...Monday morning, 29 August 2005, this is a day most New Orleans residents will never forget. This was the day a category 5 hurricane named Katrina made its catastrophic debut to the Gulf Coast region and killed over 1,300 people. (The White House, 2006, p. 1) After it was all said and done, the nation was shocked at the events that unfolded in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi and people were left wondering, “What went wrong?” National Geographic reported that the storm originated about a week earlier, 23 August, in the Caribbean and worked its up from the Bahamas making landfall Thursday, 25 August, in Miami. Winds at this time were 75-80 mph making it a category 1 hurricane causing some tree damage and killing two people. (Drye, 2005) The storm lost strength for a little while but once it hit the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, it rapidly gained momentum and before long reached wind speeds up to 175 mph making it a category 5 hurricane. On Sunday, 28 August, New Orleans mayor, Ray Nagin, issued a mandatory evacuation order. Roughly 24 hrs later, the full strength of Katrina slammed into New Orleans and Biloxi. (Drye, 2005) Local and state emergency managers are responsible for coming up with a plan of action for different hazardous situations. Once a situation gets overwhelming for those levels of management, federal assistance is then requested. Prior to Hurricane Katrina’s arrival, various local emergency management agencies (LEMAs), such as local fire, police, and...
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...RECONSTRUCTION, WHAT WENT WRONG I. Historiography of Reconstruction A. Early Views Journalists, Poets, & Rebels Negative view of Reconstruction Sidney Andrews, The South Since the War (1866) John Dennett, The South as It Is. Southern frame of reference Sidney Lanier (poet) Attempt to justify Civil War B. Early Professional Historians John Ford Rhodes Ohio Democrat Not impartial Blamed North for problems of Reconstruction’ Claimed Black Rule forced on South at point of bayonet John William Burgess Tennessee Unionist Former Union soldier Studied at University of Berlin Organized History Graduate Program at Columbia University Produced historians such as U.B. Phillips and William Archibald Dunning Traditionalist view of Reconstruction Burgess, Phillips & Dunning Basic view: Stressed Southern problems Minimized achievements of Freedmen Regarded White Supremacy as normal in South C. Dunning School And Traditionalism William Archibald Dunning Taught at Columbia University Attracted best historical minds of his day Wrote histories of their own states James W. Garner, Reconstruction in Mississippi (1901) Walter Lynwood Fleming, Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama (1905) William W. Davis, Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida (1913) Clara Mildred Thompson, Reconstruction in Georgia (1915) Histories very detailed and accurate BUT hostile...
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...Kyla Patillo Toyota in a Crisis Crisis Management Toyota is a well-known brand throughout the auto industry. The innovative Japanese company is famous for its car models such as the Camry, Corolla, and even the Lexus. Toyota U.S.A. first got their start in October 1937 in a once was Rambler dealership in Hollywood, California. In 1958 they began selling a few different models and in 1989 began their own brand of luxury cars where the Lexus was first introduced. Unique models and satisfactory customer service put Toyota in the top three bestselling automobile companies in America. Things were looking great for Toyota with wide economic growth they had little complaints, and even in a recession sales were still booming. With things going so well for Toyota why invest in crisis prevention? Toyota was soon going to find its answer to that very question. On August 8th, 2009, Mark Saylor-an off duty patrol man and three members of his family were driving close to Santee, California in his Lexus. All of a sudden the Lexus began to accelerate exceeding 100mph, one of the occupants called 911 reporting frantically that the Lexus “had no brakes,” seconds later the car crashed and caught fire claiming the lives of everyone inside. The birth of the Toyota crisis concerning the sticky gas pedals had begun. Toyota did not have much to say on the incident, instead of immediately creating an investigation to find out exactly why this happened and addressing the issue Toyota summed it up...
