Environmental Health Assessment Case

Plans are in place for the expansion of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach located in the San Pedro Bay, California. There is a need to meet increasing cargo demand. The plan has received criticism over the potential increase in air pollution from diesel-powered ships that will result. Together, the two ports are the largest source of air pollution in the greater Los Angeles area. Particulate matter is emitted daily throughout the South Coast Basin and a large portion of it comes from diesel trucks while driving on port property. A published study showed a significant association between particulate matter, heart problems and higher cancer rates in adults (AQMD, 2000). Particulate matter also exacerbates asthma in children.Citizen groups in areas that would be impacted by the expansion of the ports are strongly opposing the plans. The planning staff has issued a finding that specific air emissions attributed to the expansion of the port are minimal to insignificant and will be offset by greener alternative fuels and shorter idling times for ships, since ship traffic congestion in the ports will be reduced as a result of the expansion. The citizen groups insist that any analysis of air emissions attributed to the ports should consider total emissions and not solely air emissions attributed to the proposed port expansion. The citizens position is that the planning staff conveniently presented their position on air emissions “out of context.”
In addition, there is much evidence that the 30,000 daily cargo trucks that haul the shipping containers from the ports contribute a significant amount of air pollutants along the freeways and streets in the area around the harbor and throughout Southern California. In fact, a program was just implemented that restricted the access of these “dirty” older diesel trucks from the port.

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South Coast AQMD (2000). Multiple Air Toxics Exposure Study in the
South Coast Air Basin (MATES-II). Retrieved on February 22, 2011 at http://www.aqmd.gov/matesiidf/matestoc.htm
Write a 3-5+ page paper in which you respond to the following questions:
1. State and discuss your opinion regarding whether or not the planning staff considered the air emission exposure problem “out of context”? (Remember what it means for an exposure problem to be “out of context”. You should explain this term first so you’re able to put your response in the proper context.)
2. Discuss who should take the lead to adequately respond to this problem. Do you think that the planning staff of the harbor or port can adequately respond to this problem? Should the local or state health department (Health Officer) take the lead role when responding to this issue?
3. Briefly, discuss the importance of engaging and understanding the position of the various stakeholders in this case.
4. How does the recent problem of controlling diesel truck emissions impact the ability of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to control emissions from diesel-powered ships?
Instructions:
Length: 4 pages
References: At least three references should be included from academic sources (e.g. peer-reviewed journal articles). Required readings are included. Quoted material should not exceed 10% of the total paper (since the focus of these assignments is critical thinking). Use your own words and build on the ideas of others. When material is copied verbatim from external sources, it MUST be enclosed in quotes. The references should be cited within the text and also listed at the end of the assignment in the References section (preferably in APA format).

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LESSON 2 ESSAY QUESTIONS

2. List some of the characteristics Billie Holiday employed to create her unique singing style.  To assist you in your response listen to this recording of Billie singing her version of a song composed for her by Jimmy Davis, Roger “Ram” Ramirez, and James Sherman–“Lover Man” – recorded in 1944 and released for sale in 1945 the Decca label.

