The Great Lake Restoration Initiative (GLRI)‚ started in 2010‚ is an attempt toward the restoration of Great Lakes ecosystem that was devastated in the previous century. Using the resources grated by federal government‚ Great Lakes Restoration Initiative supplemented Environmental Protection Agency “to improve water quality…restore native habitat…and control invasive species” (“The Great Lakes…”). Currently‚ the GLRI program is in its second 5-year-phase‚ planned for implementation in fiscal year
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The community-college tuition initiative by President Obama is a subject to unusual superlatives as it seeks to universalize two years of college. The plan integrates policies that attempt to narrow educational disparities that are characteristics of growing socioeconomic inequality in the United States. In this sense‚ the purported Obama tuition plan sought to facilitate an increase in the attendance of college students‚ therefore ensuring higher graduation rates with less debt compared to the
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STRATEGIC INITIATIVE PAPER Strategic Initiative Paper Sharon Lewis University of Phoenix Finance for Business FIN/370 Mrs. Sandra Brown Aug 31‚ 2009 Strategic Initiative Paper In this paper‚ Team D will describe the relationship between strategic and financial planning‚ by describing a strategic planning initiative for Wal-Mart and identify an initiative discussed in Wal-Mart annual report. Then describe how the initiative affects Wal-Mart’s planning in costs and sales. Finally
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The Belt and Road Initiative (hereinafter referred to as the initiative)‚ is a long-term plan proposed by China‚ to cooperate with other countries to improve the relationship. Being a city with free economy and connection with other external countries‚ Hong Kong is playing an active role in assisting China in the initiative (The 2016 Policy Address‚ 2016). The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has initiated policies in recent years to help so. The issue of whether Hong Kong should
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Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road (hereinafter referred to as the Belt and Road Initiative). In March 2015‚ Chinese National Development and Reform Commission‚ Ministry of Foreign Affairs‚ and Ministry of Commerce jointly released the Vision and Actions on Jointly Building the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road. Why the Belt and Road Initiative The impact of the global financial crisis remains‚ and the world economy is recovering slowly. The international
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io P4: Explain how national initiatives promote anti-discriminatory practice Many national initiatives have been developed over the years as society becomes more progressive and tolerant‚ the results of these legislative regulation at every level from international law all the way down to individual practice policy have an effect on anti-discriminatory practice in health and social care systems Conventions and fundamental and regulation European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental
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Patient Safety Initiatives in the Hospital Setting Introduction Patient safety is described by the US Institute of Medicine as “the freedom from accidental injury due to medical care or from medical error” (Mansour‚ 2012). With that being said‚ patient safety has long been a major issue for hospitals. In the past many patients have been injured during hospital stays‚ some being injured severely with death being the result. With the growing trend of lawsuits‚ hospitals were becoming
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Coca-Cola’s Water Neutrality Initiative 1. The public issue that the Coca-Cola Company was facing is this case was its impact on its water use in local communities. The company was depleting local water reserves and introducing dangerous levels of pesticides in its products in and around its global plants. I feel that the nonmarket stakeholders were the ones most concerned by this public issue in the beginning. The global leaders (government) understood that the depletion of the world’s water
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Starbucks’ Strategy and Internal Initiatives to Return to Profitable Growth Kelompok : Prisilian Suwuh 2401140098 Selma 24011400 Dharma 24011400 Bima 24011400 Ridwan 24011400 Reisa 24011400 Please identify the resources or capabilities Starbucks and make VRIN matrix analysis to decide whether those are core competencies that provide sustained competitive advantages ? Resources or Capabilities VRIN Analysis for the Starbucks Company Resource or Capability Valuable (exploitsopport unities and
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to perpetual happiness. This is certainly true in reflecting on the past two weeks here at the Niagara Sustainability Initiative‚ where I have completed my first sprint as the new Executive Director. Through the wonderful mentorship of outgoing ED Katrina Kroeze‚ I have been challenged‚ trained and geared up to get growing. It has certainly been a whirlwind of an education. So far‚ I have learned There is no “I” in “Team”: I am constantly dumbfounded in the team here at NSI- both in my fellow staff
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