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...gotten into the network of the company in order to email its customers, compromising their Information System (IS). In order for this hack to have been as successful as it was, this scam had to be convincing enough to have hundreds of Largo Book customers respond. Valacich describes various types of IS used in organizations, and when matching its purpose to its type, electronic commerce system, customer relationship management system, and enterprise resource planning systems may have been the companies most vulnerable areas of attack. Today, hundreds of companies go through this exact issue. I personally have received emails from companies like Apple and even cell phone providers asking for more information, or providing me with a link to what seems to be a very identical website of that particular company. Now-a-days, a person wouldn't think twice to click the link and enter their information because most don't think they are at risk. Half don't even think about cyber risks they face daily. With software ensuring to help maintain a “virus free” computer, the user...
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...This theory discusses how, if a student feels like they are a bad test taker, they will presume that they will never be able to perform well on a test as uncompromising as a standardized exam. This plays into student belief on ability and what they attribute success to. Standardized tests only appeal to students who understand that they as a person are more than a number for statistics or scoring. And often times that is a lot to ask of a young learner or a learner who has disabilities. If a child had other tests read to them (or were given other special accommodations for “less important” assessments) but weren’t allowed those same accommodations again for a standardized test, this could cause the child to immediately decide they will fail. In addition to this, for the vast majority of students in general, the way they perform on a summative exam determines how they believe they will perform on any exam from there on out. As stated on page 24 of “The Effect of Standardized Testing...
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...Adelitas Way’s goal for their 3rd studio album Stuck was to make a rock record that would lead them to elite status, an album that was supposed to be “their arrival”. They wanted this record to be the one that would push them in the ranks of major bands like Shinedown, Alterbridge, Three Days Grace, Five Finger Death Punch, and among other notable acts. With 7 songs written in late 2012, the band started writing and recording demos for various months. Despite, guitarist Keith Wallen leaving Adelitas Way in May of 2013 his departure did not stop the band from making their long anticipated release. The band’s original plan for Stuck was to release a total of 12 songs, 11 in your face songs and one song with a pop vibe a song called “Drive”. Pre-Production for the new record started on July 31st, 2013 with Nick Raskulenicz revealed as the producer. The band started recording in early September at a cabin in Rock Falcon Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. It wasn’t long until the band’s record label Virgin Records, got involved in the making of Stuck. After, reviewing the band’s track list and demos the label rejected the release of 2 songs “Undercover You” and “Deserve This”. Although the song “Drive” was the only intended track to have a pop side to it the label demanded new songs to be written that had a more alternative sound. Several New songs were written including the ballad “Undivided” and the melodic track “Something More” both songs were some of the last songs recorded...
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...CASES : The Boy, the Girl, the Ferryboat Captain, and the Hermits Ada sebuah pulau, dan di pulau ini hiduplah seorang gadis. Jarak jauh ada pulau lain, dan di pulau ini hiduplah seorang anak. Anak laki-laki dan perempuan yang sangat mencintai satu sama lain. Anak itu harus meninggalkan pulau dan pergi pada perjalanan panjang, dan ia akan pergi untuk waktu yang sangat lama. Gadis itu merasa bahwa dia harus melihat anak itu satu kali lagi sebelum ia pergi. Hanya ada satu cara untuk mendapatkan dari pulau di mana gadis itu tinggal ke pulau anak itu, dan itu pada kapal feri yang dijalankan oleh seorang kapten kapal feri. Dan gadis itu pergi ke dermaga dan meminta kapten kapal feri untuk membawanya ke pulau di mana anak itu tinggal. Kapten kapal feri setuju dan memintanya untuk tarif. Gadis itu mengatakan kepada kapten kapal feri bahwa dia tidak punya uang. Kapten kapal feri mengatakan bahwa uang itu tidak perlu: "Aku akan membawa Anda ke pulau lain jika Anda akan tinggal dengan saya malam ini." Gadis itu tidak tahu apa yang harus dilakukan, jadi dia naik ke bukit-bukit di pulau sampai dia datang ke sebuah gubuk di mana pertapa hidup. Kami akan memanggilnya pertapa pertama. Dia menceritakan seluruh cerita ke pertapa dan meminta nasihatnya. Pertapa mendengarkan dengan seksama cerita, dan kemudian mengatakan, "Saya tidak bisa memberitahu Anda apa yang harus dilakukan. Anda harus mempertimbangkan alternatif dan pengorbanan yang terlibat dan datang ke sebuah keputusan dalam hati Anda...