3. Compare and contrast the tenor saxophone playing styles of Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins.  

To assist you with your response to this question listen to perhaps the finest recorded version of the 1929 popular torch song called “Mean To Me”.  Recorded in 1937 by Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra. 
Teddy Wilson was Benny Goodman’s pianist and was truly one of the most elegant sounding jazz piano players–his light touch on the keyboard coupled with his natural sense of swing are evident in all his recordings.   Teddy starts things off in this version of “Mean To Me” with an improvised 4 bar intro on piano which sets up the first statement of the melody (also called “the head”) played by Lester Young on tenor saxophone.  Lester improvises through that opening 8 bar section which we can call “A”–then he continues improvising over the repeat of the opening 8 bar “A” section.   So far, we have had: 4 bar intro followed by AA.  Then the contasting “B” section comes in, played by the great Buck Clayton on trumpet who was in Count Basie’s Orchestra, Lester Young comes back to play the final “A” concluding the first complete statement of the entire song: AABA.
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What follows is the next complete statement of the song (AABA) sung entirely by Billie Holiday.  Billie was a master of lyric interpretation –  her ability to change the rhythms or even the original melody notes in a song to make it “her own” is unparalleled in music history.  Notice how at times she seems to be “behind the beat” or “late” with the actual arrival of a word in the song–this “behind the beat” phrasing is similar to that of Lester Young’s approach to improvisation!  As you listen to this complete statement of the song, notice the Alto Saxophone player in the background playing improvised lines in-between her vocal phrases.  This was the amazing Johnny Hodges – lead Alto Saxophone player in The Duke Ellington Orchestra!  Notice how as Billie takes on a sassy interpretive quality at the end of the final verse and then Teddy Wilson’s swinging eigth notes followed by spinning triplets lead us into a final statement of the “B” section where he improvises on piano.  That is followed by a final statement of the “A” section featuring Buck Clayton improvising on trumpet bringing the song to a close right at the end of that 8 bar section.
For another look at Lester Young, check out this amazing footage of a performance from 1958 featuring Willie “The Lion” Smith on piano smoking his cigar the entire time!  The song is once again “Mean To Me” but this time it’s all Lester Young playing several full statements (several “choruses”–“one chorus” would be one time through the entire song) of the AABA.  This footage is actually from television – a TV program called Art Ford’s Jazz Party that was only on the air in 1958.  Lester Young’s understated approach is evident throughout–yet as each new chorus begins one notices how he builds tension with more emotion in the horn–employing a variety of riffs and changing pitches from the middle range to the higher range and at times surprising the listener with some amazing full bodied low notes as well.  Watching Lester here is truly wonderful and quite profound, as his amazing playing gives the viewer/listener no indication that he only had just over five months to live.
 For Coleman Hawkins, there may be no finer example of his style of playing tenor saxophone than his famous 1939 recording of the standard “Body and Soul” located in our Listening Links For Lesson 2 and here via YouTube as well.
Additionally, I have located another video from one of Art Ford’s Jazz Party television shows from 1958.  Here you can watch the great Coleman Hawkins play two songs one of which is the beautiful ballad called “Prisoner of Love”.

4. What were the key ingredients of the Kansas City style?

To assist you with your response to this question, listen to and view the following performance clips of by the greatest big band of all time, Count Basie and his Orchestra!  The rhythm guitarist is Freddie Green, the drummer is Sonny Payne, the trumpet soloist featured first in both clips is Thad Jones.  Listing the music characteristics you notice in these clips as this will essentially answer this question without ever referring to the book. 

You are preparing for business negotiations with potential partners from Mexico, China, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). You understand that these cultures are vastly different. They have different business customs, social protocols, and languages. However, they also have a strong relationship with several of your vendors so they may be viable business partners for your hamburger franchise expansion project.

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This is your first outreach effort with each country. Construct a business letter to the senior leader of the companies noted below (4 letters). The goal is to introduce your company and propose the possibility of a meeting to discuss your hamburger franchise. Remember to account for cultural nuances, Hofstede’s criteria, and contextual language differences in your writing style. Each letter should be between 500-800 words.

Address the recipients as follows:

China- Mr. Xiang Fu Liu

Chief Business Officer

Shaoling Enterprise

Shanghai, China

Israel- Ms. Shapuria Shabazi

Chief Executive

Aslaam United Industry

Tel Aviv, Israel

UAE- Your Highness Shiek Abdul Omar

Ruling Secretary General

Emirates United Companies

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Mexico- Mr. Fernando Lopez

Chief Executive Officer

Tropical Paradise Businesses

Mexico City, Mexico

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The issue of right and wrong has always been open to debate and scrutiny. In people’s private lives, it is open to interpretation and is quite subjective. However, in the business world, there is not that individual definition of right and wrong, at least there should not be. Reflect back on your professional life and recall any time you can identify when, in your own opinion, your organization may have done something unethical. Please do not state or specify the name of the business, just the incident. Then, support your opinion with some research to substantiate your assertions.

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  • Search the library and the Internet for information pertaining to the ethical violation made by your organization, past or present, and be sure notto identify the organization. See if this incident has occurred in other organizations; give 2 examples and their outcomes.
  • Can you think of any legitimate justification for the organization’s actions with 2 examples? Explain.

 

Assignment 1A 850 to 1000 words)

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You have worked at this organization for over 10 years and feel totally unappreciated. You have not received a promotion or pay raise in over 5 years, and you work long days and typically take work home with you to stay caught up. Your supervisor—who you despise because of the way he treats you and because he does not authorize any promotion or raise, whereas other departments do—climbs the staircase in front of your cubicle every day to get to his office. This particular supervisor has been with the organization for over 30 years and can essentially retire at any time, but he chooses to continue to work. You happen to notice that a portion of the staircase is rotting out and you are fearful of stepping on it yourself. You don’t particularly like your supervisor, so you don’t report it to your maintenance manager.

