How have you positively impacted the lives of the people around you? Please give specific examples.
Learning Goal: I’m working on a scholarship question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
1) How have you positively impacted the lives of the people around you? Please give specific examples.
2) Our company was created to leave a legacy, something that will outlive our work and positively impact the lives of generations to come. What kind of legacy do you want to leave and why? What do you want people to remember you for?
3) If awarded, what will this scholarship mean to you? What will you use it for? Please be specific. (What program are you enrolled in, what will the money pay for, etc.)*
Requirements: A few paragraphs please | .doc file
Determine current threat landscape
Establishing threat intelligence goals and requirements will help the threat intelligence team to better allocate and utilize its resources and fine-tune the data types, tools, and methods that will produce the most relevant and useful intelligence about the particular threats to the organization.
Using the organization you chose in Week 1, document your work on the following for your project this week:
- Determine current threat landscape:
- Major cybersecurity threats to the organization
- Security posture and factors: pressures the organization is under to strengthen its security program
- Risk assessment:
- Risks related to the industry, legal obligations, customer security requirements
- Business risks and impact on revenue, customers, operations, compliance, fines, costs of repairs or mitigation activities
- 1 – no impact; 2 – low; 3 – medium; 4 – high; 5 – critical
- Rating of threat possibility:
- 1 – not likely; 2 – slight possibility; 3 – moderately possible; 4 – highly possible; 5 – extremely possible
Cite any references to support your assignment.
What are two solutions or recommendations to minimize medical errors in the health care industry?
Prior to beginning work on this discussion,
Read the To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System (Links to an external site.)
Read the Doctors Make Mistakes: A New Documentary Explores What Happens When They Do—And How to Fix It (Links to an external site.)
Watch the Prevention of medical errors (Links to an external site.) (documentary) video.
Your initial discussion post must be a minimum of 250 words. This is an opinion-based discussion. Credible sources are not required. However, if resources are used, you must include citations and references in APA format. Please see directions for including APA Style elements on these Writing Center pages: APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) and Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.).
After reviewing the resources above, discuss your observations. In your opinion,
What has changed in the industry to reduce medical errors since the To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System (Links to an external site.) report was published in 1999?
Do you think there is a disconnect between health care policies, protocols, procedures, or processes?
Explain your rationale and provide an example.
What are two solutions or recommendations to minimize medical errors in the health care industry?
What are the distinctive features of the workplace as a setting where exposure to chemical and physical hazards occurs?
What are the distinctive features of the workplace as a setting where exposure to chemical and physical hazards occurs?
Who bears the burden of proof for the insanity defense? What is the burden for this defense?
InsanityPlease read this background information and answer the questions presented below.
Andrea (Kennedy) Yates was born on July 2, 1964 in Houston, Tex. She graduated from Milby High School in Houston in 1982. She was the class valedictorian, captain of the swim team and an officer in the National Honor Society. She completed a two-year pre-nursing program at the University of Houston and then graduated in 1986 from the University of Texas School of Nursing in Houston. She worked as a registered nurse at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center from 1986 until 1994.
Andrea Meets Rusty Yates:
Andrea and Rusty Yates, both 25, met at their apartment complex in Houston. Andrea, who was usually reserved, initiated the conversation. Andrea had never dated anyone until she turned 23 and prior to meeting Rusty she was healing from a broken relationship. They eventually moved in together and spent much of their time involved in religious study and prayer. They were married on April 17, 1993. They shared with their guests that they planned on having as many children as nature provided.
Andrea Called Herself “Fertile Myrtle”:
In their eight years of marriage, the Yates had five children; four boys and one girl. Andrea stopped jogging and swimming when she became pregnant with her second child. Friends say that she became reclusive. The decision to home-school the children seemed to feed her isolation.
The Yates Children:
Feb. 26, 1994 – Noah Yates, Dec. 12, 1995 – John Yates, Sept. 13, 1997 – Paul Yates, Feb. 15, 1999 – Luke Yates, and on Nov. 30, 2000 – Mary Yates was the last child to be born.
