Kingsley INRS FRA northeast trends 1.2020eric kingsley
Crowd-sourced perspective on trends in the Northeast forest industry - logging, forestry, markets, carbon, labor, etc. Presented at the Forest Resources Association Northeast Forum - January 2020
Make pallet factory residue into fuel pelletsJossie Xiong
Pallet factory has lots of residues like sawdust, chips which are recycled wood wastes. Making fuel pellets from pallet residues can not only solve wood waste problem but also bring great profits.
Kingsley INRS FRA northeast trends 1.2020eric kingsley
Crowd-sourced perspective on trends in the Northeast forest industry - logging, forestry, markets, carbon, labor, etc. Presented at the Forest Resources Association Northeast Forum - January 2020
Make pallet factory residue into fuel pelletsJossie Xiong
Pallet factory has lots of residues like sawdust, chips which are recycled wood wastes. Making fuel pellets from pallet residues can not only solve wood waste problem but also bring great profits.
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Social forestry is a concept that ensure ecological, economic and social benefits. It broadly refers to the management of forests by local communities to achieve various environmental, social and development goals, including climate change mitigation and adaptation, food security, nutrition and livelihood support.
This slide will discuss the environmental phenomena and relation with the climate change.
The experts' roundtable on ASEAN circular economy
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Multidisciplinary nature of enviromental studies.pptx by Jeel DobariyaJeelDobariya2
Welcome to a comprehensive exploration of the multidisciplinary nature of environmental studies! In this engaging PowerPoint presentation, we delve into the interconnectedness of various disciplines and their contributions to our understanding of the environment.
Discover how fields such as ecology, sociology, economics, geography, and more intersect and collaborate to address complex environmental challenges. we uncover the importance of multidisciplinary approaches in promoting sustainable solutions.
By attending this presentation, you will gain insights into the multidimensional aspects of environmental studies and how collaboration across disciplines can lead to more effective environmental solutions.
Tags:
Environmental Studies, Multidisciplinary Approach, Sociology, Economics, Geography, Sustainability, Interconnectedness, Environmental Challenges, Technological Innovations, Ecosystem Services, Environmental Conservation.
Key Topics Covered:
Ecological Perspectives: Uncover the intricate relationships between organisms, ecosystems, and the environment.
Social Dimensions: Examine the social and cultural influences on environmental attitudes and behaviors.
Economic Considerations: Explore the economic impacts of environmental degradation and the value of ecosystem services.
Policy and Governance: Understand the role of policies, laws, and international agreements in shaping environmental management.
Technological Innovations: Learn about cutting-edge technologies and their applications in environmental conservation and mitigation.
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World’s forests are gaining a new political role in the era of climate change. They are a crucial part in the global endeavour to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Along with such measures as cutting down rapidly the greenhouse gas emission caused by the fossil economy, forests are expected to function as global carbon sinks that suck carbon from the atmosphere. During the next few decades, the capacity of forests to work in this role on a global level needs to be carefully regulated, strengthened and sustained.
In this context, boreal forests draw special attention. Since they grow slower than, for example, their southern counterparts, storing back to the forest the amount of carbon dioxide released during tree cutting takes several decades or even more than a century. This re-frames the conditions for boreal forest use. If boreal forests are expected to play their part in the next decades’ ‘herculean task’ of global climate measures, their sinks need to grow, not diminish, and the commercial use of forests needs to shift to forms that store carbon for decades to come.
This new forest use frame, brought to public by climate scientists, caused an intense debate in Finland during the year 2017. Climate and forest researchers expressed their concern that Finland’s forest utilization plans would accelerate climate change. This scientific knowledge was faced with enormous criticism, expressed by the representatives of the forest industry and members of the centre-right government. Several discursive strategies were used to frame the Finnish forest use as sustainable, most important being the flexible concept of ‘bioeconomy’.
Simultaneously, the question had world political implications, when the European Union revised its position on the role of forests as part of its climate policy. The scientific stance on the essential role of forests as carbon sinks gained support among other EU countries. Thus, the Finnish government and representatives of the forest industry engaged in aggressive lobbying on the EU level. Finally, when the EU’s decisions on land use and forestry were presented, their economic impacts were celebrated as a victory by the Finnish government and industry, although doubts have been expressed on what the decisions mean for the future of Finnish forestry.