Last Monday, your supervisor fell down the flight of stairs and did substantial damage to his back, necessitating his retirement. You found out that you are being promoted to his position. Your promotion will provide you with a handsome pay increase and allow you to get your family to live in a nicer and safer neighborhood that is closer to work and has better schools. Have you violated any laws by your actions or inactions? Have you made any ethical violations? Explain.

Assignment Guidelines:

  • Do you believe you acted unethically by not reporting the rotting stairs?  Why or why not?
  • How would you handle the situation if you were the owner of the organization and found out that your employee failed to do anything or report the rotting stairs?

Do you feel your actions or inactions warrant any disciplinary action? Explain. As an individual, do you feel that the scenario described could be or should be defended with something like “I was owed this raise and promotion because of my ability and time with the organization”? Explain.

  • Compose your findings into a Word document (850–1,100 words), and be sure to cite your sources.

 

Assignment 1B ( 3 to 5 paragraphs)

 

  1. Using the CTU Library and/or Google Scholar, find and describe an actual episode of a student, business professional, or well-known public figure being expelled, punished, or fired for plagiarism. Be careful to cite direct quotations from your article and to put the words into quotations, identifying the writer/speaker.
  2. Use this case as a springboard to discuss the importance of practicing academic honesty in school and beyond. In your answer, define plagiarism and describe ways that students and employees can unwittingly perpetrate academic dishonesty without realizing it.
  3. Finally, discuss what steps you can take to ensure that you are always properly crediting ideas that you use in your own work.

Your Individual Project should contain the following:

  • An introduction with a clear thesis statement
  • Body paragraphs with topic sentences
  • Supporting information in the form of quotes or paraphrased passages
  • A meaningful conclusion
  • A properly formatted reference page with at least one reliable source
  • Proper in text citations

In addition to these structural guidelines your individual project should also contain the following:

  • A cover page
  • Headers
  • Page numbers
  • Be double-spaced using 12 point, Times New Roman, Arial, or Courier fonts.

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National Football League (NFL)

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you: Specify the nature, structure, types of products or service of your chosen organization, and two (2) key factors in the organization’s external environment that can affect its success. Provide explanation to support the rationale. Examine three (3) salient stakeholders of the chosen organization based on their key roles and relationships with the company. Suggest five (5) ways in which the primary stakeholders can influence the organization’s financial performance. Provide support for the response. Specify one (1) controversial corporate social responsibility concern associated with your selected organization. You Want A Similar Paper Done? Don’t be stressed, Click Here To Order this essay!!! Assuming you are the leader of the most influential stakeholder group, outline a plan to form a stakeholder coalition to force the organization to address your chosen controversial issue. The plan should include the key steps that you would take to identify members for your coalition group, the major reasons why you believe that the particular target group can help you to accomplish your goal, and the method you would utilize to foster collaboration among the various groups you target. Assume the role as the leader of the most influential stakeholder group, and indicate three (3) potential challenges that you may face in encouraging stakeholders to form a coalition to help you achieve your goals. Suggest the significant steps that you would take in order to overcome these challenges that you have identified. Justify the response. Use at least four (4) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. You Want A Similar Paper Done? Don’t be stressed, Click Here To Order this essay!!! Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Analyze the relationship between business and society, and the ways in which they are part of an interactive system. Recommend ways stakeholders can influence the destiny of both business and society. Analyze the various primary and secondary stakeholder groups, their roles, and relationships. Analyze the multiple environments of an organization. Compare and contrast the concepts of corporate social responsibility, citizenship, and global citizenship. Analyze ways ethical challenges affect the multiple functions of business. Use technology and information resources to research issues in business and society. Write clearly and concisely about business and society using proper writing mechanics.






Tourism and Event Marketing
this is question :
 is about  Managing Events in japan Crisis as earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, and the nuclear crisis 
With examples, discuss the distinction between a hazard and a crisis.
should be 5 journal articles  and there some journal articles to helps you or you can choose from your viewer  as journal articles
Journal of Tourism Studies
Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing
Journal of Travel Research
Journal of Vacation Marketing
Tourism Management






Venture Budgeting and Forecasting Paper

Resources: Kudler Opening Budget

Write a 700- to 900-word paper in APA format in which you do the following:

 

  • Illustrate how your venture would perform by estimating the revenue and expense to calculate operating profit or loss. Include estimates of your venture’s main sources of revenue and the expenses expected in the main cost categories such as the cost of goods, sales and marketing, labor, rent, maintenance, and any other significant expenses.