Their Living Conditions:
Rusty accepted work in Florida in 1996 and the family moved into a 38-foot travel trailer in Seminole, FL While in Florida, Andrea got pregnant, but miscarried. In 1997 they returned to Houston and lived in their trailer because Rusty wanted to “live light.” The next year. Rusty decided to purchase a 350-square-foot, renovated bus which became their permanent home. Luke was born bringing the number of children to four. Living conditions were cramped and Andrea’s insanity began to surface.
Michael Woroniecki:
Michael Woroniecki was a traveling minister from whom Rusty purchased their bus and whose religious views had influenced both Rusty and Andrea. Rusty only agreed with some of Woroniecki’s ideas but Andrea embraced the extremist sermons. He preached, “the role of women is derived from the sin of Eve and that bad mothers who are going to hell create bad children who will go to hell.” Andrea was so totally captivated by Woroniecki that Rusty and Andrea’s family grew concerned.
Andrea’s First Suicide Attempt :
On June 16 1999, Andrea called Rusty and begged him to come home. He found her shaking involuntarily and chewing on her fingers. The next day, she was hospitalized after she tried to commit suicide by taking an overdose of pills. She was transferred to the Methodist Hospital psychiatric unit and diagnosed with a major depressive disorder. The medical staff described Andrea as evasive in discussing her problems. However, on June 24 she was prescribed an antidepressant and released.
Spiraling Downward:
Once home, Andrea did not take the medication and as a result she began to self mutilate and refused to feed her children because she felt they were eating too much. She thought there were video cameras in the ceilings and said that the characters on television were talking to her and the children. She told Rusty about the hallucinations, yet neither of them informed Andrea’s psychiatrist, Dr. Starbranch. On July 20, Andrea put a knife to her neck and begged her husband to let her die.
Warned About the Risks of Having More Babies :
Andrea was again hospitalized and stayed in a catatonic state for 10 days. After being treated with an injection of different drugs that included Haldol, an anti-psychotic drug, her condition immediately improved. Rusty was optimistic about the drug therapy because Andrea appeared more like the person he first met. Dr. Starbranch warned the Yates that having another baby might bring on more episodes of psychotic behavior. Andrea was placed on out-patient care and prescribed Haldol.
New Hopes for the Future :
Andrea’s family urged Rusty to buy a home instead of returning Andrea to the cramped space of the bus. He purchased a nice home in a peaceful neighborhood. Once in her new home, Andrea’s condition improved to the point that she returned to past activities like swimming, cooking and some socializing. She was also interacting well with her children. She expressed to Rusty that she had strong hopes for the future but still viewed her life on the bus as her failure.
The Tragic End:
In March of 2000, Andrea, on Rusty’s urging, became pregnant and stopped taking the Haldol. On November 30, 2000, Mary was born. Andrea was coping but on March 12, her father died and immediately her mental state digressed. She stopped talking, refused liquids, mutilated herself, and would not feed Mary. She also frantically read the Bible.
By the end of March Andrea returned to a different hospital. Her psychiatrist, Dr. Mohammed Saeed, treated her briefly with Haldol but discontinued it, saying that she did not did not seem psychotic. Andrea was released only to return again in May. She was released in 10 days and in her last follow-up visit with Saeed, she was told to think positive thoughts and to see a psychologist.
Two days later, Rusty left for work and before his mother arrived to help, Andrea began to put into action the thoughts that had consumed her for two years.
Andrea filled the tub with water and beginning with Paul, she systematically drowned the three youngest boys, then placed them on her bed and covered them. Mary was left floating in the tub. The last child alive was the first born, seven-year-old Noah. He asked his mother what was wrong with Mary, then turned and ran away. Andrea caught up with him and as he screamed, she dragged him and forced him into the tub next to Mary’s floating body. He fought desperately, coming up for air twice, but Andrea held him down until he was dead. Leaving Noah in the tub, she brought Mary to the bed and laid her in the arms of her brothers.
During Andrea’s confession she explained her actions by saying that she wasn’t a good mother and that the children were “not developing correctly” and she needed to be punished.
Her controversial trial lasted three weeks. The jury found Andrea guilty of capital murder, but rather then recommending the death penalty, they voted for life in prison. At the age of 77, in the year 2041, Andrea will be eligible for parole.
