STORM SURGE A storm surge is a coastal flood or tsunami-like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low pressure weather systems (such as tropical cyclones and strong extratropical cyclones)‚ the severity of which is affected by the shallowness and orientation of the water body relative to storm path‚ and the timing of tides. Most casualties during tropical cyclones occur as the result of storm surges The two main meteorological factors contributing to a storm surge are a long fetch
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Principles: Blue Spider Case Study Name: Professor: Course Name: Subject: Date Due: Executive summary Parks Corporation is a firm involved in R & D business; the firm does projects on behalf of the Department of Defence. Over the years‚ Parks Corporation has transformed its focus from the R & D business to being involved in low cost production. The process of retrenching employees in the firm was as a result of the recession and this brought down the number of staff to 2200 down from 6700
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following updates to the existing cases should be noted. Case 03-5a Part I: Trademark Subsequent to the release of the Exposure Draft issued by the FASB and IASB in June 2010 the Boards received a number of comments and is currently reviewing and analyzing these comments. A revised draft of the Exposure Draft is expected in Q3 of 2011. We encourage users of this case study to follow this project and review the FASB’s and IASB’s Web site for updates. Case 04-9: Healthcare Depot On April 22
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1978‚ President Carter signed into law the Airline Deregulation Act. The purpose of the law was to effectively get the federal government out of the airline business. By allowing the airlines to compete for their customers’ travel dollars‚ was the thinking‚ that fares would drop and an increased number of routes would spring up. Expected Results The results of airline deregulation speak for themselves. Since the government got out of the airline business‚ not only has there been a drop in
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Case study Bleu riBBon CHoColates: How Can small Businesses aDaPt to a CHanGinG environment? Dawn r. Deeter-schmelz‚ rosemary P. ramsey‚ and Jule B. Gassenheimer Bleu Ribbon Chocolates is a small regional manufacturer of high-quality chocolate that sells its products via trade accounts‚ corporate-owned stores‚ and online/mail. Historically‚ the company has not engaged in strategic planning‚ as demand was greater than manufacturing capabilities. The trend toward healthier foods and the poor
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An expense is normally incurred by a firm to generate sales‚ e.g. promotional expenses which are selling expenses which are directly related to the generation of sales. Most of the expenses normally form a part of operating expenses and are included in ‘cost of sales’. It may either be raw materials‚ labor‚ etc.‚ or capitalized assets which are either depreciated or amortized over a period of time. These are known as matching costs. The other types of costs are ‘period costs’ which are mostly mentioned
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variety of information mediums to influence a target audience (foreign civilian leaders‚ enemy forces or civilian populations) to change their beliefs‚ attitudes‚ or decision making in support of the commander’s objectives. During Operation Desert Storm‚ PSYOP had two major objectives: the MILDEC program and weaken Iraqi morale and increase desertion and surrendering. Accomplishing these objectives was projected to minimizing causalities with both the Iraqi and Coalition
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ABRAMS COMAPANY CASE 5-4 ABRAMS COMPANY Que. 1: Evaluate each of the concerns expressed by top management‚ and if necessary‚ make recommendation appropriate to the circumtences described in the case The Abrams case is about using profitability measures to evaluate profit centers. The case also reflects a long academic debate in the US-literature about ROI problems. In EU companies it is more common to evaluate PCs with Income measures like RI and EVA. This case covers the tree main problems
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ocean temperatures brought on flooding and mudslides that killed at least 500 people (J.Masters/wonderblog.com). Nine months later and two hundred miles away on December 4‚ 1967 I was born. Though I didn’t experience first hand the effects of that storm my parents did. I had never experienced anything like it until two weeks ago on October 29‚ 2012 here in New York City. where the ocean once again‚ attacked the shore with a fury‚ her name was Hurricane Sandy. She bombardier the city that never sleeps
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Chapter 1 ICE BLASTING ____________________________________________________________ ______ 1. Introduction It’s a process in which dry ice pellets are accelerated in a jet of compressed air that strike the coating to be removed at velocities up to the speed of sound. It cleans without the side effects of applications like water jet cleaning‚ sand blasting or solvents. It is a revolutionary alternative to traditional methods of cleaning. This technology is being utilized in
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