Based on the wide material collected from Finnish media, we will analyse how the scientific knowledge of forest’s role in climate policy was received and reframed in public discussion during the year 2017. We put critical focus on the concepts of bioeconomy and sustainability as a political discursive strategy to legitimize the extractivism of boreal forests.
Keywords: forests, climate change, bioeconomy, carbon sinks
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Week 2: The AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Self-Assessment
Understanding the competencies related to the AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice provides you with valuable information as you begin to study this course.
Complete this self-assessment, which is based on The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2008) prior to posting to the discussion on this topic
Place a check mark or X in the column that best describes your current level of competency or understanding of the Essential’s statement. There are no incorrect answers.
After you have completed the assessment, total the number of points that you earned. Record this number in a location where you will be able to retrieve it at the end of the course, when it will serve as the basis for a future discussion.
AACN (American Association of Colleges of Nursing) Baccalaureate Essentials
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Excellent
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Essential II: Basic Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Care and Patient Safety
Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision-making in the provision of high quality nursing care, healthcare team coordination, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings.
Demonstrate leadership and communication skills to effectively implement patient safety and quality improvement initiatives within the context of the interprofessional team.
Participate in quality and patient safety initiatives, recognizing that these are complex system issues, which involve individuals, families, groups, communities, populations, and other members of the healthcare team.
Employ principles of quality improvement, healthcare policy, and cost-effectiveness to assist in the development and initiation of effective plans for the microsystem and system-wide practice improvements that will improve the quality of healthcare delivery.
Essential V: Healthcare Policy, Finance, and Regulatory Environments
Demonstrate basic knowledge of healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments, incl.
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In this context, boreal forests draw special attention. Since they grow slower than, for example, their southern counterparts, storing back to the forest the amount of carbon dioxide released during tree cutting takes several decades or even more than a century. This re-frames the conditions for boreal forest use. If boreal forests are expected to play their part in the next decades’ ‘herculean task’ of global climate measures, their sinks need to grow, not diminish, and the commercial use of forests needs to shift to forms that store carbon for decades to come.
This new forest use frame, brought to public by climate scientists, caused an intense debate in Finland during the year 2017. Climate and forest researchers expressed their concern that Finland’s forest utilization plans would accelerate climate change. This scientific knowledge was faced with enormous criticism, expressed by the representatives of the forest industry and members of the centre-right government. Several discursive strategies were used to frame the Finnish forest use as sustainable, most important being the flexible concept of ‘bioeconomy’.
Simultaneously, the question had world political implications, when the European Union revised its position on the role of forests as part of its climate policy. The scientific stance on the essential role of forests as carbon sinks gained support among other EU countries. Thus, the Finnish government and representatives of the forest industry engaged in aggressive lobbying on the EU level. Finally, when the EU’s decisions on land use and forestry were presented, their economic impacts were celebrated as a victory by the Finnish government and industry, although doubts have been expressed on what the decisions mean for the future of Finnish forestry.
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Effect of fuel wood on Health
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Overview
Nominal GDP & Real GDP
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Inflation rate
Exports & Imports
Unemployment Rate & Labor force
labor force participation & composition of labor force
Money Supply
pie-chart (composition of the economy)
strengths and weaknesses of this economy
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sixth-largest country in the world.
Australia is a continent & an island
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Australia is one of the wealthiest Asia
the world’s 14th largest (economically)
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2.8% growth
2.6% 5-year compound annual growth
$52,373 per capita
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Inflation (CPI): 2.0%
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GDP:
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Real GDP:
45439.30 $
GDP/Capita:
57,373.687
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Inflation Rate 2017 = 1.9%
Inflation Rate 2016 = 1.3%
Inflation Rate 2015 = 1.5%
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iron ores and concentrates
Gold
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous
Copper ores and concentrates
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Imports:
Petroleum oïl
Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di
Transmission apparatus
Diesel powered trucks
The total value of imports: is US$ 235,519 million
Exports & Imports (partners) :
Exports:
China
Japan
Korea
India
United sates
Imports:
China
United states
Japan
Germany
Thailand
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Labor force:
79%
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77.558
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The quality of life in Australia is high & not permanent
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Development of INR – Week 3
Machiavelli
• Who was Machiavelli? Why is he important for
Political Realism?
• Florentine writer/diplomat between 1469-1527. Born
in a context of continuous crisis and warfare.
• It was not uncommon, for example, for Popes
themselves to lead armies in Italy against other city-
states – but especially against Holy Roman Emperor.