Source: Charles Montaldo, Profile of Andrea Yates, crime.about.com, https://www.thoughtco.com/profile-of-andrea-yates-971138 (last visited May 10, 2018).
QUESTION:
Based on the information presented in Chapter 6 in the ebook, was Yates legally insane? If not, specifically discuss why none of the 3 insanity defenses apply. If so, which of the insanity defenses would apply and specifically why.
Does her (ex) husband bear any responsibility in the crime? Why or why not?
Who bears the burden of proof for the insanity defense? What is the burden for this defense?
Discuss the purpose of OSHA’s PSM standard, including why it was initially implemented and its scope.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (PSM) standard (29 C.F.R. § 1910.119) contains requirements for the safe management of chemicals for facilities that exceed OSHA’s threshold quantities for highly hazardous substances. This standard requires the establishment of a PSM program that contains 14 elements for the safe management of hazards associated with the use, storage, manufacturing, handling, or moving of highly hazardous chemicals.
You have recently been promoted to the position of health, environmental, and safety (HES) manager at Marz Pulp and Paper, Inc. (MPP), a pulp and paper manufacturer that is located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The company employs 120+ management, supervisory, operations, and ancillary personnel, including contractor employees from 15 different companies. MPP uses the kraft pulping process to convert wood chips to a pulp for use in their paper production process. The pulp mill is considered a covered facility pursuant to the PSM standard (29 C.F.R. §1910.119). The 14 elements of OSHA’s PSM standard are discussed in the document “Process Safety Management Guidelines for Compliance.”
You have been accompanying an OSHA inspector this past week on a PSM inspection of your pulp mill process facilities, including the review of all PSM-related operating procedures, process information, hazardous material, mechanical integrity inspection, and incident and training records. The OSHA inspector has completed their inspection of your facility and presented the following preliminary observations during the PSM inspection in the briefing for your facility management and operations supervisors:
⦁ Some of the hazardous materials of concern utilized at MPP’s facility are as shown below.
Note: The hazardous material usage (in pounds) shown in the table is only for purposes of this assignment exercise and does not reflect the actual chemical usage at a commercial pulp mill.
⦁ Key facility PSM inspection observations were as shown below.
⦁ The frequency of the inspection and testing of process equipment was not performed in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations, good engineering practices, or prior operating experience.
⦁ Process equipment records for 65 of 422 records reviewed were missing either the name of the person who performed the inspection, the date of the inspection, or the serial number of the equipment.
⦁ The process hazard analysis performed by MPP did not address all of the process hazards.
⦁ MPP did not review or evaluate their contractor’s safety performance and safety programs during the contractor selection process.
⦁ No written plan of action for the implementation of employee participation in PSM/safety activities was available for review.
⦁ An incident investigation of a potentially catastrophic release of chlorine dioxide was not initiated as required by PSM within 48 hours following the incident.
⦁ MPP’s Emergency Action Plan does not include procedures for handling small releases of hazardous materials.
Your MPP management team is not familiar with the requirements of OSHA’s PSM standard. Although it will be several weeks before OSHA provides the formal PSM inspection report and findings, you plan to proactively schedule an internal follow-up meeting with your management team and operations supervisors to prepare them for what to expect, including possible citations and fines for violations of the PSM standard. At a minimum, the questions below need to be addressed at this meeting.
⦁ Discuss the purpose of OSHA’s PSM standard, including why it was initially implemented and its scope. Explain why MPP’s pulp mill manufacturing process is considered a covered facility under OSHA’s PSM standard. Identify which hazardous material(s) used at the pulp mill facility exceed the threshold quantities (TQ) shown in 29 C.F.R. § 1910.119 Appendix A.
⦁ Describe an oxidizer. Identify at least three oxidizers used at this MPP facility, and discuss their potential hazards to human health and the environment. Based on the OSHA 8-hour permissible exposure limit (PEL)/time-weighted average (TWA) for your three identified oxidizers, which one would pose the greatest threat to human health? Explain why, and elaborate on how you should respond if this oxidizer is accidentally released.
