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Create a strategy memo for communicating and educating the citizens of San Diego, CA about their risk portfolio.

Assignment Guidelines

Address the following in 1,000–1,500 words:
Are there existing public communication programs, processes, systems, efforts, and plans in place for the purposes of public education? What are they? Explain in detail.
Has the effectiveness of any of these existing efforts been measured? Explain.
Are they effective? Why or why not?
What gaps currently exist? Explain in detail.
What programs, processes, systems, or efforts should be implemented to fill those gaps? Explain.
How do you measure the effectiveness of new or existing programs? Explain.
Many communities and states provide recommendations that outline preparedness activities that families and businesses should take. Generally, they are provided via the Internet (see Supporting Materials) and flyers.
What other steps can and should emergency management officials take to encourage community preparedness? Explain in detail.
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas:

How important do you feel the mitigation phase is in emergency management? Explain.
What do you think are the most important operations to conduct within the mitigation phase? Explain.
What is the role of the emergency management community in the predisaster phase? Explain.
Should emergency managers be working with planning boards and community planners? Why or why not?

If emergency managers were going to work on the planning boards, how should they do so? What are the best practices?

Assignment Guidelines

Research your local community and state emergency preparedness plans, and prepare an assessment paper that addresses the following questions in 1,000–1,250 words:
What are your community’s current goals? Explain.
What are your community’s current capabilities? Explain.
Consider the following:
Equipment
Manpower
Training
Funding
Land area
Geographic challenges
What strategies should be implemented at the local level to enhance civil preparedness? Explain.
Who will grant authority to the various agencies and departments responsible for providing emergency facilities and mitigation of an all-hazards event such as a major fire, earthquake, or terrorist attack? Explain.
What public information policies exist (or should exist)?
Consider communication to news media outlets to assure accurate public information and to minimize rumors.
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas:

Why do you think effective communication in emergency response is important? Explain.
What are the most significant causes and effects of communication failure, especially under life-threatening circumstances? Explain in detail.
Consider failure as the following:
Equipment malfunction
Human error
Breakdowns in language, (jargon, slang, accents)
Communication codes
Personal and organizational agendas
Distrust of outsider agency personnel
What should be the role of a spokesperson? Explain.
Why must he or she be credible to the public and the emergency responders while acting as liaison between the public and the crisis management team? Be specific.
What significant challenges could be faced by a spokesperson? Explain

Create a strategy memo for communicating and educating the citizens of San Diego, CA about their risk portfolio.

Assignment Guidelines

Address the following in 1,000–1,500 words:
Are there existing public communication programs, processes, systems, efforts, and plans in place for the purposes of public education? What are they? Explain in detail.
Has the effectiveness of any of these existing efforts been measured? Explain.
Are they effective? Why or why not?
What gaps currently exist? Explain in detail.
What programs, processes, systems, or efforts should be implemented to fill those gaps? Explain.
How do you measure the effectiveness of new or existing programs? Explain.
Many communities and states provide recommendations that outline preparedness activities that families and businesses should take. Generally, they are provided via the Internet (see Supporting Materials) and flyers.
What other steps can and should emergency management officials take to encourage community preparedness? Explain in detail.
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas:

How important do you feel the mitigation phase is in emergency management? Explain.
What do you think are the most important operations to conduct within the mitigation phase? Explain.
What is the role of the emergency management community in the predisaster phase? Explain.
Should emergency managers be working with planning boards and community planners? Why or why not?

If emergency managers were going to work on the planning boards, how should they do so? What are the best practices?

Assignment Guidelines

Research your local community and state emergency preparedness plans, and prepare an assessment paper that addresses the following questions in 1,000–1,250 words:
What are your community’s current goals? Explain.
What are your community’s current capabilities? Explain.
Consider the following:
Equipment
Manpower
Training
Funding
Land area
Geographic challenges
What strategies should be implemented at the local level to enhance civil preparedness? Explain.
Who will grant authority to the various agencies and departments responsible for providing emergency facilities and mitigation of an all-hazards event such as a major fire, earthquake, or terrorist attack? Explain.
What public information policies exist (or should exist)?
Consider communication to news media outlets to assure accurate public information and to minimize rumors.
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas:

Why do you think effective communication in emergency response is important? Explain.
What are the most significant causes and effects of communication failure, especially under life-threatening circumstances? Explain in detail.
Consider failure as the following:
Equipment malfunction
Human error
Breakdowns in language, (jargon, slang, accents)
Communication codes
Personal and organizational agendas
Distrust of outsider agency personnel
What should be the role of a spokesperson? Explain.
Why must he or she be credible to the public and the emergency responders while acting as liaison between the public and the crisis management team? Be specific.
What significant challenges could be faced by a spokesperson? Explain

Homestead Farming Company’s last year sales were $6,200,000, operating income was $320,000, and the investment was $1,600,000. The cost of capital is 12%.

