as citizens of a distinctive island nation in spite of their colonial condition and U.S. citizenship. This sense of uniqueness also shapes their migrant experience and relationship with other ethnoracial groups in the United States. However, this cultural nationalism coexists with a desire for association with the United States as a state or in the current semiautonomous commonwealth status. Location and Geography. Puerto Rico is the easternmost and smallest of the Greater Antilles, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and the Caribbean Basin to the south. Puerto Rico is a crucial hemispheric access...
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...Chapter 3 Q1. How does organizational strategy determine information systems structure?` Ultimately, competitive strategy determines the structure, features, and functions of every information system. * Porter’s Five Forces Model of Industry Structure * Bargaining power of customers * Threat of substitutions * Bargaining power of suppliers * Threat of new entrants * Rivalry Q2. What five forces determine industry structure? * The intensity of each of the five forces determines the characteristics of the industry, how profitable it is, and how sustainable that profitability will be. * Organizations examine five forces and determine how they intend to respond to them. That examination leads to competitive strategy. Q3. How does analysis of industry structure determine competitive strategy? * Porter’s Four Competitive Strategies | Cost | Differentiation | Industry-wide | Lowest cost across the industry | BetterProduct/serviceacross theindustry | Focus | Lowest costwithin anindustry segment | Betterproduct/servicewithin anindustry segment | To be effective, the organization’s goals, objectives, culture, and activities must be consistent with the organization’s strategy. Q4. How does competitive strategy determine value chain structure? * Value: The amount of money that a customer is willing to pay for a resource, product, or service. * Margin: The difference between the value that an activity generates and the cost...
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...SCHEME OF EXAMINATION FOR MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (MCA) (SIX-SEMESTER Programme) |Semester – I | |Paper |Title of the Paper |Duration |Maximum Marks |Total | |No. | |Of Exam | | | | | | |Theory |Sessional* | | |MCA-101 |Computer Fundamentals and Problem Solving Using C |3 Hours |80 |20 |100 | |MCA-102 |Computer Organisation |3 Hours |80 |20 |100 | |MCA-103 |Discrete Mathematical Structures |3 Hours |80 |20 |100 | |MCA-104 |Software Engineering |3 Hours |80 |20 |100 | |MCA-105 |Computer Oriented Numerical and Statistical Methods |3 Hours |80 |20 |100 | |MCA-106 |Software Laboratory - I |3 Hours | | |100 | | |C (Based on MCA-101) |...
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...Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2012 April 12, 2013 Abstract This guide describes important tuning parameters and settings that you can adjust to improve the performance and energy efficiency of the Windows Server 2012 operating system. It describes each setting and its potential effect to help you make an informed decision about its relevance to your system, workload, and performance goals. The guide is for information technology (IT) professionals and system administrators who need to tune the performance of a server that is running Windows Server 2012. For the most current version of this guide, see Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2012. ------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: This document is provided “as-is”. Information and views expressed in this document, including URL and other Internet website references, may change without notice. Some information relates to pre-released product which may be substantially modified before it’s commercially released. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to the information provided here. You bear the risk of using it. ------------------------------------------------- Some examples depicted herein are provided for illustration only and are fictitious. No real association or connection is intended or should be inferred. ------------------------------------------------- This document does not provide you with any legal rights to any intellectual...
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...Disclaimer for the Skill Gap Report: NSDC engaged IMaCS (ICRA Management Consulting Services Limited) to prepare this report, which is based on independent research and analysis done by IMaCS. This report is not based or derived from any other report or research paper. Any similarity with any other paper may purely be a co-incidence. All rights reserved. All copyright in this report and related works is solely and exclusively owned by NSDC. The same may not be reproduced, wholly or in part in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this presentation), modified or in any manner communicated to any third party except with the written approval of NSDC. This report is for information purposes only. While due care has been taken during the compilation of this report to ensure that the information is accurate to the best of IMaCSs’ and NSDC’s knowledge and belief, the content is not to be construed in any manner whatsoever as a substitute for professional advice. IMaCS and NSDC neither recommend nor endorse any specific products or services that may have been mentioned in this report and nor do they assume any liability or responsibility for the outcome of decisions taken as a result of any reliance placed in this report. Neither IMaCS nor NSDC shall be liable for any direct or indirect damages that may arise due to any act or omission on the part of the user due to...