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...At the beginning of our theme choosing, we all really want to focus on some big corporations which related tightly with our daily life. After filtering through the recent social highlights, we all agreed choosing Kodak as our business model. We wanted to show our respect to this big head who brought us huge fun in the past decades. And we want to use our special way to memorize our colorful “Kodak” childhood and Kodak’s eliminated by the cruel business world. We started preparing for the team presentation very early. I sent the 1st mail to all my group members at 4th March. We all believe that small steps can bring big results. With theme choosing, role distributing, speech drafting, slides preparing, our task finished smoothly. I feel so sorry to not attend the May 12 class due to my competition, or we may bring a better presentation in the end. In evaluating our final show, we think that there were good points, but something could be better performed. Taking the experience from the previous teams, we brought a record in the beginning to wake audience up, and the “CcampTV” logo is showed in nearly all the slides to show the technicality of the program. All the speeches were well organized and most of the speakers chose not to use the script for help. There were also many parts didn’t reach the expectation. In Mengjin’s part we chose to use an ad to show the “time flow back” conception, and Meng really prepared wonderful content which accurately matched the duration of the...
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...Alzahrani EDAS 503 9/17/15 Quiz 1 Previous Change Initiative: Efforts to improve the newly reconstituted Santiago began with a focus on student behavior. What Went Right | What Went Wrong | Improvement in class participation. | Initial response was not much effective. | | | Previous Change Initiative: The principal and staff worked hard to develop and maintain positive relationships with local business and church groups. What Went Right | What Went Wrong | Students were no longer cutting from the school. | | School developed good relationships with businesses and community. | | A lot of freebies from local supermarket. | | Previous Change Initiative: The principal hired a parent coordinator to build relationships with parents and to increase parent involvement. What Went Right | What Went Wrong | Principal created resources room within the school for parents with computers. I.e. Resume writing. | | Parents educations classes and workshop trainings. | | Previous Change Initiative: The using of Success for All (SFA) to upgrade their literacy program by teachers. What Went Right | What Went Wrong | District offered to pay for training and the material cost to school. | | 80% of the teachers voted in the favor of adopting the program. | | What Went Right | What Went Wrong | Strictly monitoring of class room everyday by principal or SFA facilitator. | | SFA allows the children to move at their own rate and students start...
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...A Day When Everything Went Wrong A.I.U Abstract This paper is a story about how I never thought I would be that someone who goes threw a rough day like I have experienced in my life. The sad part is that it seemed to continuously happen throughout my whole entire da, but when I really do some brainstorming it does not take a genius to figure out am not the only one who has days out the week that are ups and down. So therefore I am going to share one of my days that I had when everything went wrong. A Day When Everything Went Wrong There not a person in this world who can say they never had one of them days everything went wrong. An you sit back and say to yourself why is this happening to me. Well everybody life has it’s high and low and ups and downs. Sometimes you might have a day you feel as though you’re on top of the world, and then other times you may feel as though everyone and everything is against you. I remember it was the month of May my high school junior year was a day when everything that could possibly go wrong went wrong as of that day. I remember as though it happen at this very moment, it all started by my alarm clock not going off by me forgetting to set it the night before. I woke up late and only had ten minutes to do everything I had to do and make sure I mad the school bus. Well luckily in that little bit of time I had made the bus but in the back of my head I knew it was not going to...
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...Jerry are the same character in many ways even though they are in two different books they faced a similar struggle of what is right vs what is wrong in society. First, Man vs Society in this Both Jerry and Montag both went against a society either it be the vigil’s or Captain Beatty and the rest of society. Second,Alone in their struggle jerry is contemplating about selling the chocolates and defying archie and the vigils and montag is contemplating on either just burning everything that society goes against or doesn't want anymore and going with Captain Beatty. Going against what society says is right Jerry went against the vigils by not selling the chocolates which everyone else in the school was doing and the vigils made it seem...