2.1 Calculate the company’s ROI efficiency.

2.2 Calculate the company’s ROI productivity.

2.3 Calculate the company’s ROI.

Homestead Farming has the opportunity to buy adjoining land for $1,000,000 that will increase sales by 4,000,000 and net income by $130,000. Homestead Farming is a division of Dole Fresh Foods and Homestead’s management is evaluated on ROI.

2.4 Would management make the investment?

2.5 Suppose management is evaluated on residual income. Would management make the investment?

2.6 Which decision benefits Dole Fresh Foods?

Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Assess the fundamental science and engineering principles applicable to the management and treatment of solid and hazardous wastes.

1.1 Discuss the techniques of coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation as they relate to an engineered precipitation process for wastewater treatment.

1.2 Describe the decision making to either increase the pH or decrease the pH of the wastewater treatment system in order to effectively precipitate heavy metals.

5. Evaluate operations and technologies related to industrial and hazardous wastes.

5.1 Discuss the aspects of a chemical flocculation process design that must be considered during the engineering process.

5.2 Discuss the aspects of a secondary circular clarifier process design that must be considered during the engineering process.

Reading Assignment

Chapter 3:

Chemical Treatment

Unit Lesson

In this unit, we are going to learn about the technology available to us in Bahadori’s (2014) discussion on chemical treatment. As such, we are going to continue with our industrial and hazardous waste treatment system design by adding chemical treatment and disinfection processes into our system.

The chemical treatment and biological treatment of the waste influents are often considered to be two of the most challenging aspects of the entire treatment system. This is due largely to the fact that chemistry and biology are statistically reliable to an average of about 95%. This means that the other five percent of the time the anticipated chemical and biological activity related to a reaction (chemical or enzymatic) may not work as forecasted. In fact, this is why it is common for us as scholar-practitioners of environmental engineering to conduct a chemical and biological hypothesis level of 95% (Trochim, 2001). We must remember that we are actually testing in research and design (R&D) activities with a statistical confidence, attempting to manipulate nature in order to effectively separate solids (metals and organic materials), gases (volatiles and semi-volatiles), synthetic liquids (organic and halogenated solvents), and water (Texas Water Utilities Association [TWUA], 1991). This is often very challenging. This is why we turn to technological solutions for many of these process options.

Chemical treatment and biological treatment are causally related variables within the treatment system. In fact, both the chemical and biological treatment processes have the ability to causally affect the other in tandem (Haas & Vamos, 1995). Stated another way for clarity, the chemical treatment process often informs the biological treatment process. Additionally, the biological treatment process can also inform the chemical treatment process. For example, we may effectively reduce the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) during the chemical treatment process, but then experience still another BOD change in the process with the interruption of aerobic organisms’ enzymatic activities, such as the catalase enzyme described by Bahadori (2014). Consequently, it is very important for us as engineers to closely consider the chemical and biological treatment processes as dynamic processes, rather than static processes inherent during physical treatment (such as oil removal). Let’s start with the chemical treatment process. MEE 5801, Industrial and Hazardous Waste Management 2

UNIT x STUDY GUIDE Title

Bahadori (2014) describes the chemical treatment process in terms of subsystems (e.g., precipitation, coagulation, chemical oxidation and reduction). However, he does not order these subsystems in a way that is necessarily easy for us to understand in terms of industrial and hazardous waste treatment. Instead, let’s consider the following subsystems in this specific order of treatment techniques, with the correlating principles (Haas & Vamos, 1995; TWUA, 1991) tied to each subsystem within chemical treatment (Bahadori, 2014):

1. Neutralization (pp. 82-83, 93)

a. pH (acid/alkaline) and ion exchange

b. acid waste neutralization (NaOH, NaOCl)

c. alkaline waste neutralization (H2SO4, HNO3)

2. Chemical oxidation and reduction (pp. 82-84)

a. ion exchange (mineral softener unit, ion exchange column)

b. cyanide reduction (alkaline chlorination, O3, or H2O2 treatment)

c. activated carbon adsorption (liquid phase granular absorber)

d. air and steam stripping (stripping column or distillation tower)