⦁ Review the OSHA inspector’s preliminary observations, and provide recommendations regarding how MPP can improve their compliance with at least three elements of OSHA’s PSM standard. Each recommendation you provide must discuss the noncompliance issue(s) observed, the specific PSM standard requirement, and what program changes need to be implemented to improve your company’s PSM compliance.
Your paper must be at least three pages in length, not including your title page and references page. You are required to cite the course textbook, the OSHA PSM standard, and at least two other sources in your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced. Paraphrased or quoted materials must have accompanying in-text citations and references in APA format. Please adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment.
What, in your opinion, is the best way to address prostitution?
500 words ..article below
use this article:
How do laws differ between Canada and the U.S. regarding prostitution? Why do you think the law is so different in the two countries? How have other countries addressed this issue recently? How does the Canada law compare with the Nevada laws on prostitution?
What, in your opinion, is the best way to address prostitution?
what reasoning/evidence does the author provide to support their argument?
Learning Goal: I’m working on a history writing question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
1. Read: ISENBERG, ANDREW C., and THOMAS RICHARDS. “Alternative Wests: Rethinking Manifest Destiny.” Pacific Historical Review 86, no. 1 (2017): 4–17 ISENBERG & RICHARDS Alternative Wests Rethinking Manifest Destiny Download ISENBERG & RICHARDS Alternative Wests Rethinking Manifest Destiny
2. The essay formatting needs to be Times New Roman, 12 point font, and double spaced sentences, submitted as a file upload (MS Word or PDF).
Download Schmidt English colonization Utopia (2010)
3. Write a 500-600 word essay that answers these questions: 1) what is the article about, 2) what argument is the author making, and 3) what reasoning/evidence does the author provide to support their argument?
4. An “A” level paper will:
-demonstrate a close reading of the article and thoughtful examination of its content
-be supported by evidence from the text (and lecture, where applicable). For example: (Schmidt, 310), (Foner, 17), (Hickey Lecture, 7/25/2022).
-be carefully proofread for clarity, content, spelling and grammar
5. Each essay needs an intro paragraph, body paragraphs, and conclusion. Each paragraph needs a topic sentence and supporting detail from the reading.
Interpret whether the trend for each ratio (listed in Part 1) is an improvement or a decline in performance for the company.
Ratio analysis provides another set of patterns to evaluate before deciding to buy or sell a company’s stock. Ratios reveal more than just the past performance; ratios reveal how effectively the company converts product sales into shareholder returns. Ratios provide a gauge for comparison across time and across the industry (competitors), while removing the impact of size differences. Would you rather invest in Company A, with $1.0 million in earnings, or Company B, with $10.0 million in earnings? It’s hard to say. However, if Company A earns a ROA of 25%, while Company B earns a ROA of 2%, the decision becomes clear.
Liquidity ratios provide clues to how effectively the company manages its cash collection cycle. Asset turnover ratios reveal how efficiently the company uses its assets to generate profits. Debt management ratios reveal how leveraged a company is, which provides an indication of future risk. Taken together, a company’s ratios and its ratios compared to the industry competitors provide important insight to the investment strength of the company’s stock. In this assignment, you will review the trend in your chosen company’s financial ratios over the past 3 years and compare your chosen company’s ratios to the average ratios from top competitors in the industry.
Prepare:
Prior to beginning work on this assignment,
Make sure you have completed the Company Ratios: Appendix C and Industry Competitor Ratios: Appendix D assignments. It is recommended that you keep those two PDFs open or printed when completing this assignment.
Write:
In your paper, address the following four parts in a Word document:
Part 1: (three to five paragraphs)
Summarize the trends in your company’s ratio performance over the 3 most recent years. Be sure to address the following ratios included in Appendix C:
Profitability ratios: ROA, ROE, return on investment (ROI).
Liquidity ratios: quick ratio, current ratio.
Debt management ratios: long-term debt to equity, total debt to equity, interest coverage ratio.
Asset management ratios: total asset turnover, receivables turnover, inventory turnover, and accounts payable turnover.
Per share: book value per share.