 

  • Illustrate your venture’s startup costs by estimating a preopening budget—also termed development budget—that includes startup costs such as building and construction, Web site development, preopening marketing, equipment, merchandise, preopening operations, research and development, working capital, and any other significant preopening expenses.An example of a preopening budget may be found in the materials listed on the course page for the University of Phoenix student Web site for Week Two named Kudler Opening Budget.

 

  • Develop financial planning goals by illustrating how your venture would be initially funded by using cash on hand, debt, venture capital, or a combination of these. Use a mortgage calculator found on the Internet and calculate your loan payments. Include these expenses in your Operating Budget. Use the information below to help in your calculations:

 

Building and Construction Estimation*
Remodeling Fees $200 per Square Foot
New Building Construction Fees $450 per Square Foot
*Multiply square footage of small business by fee for estimation.

 

Interest Information
10 Year bank Note (Debt) 7.5% Interest
5 Year Venture Capital Loan 15% Interest

 

Examples of Profit Split for Venture Capital Partnerships*
Example 1
Venture Capital Investment 1 $300,000
Cost to Develop Business 1 $1,000,000
Venture Capital Profits 1 30% of Business Profits
Example 2
Venture Capital Investment 2 $500,000
Cost to Develop Business 2 $2,000,000
Venture Capital Profits 2 25% of Business Profits
*Profit split is commensurate with the ratio of investment.


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Human resource case

Case 1
You are a supervisor in a software company, and a group of four workers report to you. You
meet with them in person once a week, but these meetings are not going well. They are not
productive, and the workers argue often. Team members like to find excuses to not attending
these meetings. Below are the employees’ profiles:
Nancy has been working for the company for eight years, and she is a mother of two teenagers.
She has been promoted three times since she started working for the company. Since her work
performance is very good, she is approved to work from home through telecommuting. She
comes in the office for the meetings, but she can only meet on Monday mornings because this
fits her schedule. Monday mornings are generally a bad time in the office, as everyone is busy
catching up on emails and voice mails.
Steve is the longest serving member of the team, as he has been in his position for five years.
He is very social, but has a “know-it-all” attitude. He likes to correct people as they speak, and
criticize their ideas with negative attitudes. He often says “I have seen it all, and it is not going
to work,” or “how naïve are you to think this way!”
Lindsey and Ian are both in their mid-twenties, and they are good friends. They work hard, but
they do not like to waste time on unnecessary tasks, such as the weekly meetings. They often
text each other using their cell phones, and laugh between themselves. The two other team
members think this is highly immature.
Question 1: Write a 1 to 2-page essay and address the following questions:
a) What are the issues that you see in this case?
b) As a supervisor, how would you address each of these issues?
c) If you were the supervisor in this situation, explain what you would do to make the
meetings more productive.
In each section of your answer, be sure to explain your ideas fully and to provide a rationale for
why you feel the way you do. In addition, support your ideas and resolutions with citations to
the textbook and another outside resource. It is required to use at least two sources for this
essay.

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Paper instructions:

Poet Analysis Ralph Waldo Emerson

You are to write a 800-1000 word paper about Ralph Waldo Emerson, using research. You are to write about the connections you can make between the life, the works, and the time period in which your approved writer lived. Obviously, you must read biographical material about the writer and some of what the writer has written. Try to imagine what life was like for your writer. Which writers influenced your writer? What events had the greatest impact? Note fads and fashions, scientific advances, and interesting aspects of everyday life. This is not a paper that briefly covers his entire life. You must narrow down the material so it fits with your approved thesis. The quality of your reference sources is much more important than the quantity.…….






Part 9. Financial Projections – Accurate, correct format, consistent, realistic

Should be conservative but achievable; reasonable yet compelling

Sales forecast

Lists product(s)/service(s) to be sold

Price at which product(s)/service(s) will be sold

Number of units of each product/service that will be sold each month

Financial Statements (the first year)

Income Statement (Profit & Loss Statement)

Cash Flow Statement

Balance Sheet

Breakeven Analysis

Part 10. Loan or Investment Proposal                                            

Amount requested

Purpose and uses of funds

Repayment or “cash out” schedule (exit strategy)

Timetable for implementing plan and launching business

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