3. Precipitation (pp. 81-82, 87-94)

a. coagulation (Ca(OH)2, Al2(SO4)3, FeCl3, in tandem with polyelectrolytes)

b. flocculation (cationic polyacrylamide)

c. secondary hydroxide precipitation (NaOH, Ca(OH)2)

4. Solidification and stabilization (pp. 84, 90-92)

a. clarifying (secondary clarifier tank)

b. sludge thickening (cationic polymers)

c. sludge dewatering (filter or belt press)

5. Disinfection (pp. 94-98)

a. chemical agent disinfection (chlorination)

b. mechanical agent disinfection (filtration)

c. biological agent disinfection (activated sludge and Unit IV techniques)

In order to facilitate the chemical reactions associated with neutralizing and reduction/oxidation (redox reactions) activities, it is common to use an inverted cone shaped vessel or Imhoff tank, named after Dr. Karl Imhoff (TWUA, 1991) in order to facilitate greater solids collections into the hopper-shaped bottom while using the gravimetric techniques of flocculating solids (sedimentation) from the liquid phased waste solution (Haas & Vamos, 1995).

It is often in the Imhoff tank that one of the most critical aspects of the entire chemical treatment process can occur. This is the precipitation of heavy metals from the solution. Through the manipulation of the wastewater pH (neutralizing the pH from very low or very high values), the neutralization process actually initiates the redox reaction process. In turn, the redox reactions initiate the precipitation process and subsequently the solidification process. The heterogeneous equilibria of the solution becomes very important in this process, given that the equilibrium constant could be defined as the following (Haas & Vamos, 1995):

This means that we could actually then define the solubility of a heavy metal by estimating the activity of a hydroxide ion (OH), and subsequently determine the required equilibrium pH of the wastewater at which a select metal would precipitate (Haas & Vamos, 1995). It is by this method that we realize most heavy metals tend to precipitate within a higher pH wastewater matrix (TWUA, 1991). MEE 5801, Industrial and Hazardous Waste Management 3

UNIT x STUDY GUIDE Title

Consequently, one effective way to tie together all of these subsystems into a single chemical treatment process could be the following order of in-line equipment, following the physical oil removal equipment:

Oil-water separator (Unit 2) Imhoff tank (neutralization/precipitation)

ion exchange column (oxidation/reduction) secondary

clarifier (stabilization) filter press (solidification)

Now, let’s consider our second phase of equipment needs (chemical treatment) for our proposed project design as we use our interactive model again.

1. Click here to access the interactive design model.

2. Closely review the influent laboratory report (lift station) against the effluent laboratory report (pop up report). Remember that the goal is to design our system so that the final effluent concentrations meet the established local limits for the municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP).

3. Continue to use this model in your design work for your course project (proposed industrial and hazardous waste treatment facility) again in this unit.

Have fun designing your chemical treatment process within your industrial and hazardous waste treatment system!

References

Bahadori, A. (2014). Waste management in the chemical and petroleum industries. West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley.

Haas, C., & Vamos, R. (1995). Hazardous and industrial waste treatment. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Texas Water Utilities Association. (1991). Manual of wastewater treatment. (6th ed.). Austin, TX: Author.

Trochim, W. M. K. (2001). The research methods knowledge base (2nd ed.). Cincinnati, OH: Atomic Dog.

Suggested Reading

The suggested reading will give you additional resources related to the content for this unit. The article is an open source publication and can be found at the URL provided below

Read this week’s required article: “How Companies Can Get Smart About Raising Prices”.

 

In a three- to four-page paper (not including the title and reference pages): Retrieved from the ProQuest database.

 

Explain how to successfully get customers to pay more for your products. Reference the article in support of your response.

Explain how a specific pricing strategy will allow you to raise the price on your product successfully.

The paper

 

Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Must include a separate title page with the following:

Title of paper

Student’s name

Course name and number

Instructor’s name

Date submitted

Must use at least three scholarly sources from the Ashford University Library, one of which must be peer reviewed, in addition to the textbook.

Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Cente

nstallation and updates of software applications can consume considerable time. Software vendors face challenges in software distribution and often turn to Internet solutions to provide their customers with readily available, easy-to-use software installations and updates. Network administrators face similar challenges within corporate network environments and can utilize many of the same techniques for software deployment.