Part 2: (two paragraphs)
Interpret whether the trend for each ratio (listed in Part 1) is an improvement or a decline in performance for the company.
Create a table that lists each ratio as either a strength or a weakness in the most current year, based on its trend and your interpretation.
Determine the overall financial strength of the company based on the ratios identified as either strengths or weaknesses.
Consider all of the ratios discussed so far. Is the company’s strength the fact that the debt management ratios are improving? Or is it that the liquidity ratios are increasing? Is the company’s weakness that the turnover ratios are declining? Or is the company’s weakness that debt management ratios are weakening?
Categorize the company’s overall ratio performance as either strong, neutral, or weak, based on your determination from the ratios.
Part 3: (one to two paragraphs)
Compare your chosen company’s ratio performance to the industry competitor ratios in the most recent year based on Appendix D. Be sure to address the following ratios included on Appendix D:
Profitability ratios: ROA, ROE, gross margin, and net margin.
Liquidity ratios: quick ratio and current ratio.
Debt management ratios: long-term debt to equity, total debt to equity, and interest coverage ratio.
Asset management ratios: asset turnover and inventory turnover.
Create a table that lists each ratio as either higher or lower than the average ratio for the competitors in the industry.
Part 4: (one paragraph)
Categorize the company’s overall financial performance as either better than average, average, or worse than average compared to the industry based on the ratios.
Interpret which ratios are the most important and explain your reasoning.
Justify your conclusion based on the table you created, your interpretation of which ratios are the most important, and the company’s overall ratio performance compared to the industry competitors.
The Section 2: Financial Ratio Analysis paper
Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length including any tables or calculations (but not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.)
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper in bold font
Space should be between title and the rest of the information on the title page.
Student’s name
Name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Due date
Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your
Since this is Section 2 of the Week 5 final project, there is no need for an introduction paragraph.
After working through these questions for analysis what are the key criteria for a financial manager to consider when making decisions?
The owner of a privately held medical pharmaceutical company whose name is CVS and has a successful past coming up with medical solutions to current challenges regarding severe diseases. Recently they decided to develop a COVID-19 vaccine that will be 98% effective and can be ready in the next 90 days. Prior to the need for the vaccine, CVS has been using R&D to be prepared in case of a pandemic occurring in the world. The FDA knows the company well and feels they have the capability to make this happen based on their history.
There is a lot of excitement for the company since revenues have dropped this past year and their earnings have flattened out. The owner feels this is the breakthrough they have been waiting for. Some major financial decisions need to be made to make this happen and become a reality. As the CFO of the company, you are tasked to do an analysis of the financial situation and present to the board some recommended financial steps for the company to finance this new project.
Use these questions below for the roundtable discussion using what you have learned in the course these past 8 weeks.
1. You have access to a significant supplier in the industry who can develop this vaccine, saving some initial investment costs. However, you are thinking about making the vaccine rather than buying the vaccine. Make an argument for MAKE versus BUY when starting out on a major investment decision. Choose what you would do (make or buy) and then explain.
2. The next step is financing the company. Since revenues and earnings have not been strong in the past year, you are considering financing the company. You can secure debt with a lender who has been supportive of the company and this new idea or you can become a publicly held company to raise new equity to fund the project. What decision would you make? Would you secure more debt or offer an IPO? Please explain your decision.
3. If you choose to secure debt, what variables must you consider in this decision as a financial manager?
4. If you go public an investment amount is needed. How do you determine this? How do you market capitalization in your decision?
5. Now that you have the money either through debt or equity the next step is to forecast the company for the next 5 years for your investors. What are the key assumptions you will use to develop a 5-year proforma? Please list your assumptions and what you need to consider when you develop these assumptions.
6. You will want to calculate the ROCE (return on employed capital). This is an important measurement of success with this new project. As a CFO how does this work and why is it important to you? What type of ROCE would you like to see?
7. Obviously, you want to make money, so you must determine cost versus price. Determining the price is critical to your forecast. How will you determine your price? Also, how will you calculate your profit margin and markup? Why is this important?
8. After working through these questions for analysis what are the key criteria for a financial manager to consider when making decisions?