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...starts off tremendously well. Ernest Gaines started by introducing what was happing as soon as Chapter One opened. He went on to explain what was going on to give the readers a clear understanding off the story and what action are taking place. The main character, Jefferson a young black man was in a situation at the wrong place at the wrong time. Now he has to face consequences that no one should ever have to accept. In Chapter One and Two, I’m going to explain the chapter’s using Identification and Consubstantiality by Kenneth Burke. Identification and Consubstantiality by Kenneth Burke suggests that whenever someone attempts to persuade someone else, identification occurs, because for persuasion to occur, one party must identify with another. I believe this is a great explanation explaining Chapter One. For example, Jefferson a young black man went to the store with his no good friends Brother and Bear. The store owner Old Grope knew Jefferson because of this godmother. They all was intoxicated with alcohol, so Bear wanted to purchase a bottle of Apple White but didn’t have enough money to get it. Then fire opened up in the store and Bear, Brother, and Old Grope was down but Grope wasn’t died. But, Grope told another story when the police came and poor Jefferson was faced between a rock and a hard stone. In Chapter Two, Jefferson is faced when a trial. He may or may not face charges on the indication that went on in the store that day. During trail, it is always two sides to...
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...Systems School of Business and Public Administration California State University, Dominguez Hills Spring 2012 Table of Contents I. Hershey Food Corporation o Background 3 o Implementing ERP 3 o Expected benefits 3-4 o What went wrong? 4 II. Denver Airport Baggage System o Background 4-5 o Expected benefits 5 o What went wrong? 5 III. United Kingdom Passport Agency o Background 6 o What went wrong? 6 IV. FBI’s Trilogy Terminated o Background 7 o What went wrong? 7-8 V. Reference 10 Hershey Food Corporation Background Milton Hershey founded Hershey Food Corporation in 1894. Hershey was famous for a lot of innovations and was credited for several chocolate variants like chocolate syrup, chocolate chips, Krackle Bar, ice cream toppings, hot fudge and a lot more. By 1895, Hershey Corporation was manufacturing more than 114 different varieties of chocolates. Their most popular products are Hershey’s kisses, Kit Kat, Reese’s Peanut butter cups and more. Their sales went up from US$334 million in 1969 to $4.94 billion in 2006. Most of their sales that was 40% of their profit came from sales on Valentines Day, Easter, Halloween, “back-to-school,” and Christmas. Implementing ERP ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning. It is a business management system that...
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...RTT1 Organizational Systems Task 2 The purpose of this paper is to analyze the unfortunate sentinel event of Mr. B, a sixty-seven-year-old patient presenting with severe left leg pain at the emergency room. A root cause analysis is necessary to investigate the causative factors that led to the sentinel event. The errors or hazards in care in the Mr. B scenario will be identified. Change theory will be utilized to develop an appropriate improvement plan to decrease the likelihood of a reoccurrence of the outcome of the Mr. B scenario. A Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) will be used to project the likelihood that the suggested improvement plan would not fail. Lastly, key roles nurses would play in improving the quality of care in the Mr. B scenario will be discussed. A. Root Cause Analysis A root cause analysis (RCA) is “a process for identifying the basic or causal factors that underlie variation in performance, including the occurrence or possible occurrence of a sentinel event” (Cherry & Jacob, 2011, p. 442). The participants during the root cause analysis would be the emergency room physician (Dr. T.), the Mr. B’s LPN and RN (Nurse J) during the time of the sentinel event, the emergency room nurse manager, and the chief nursing officer (CNO) of the hospital. These members would meet in a root cause analysis meeting to discuss the causative factors that created Mr. B’s sentinel event. The first step in a root cause analysis on the sentinel event that caused...
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