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...JOHN A. QUELCH CAROLE CARLSON Reed Supermarkets: A New Wave of Competitors At 4:30 p.m. on December 6, 2010, Meredith Collins, VP of Marketing for Reed Supermarkets, walked down the sidewalk of the 10-store strip mall that housed Reed’s Westgate Plaza branch in Columbus, Ohio. Collins didn’t shop; instead she took mental notes about store traffic, first at the Reed store and then at an indirect but increasingly worrisome kind of competitor—a dollar store. The Reed was predictably well lit and inviting, and Collins could see three registers open and two or three customers in line at each. “Not too bad” she thought, “but not what I would hope for at this time of day, this close to the holidays.” She’d felt the same way at two other Reeds she’d visited that day . Collins walked on to the Dollar General (DG). A fairly steady stream of shoppers entered DG’s doors, their progress slowed by families exiting with plastic bags jammed full. When Collins looked inside, she noticed workers filling what was obviously a new freezer case—the first freezer she had seen in a dollar store that day. This DG was doing just as well, to judge from this glimpse, as the Family Dollar she’d walked past half an hour earlier at North Valley—but no better than the Aldi store she had visited in the morning. That Aldi trip was interesting: a bright and spotless mini- supermarket, run by a giant firm from Germany that carried one-tenth the food items that a Reed did and sold virtually no brand names, only...
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...Acknowledgments ix Acknowledgments This book owes a great deal to the mental energy of several generations of scholars. As an undergraduate at the University of Cape Town, Francis Wilson made me aware of the importance of migrant labour and Robin Hallett inspired me, and a generation of students, to study the African past. At the School of Oriental and African Studies in London I was fortunate enough to have David Birmingham as a thesis supervisor. I hope that some of his knowledge and understanding of Lusophone Africa has found its way into this book. I owe an equal debt to Shula Marks who, over the years, has provided me with criticism and inspiration. In the United States I learnt a great deal from ]eanne Penvenne, Marcia Wright and, especially, Leroy Vail. In Switzerland I benefitted from the friendship and assistance of Laurent Monier of the IUED in Geneva, Francois Iecquier of the University of Lausanne and Mariette Ouwerhand of the dépurtement évangélrlyue (the former Swiss Mission). In South Africa, Patricia Davison of the South African Museum introduced me to material culture and made me aware of the richness of difference; the late Monica Wilson taught me the fundamentals of anthropology and Andrew Spiegel and Robert Thornton struggled to keep me abreast of changes in the discipline; Sue Newton-King and Nigel Penn brought shafts of light from the eighteenthcentury to bear on early industrialism. Charles van Onselen laid a major part of the intellectual foundations on...
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...introduce a novel and multi-purpose technology known as Stream Computing, as the basis for a Fraud Detection solution. Indeed, we believe that this architecture will stimulate research, and more importantly organizations, to invest in Analytics and Statistical Fraud-Scoring to be used in conjunction with the already in-place preventive techniques. Therefore, in this research we explore different strategies to build a Streambased Fraud Detection solution, using advanced Data Mining Algorithms and Statistical Analysis, and show how they lead to increased accuracy in the detection of fraud by at least 78% in our reference dataset. We also discuss how a combination of these strategies can be embedded in a Stream-based application to detect fraud in real-time. From this perspective, our experiments lead to an average processing time of 111,702ms per transaction, while strategies to further improve the performance are discussed. Keywords: Fraud Detection, Stream Computing, Real-Time Analysis, Fraud, Data Mining, Retail Banking Industry, Data Preprocessing, Data Classification, Behavior-based Models, Supervised Analysis, Semi-supervised Analysis Sammanfattning Privatbankerna har drabbats hårt av bedrägerier de senaste åren. Bedragare har lyckats kringgå forskning och tillgängliga system och lura bankerna och deras kunder. Därför vill vi införa en ny, polyvalent...
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...introduce a novel and multi-purpose technology known as Stream Computing, as the basis for a Fraud Detection solution. Indeed, we believe that this architecture will stimulate research, and more importantly organizations, to invest in Analytics and Statistical Fraud-Scoring to be used in conjunction with the already in-place preventive techniques. Therefore, in this research we explore different strategies to build a Streambased Fraud Detection solution, using advanced Data Mining Algorithms and Statistical Analysis, and show how they lead to increased accuracy in the detection of fraud by at least 78% in our reference dataset. We also discuss how a combination of these strategies can be embedded in a Stream-based application to detect fraud in real-time. From this perspective, our experiments lead to an average processing time of 111,702ms per transaction, while strategies to further improve the performance are discussed. Keywords: Fraud Detection, Stream Computing, Real-Time Analysis, Fraud, Data Mining, Retail Banking Industry, Data Preprocessing, Data Classification, Behavior-based Models, Supervised Analysis, Semi-supervised Analysis Sammanfattning Privatbankerna har drabbats hårt av bedrägerier de senaste åren. Bedragare har lyckats kringgå forskning och tillgängliga system och lura bankerna och deras kunder. Därför vill vi införa en ny, polyvalent...
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