Over the next 12 months, your company will be installing several new internally developed software applications and upgrading several others. You have been assigned the task of planning the deployment of these applications throughout the network. Your task for this project is to develop a software deployment plan with a focus on how scripting can be used to minimize the labor required to complete the deployments. The tasks you will plan for are as follows:

Provide all users on the network the ability to download and install Software Application A, Software Application B, and Software Application C, which are new, internally developed applications that have never been installed on any of the network workstation computers. Users should only be allowed to download Application A if they are in the Sales or Marketing departments, Application B if they are in Engineering or IT, or Application C for all others. Users who elect to download the software must first have their system checked to make sure it has at least 2 GB of memory and 250MB of free disk space, then successful installations must be recorded in a network-based database.
Determine which users on the network do not have the latest version (3.0) of internally developed Software Application D. E-mail users in need of the update, providing them with a download link where they can install the update. Record successful updates in a network-based database.

The project deliverables are:

Prepare a document to submit your work:
Use Microsoft Word.
Title page
Course number and name
Project name
Student name
Date
Task 1: Software installation:
Identify each subtask.
Discuss if and how scripting can be used to help complete each subtask.
Select appropriate scripting languages for subtasks that can be scripted, and justify your selection.
Task 2: Software update:
Identify each major subtask.
Discuss if and how scripting can be used to help complete each subtask.
Select appropriate scripting languages for subtasks that can be scripted, and justify your selection.
Provide well-documented source code for at least 1 of the subtasks for Task 1 or Task 2.
Name the document yourname_ITSD327_IP3.doc

Organize and write an essay (750 words minimum, Times New Roman, 12pt font; double-spaced; APA formatting) in which you focus on the character of Chris McCandless and the themes of Krakauer’s book. Please feel free to use any of the ‘questions for reflections’ below to assist in structuring and developing your essay. Since you will be relying on your personal interpretation of the character and his decisions, you be expected to share and explain you honest opinion in a clear, well thought out manner.

Another purpose of this essay is to provide you with an opportunity to reflect on your own wilderness experiences of as they may relate to the experiences of Chris McCandless.

Be creative with it!

Questions for Reference

Why did Christ McCandless go “into the wild”?

Based on your understanding of McCandless and his decision, What were his ideals?

Would you consider Christ McCandless to be a rebel? If so, what was the rebelling against? Why?

Why did McCandless reject his Parents’ lifestyle?

In “Into the Wild,” why did McChandless make an effort to avoid emotional connections with others?

Did you ever find yourself sympathizing with McCandless’ arguments/statements? If so, which one(s)?

Did you ever feel pity for him? when & where?

What do you think of McCandless decision to discard his identity and past life without a backward glance?

What do you think you would want to say to McCandless if you were his father/mother?

What realization(s) does Chris come at the end? What do you think lead him to these realization?

Why did so many condemn McCandless and feel he caused his own death?

Do you think McCandless learned any valuable lessons during his experiences/adventures? What were they?

What, if any, were some meaningful lessons that you took away from his book?

Have you ever experienced the desire to abandon what you are doing for the sake of what you have wanted to do?

What truth did this account speak into your reality?

For the topic you choose:

Establish a clear thesis about your topic as part of the introductory paragraph (often the thesis is the last thing one determines after doing the basic research and outline; however it will be placed in the first paragraph of your paper).
This is a comparative essay. Comparison approached properly will require some critical thinking on your part. Use a point-by-point approach for the essay. That means, if comparing subject A with subject B, don’t do the first half of the essay on subject A and then the second half on subject B–that will seem like two (2) separate essays and comparisons will tend to get lost. Instead, you should be mentioning both subjects in most of your paragraphs as you compare them throughout the essay. Comparisons will identify similarities as well as contrasts.
Do not try to do everything on your two (2) subjects. You should end up narrowing your focus to a few insights and issues about the subjects being compared. And, from those fairly specific points of comparison, you will develop a thesis and glean some lessons.
Follow closely the instructions below for your specific topic.
Include a concluding paragraph at the end. This paragraph will, in some way, refer back to the thesis established in your first paragraph, since now you have demonstrated and supported it. It may be here that you also include your observations relating your study to the modern workplace or society (see your topic). Try to finish with flair!
Use at least three (3) good quality academic sources, with one (1) source being the class text. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources. You are highly encouraged to use the Resource Center tab at the top of your Blackboard page.

Topic Choice:

Comparing Ancient Female Rulers: Compare the Tang Empress Wu Zetian (also known as Empress Wu or as Wu Zhao; ruled China around 690-705 AD) with either the Pharaoh Cleopatra (ruled Egypt around 51-31 BC) or the Pharaoh Hatshepsut (ruled Egypt around 1478-1458 BC). You may also propose (for approval or not) a female ruler not listed. Avoid lengthy quoting or lengthy close paraphrasing from biographical sources. Make it YOUR comparative analysis. Your paper should:

a) Compare the two (2) rulers in terms of their situation and ascent to power, their methods of rule, and their achievements and resourcefulness, noting similarities and differences. Use specific examples.

b) Consider what your study suggests about the cultures over which they ruled, identifying any similarities and differences between the cultures.

c) From this comparison, suggest lessons about different types of effective leadership by a female in the world of modern business and / or modern politics.

The Project Paper will be graded on:

The level to which the instructions were followed for the paper generally and for the specific topic.
The establishment of a clear thesis about your topic.
The adequacy and relevance of information, examples, and details which support the general thesis.
Covering each part of the topic as instructed, including the comparisons, the consideration of ancient cultural differences, and the reflection on lessons for modern society or the modern workplace.
The quality of your research and your persuasiveness using critical reasoning.
The use and acknowledgement of a minimum of three (3) required references (the class textbook plus at least two (2) other quality academic sources) documented using the APA style –including both the use of a proper References list and the use of proper in-text citations.
Adherence to standard rules of grammar, punctuation, paragraphing, and mechanics, and general clarity of presentation.

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. Both in-text citations and a References list are required. Citations and references must follow APA style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions specific to the selected topic. (Note: Students can find APA style materials located in the course shell for guidance).
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 page length. For our purposes, you may omit any abstract page

Quantum computers are a new era of invention, and its innovation is still to come. The revolution of the quantum computers produced a lot of challenges for ethical decision-making and predictions at different levels of life; therefore, it raised new concerns such as invasion of privacy and national security. In fact, it can be used easily to access and steal private information and data, while on the other hand, quantum computers can help to eliminate these unethical intrusions and secure the information.

Quantum computers will be the most powerful computer in the world that would open the door to encrypt the information in much less time. On the contrary, the supercomputers sometimes take so many hours to encrypt, whereas quantum computers can be used for the same purpose in a shorter time period making it harder to decrypt the data and information.

Many years from now, quantum computers will become mainstays throughout the world of computing. It will serve the individual and the community, but there is a significant concern that quantum computers could be used to invade people’s privacy. Why do the most intelligence agencies want quantum computers? Do the quantum computers threaten global encryption systems? Do governments have the right to use quantum computer technology in order to invade the privacy of citizen for counter-terrorism purposes? Consequently, this paper seeks to answer and discuss these questions and how it all relates to morality and ethics

Organize and write an essay (750 words minimum, Times New Roman, 12pt font; double-spaced; APA formatting) in which you focus on the character of Chris McCandless and the themes of Krakauer’s book. Please feel free to use any of the ‘questions for reflections’ below to assist in structuring and developing your essay. Since you will be relying on your personal interpretation of the character and his decisions, you be expected to share and explain you honest opinion in a clear, well thought out manner.

Another purpose of this essay is to provide you with an opportunity to reflect on your own wilderness experiences of as they may relate to the experiences of Chris McCandless.

Be creative with it!

Questions for Reference

Why did Christ McCandless go “into the wild”?

Based on your understanding of McCandless and his decision, What were his ideals?

Would you consider Christ McCandless to be a rebel? If so, what was the rebelling against? Why?

Why did McCandless reject his Parents’ lifestyle?

In “Into the Wild,” why did McChandless make an effort to avoid emotional connections with others?

Did you ever find yourself sympathizing with McCandless’ arguments/statements? If so, which one(s)?

Did you ever feel pity for him? when & where?

What do you think of McCandless decision to discard his identity and past life without a backward glance?

What do you think you would want to say to McCandless if you were his father/mother?

What realization(s) does Chris come at the end? What do you think lead him to these realization?

Why did so many condemn McCandless and feel he caused his own death?

Do you think McCandless learned any valuable lessons during his experiences/adventures? What were they?

What, if any, were some meaningful lessons that you took away from his book?

Have you ever experienced the desire to abandon what you are doing for the sake of what you have wanted to do?

What truth did this account speak into your reality