• Machiavelli experiences the unrelenting attempts by
various European powers to assert their hegemony
in Northern Italy – Chapter 26 of The Prince, is
basically a call to the Medici to use the opportunity of
chaos in Italy to lead it towards unification and glory.
Cont.
• Wrote two main works, The Prince and The Discourses
on Livy. The latter is an extended commentary on Livy’s
history of the foundation and history of Rome until about
300 BC – corresponds to the Third Samnite War.
• The interest in The Discourse on Livy is also to
contextualize Machiavelli the writer of the Prince –
concern with not just the acquisition of power; but with the
emergence and maintenance of a republic during periods
of crisis or political turbulence.
• Machiavelli – A retrieval of a type of pagan knowledge of
politics.
• A reemphasis on a non-eschatological temporality to
understand politics.
Virtù
• Because of constant conflict the Prince needs
to possess certain qualities to ‘maintain his
state’ and “increase his power’.
• Virtù: possessing the knowledge and will to do
what needs to be done even if it may be
considered evil.
• The Prince must possess a “flexible disposition”
(Chapter 18).
• Implies an ability of adaptation to changing
political circumstances.
Fortuna
• What undermines political order.
Circumstances that can emerge to undermine
the Prince’s power or security.
• Machiavelli: Fortuna is “one of our destructive
rivers which, when it is angry, turns the plains
into lakes, throws down the trees and buildings,
takes earth from one spot, puts it in another;
everyone flees before the flood; everyone
yields to its fury and nowhere can repel it.”
Cont.
• Machiavelli: “I conclude therefore that, fortune being changeful
and mankind steadfast in their ways, so long as the two are in
agreement men are successful, but unsuccessful when they fall
out. For my part I consider that it is better to be adventurous than
cautious, because fortune is a woman, and if you wish to keep
her under it is necessary to beat and ill-use her; and it is seen
that she allows herself to be mastered by the adventurous rather
than by those who go to work more coldly. She is, therefore,
always, woman-like, a lover of young men, because they are
less cautious, more violent, and with more audacity command
her.”
• Sexualized Imagery: What does it imply?
• Politics is not just about mastery; it’s also about foundation,
beginning, natality.
• Catherine Zuckert: “The task of the price is not only to dominate
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d. Inclusion of alternative or generic care in nursing curricula, such as medicine men, Native American healers, curers, and herbalists in the Southwest and selected substantiated Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine methods shown to be effective for the treatment of both acute and chronic diseases
e. The increased access to health care information from the Internet and the growing number of books, audio recordings, and video recordings published on health maintenance, alternative medicine, herbs, vitamins, minerals, and over-the-counter medications and preparations
f. Spiraling health care costs; use of health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations (PPO), or internal plan provider lists; lack of health insurance; increased reliance on self-diagnosis, treatment, and care; and increased availability of diagnostic kits for home-based self-diagnostic testing
g. Problems related to cultural conflicts, stress, pain, and cultural imposition practices
h. Increased suspiciousness and mistrust or distrust of cultural, religious, and political groups because of increased terrorist activities worldwide
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Looking for someone is very specific with information and gives great detail within their writing. Need good quality work. No plagiarism, honesty, and A++ work. Someone who will take their time to understand and follow given instructions carefully. Deliver work ahead of time and not have me asking and looking for expected assignment. If you have any questions about the assignment or unsure about something please ask. Instructions attached.
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Love Language Project Part I
Objective:
To demonstrate the principles of love languages and effective use of interpersonal communication skills through “gifting” a close interpersonal relationship.
Assignment:
Please research the 5 Love Languages. Set a time when you can interview your selected person, at least ½ hour. Choose a quiet, comfortable environment where you will be able to listen effectively. The goal of your interview is to learn how your selected person most likes to receive expressions of affection.
You might begin by sharing the five love languages with them and asking some versions of the following questions:
1. Based on the descriptions in this section and this piece, which of the five love languages is most appealing to you to receive?
2. Can you share a story/example of a time when you received affection this way?
3. Which is the most challenging/uncomfortable love language for you to receive?
4. Can you share a story/example of a time when you received affection this way?
5. What changes do you think you could make in the way you receive affectionate messages in your close relationships?
Please describe the person that you chose to interview and your relationship with them. Then, post their responses to the questions. WORTH 100 Points
Love Language Project Part II
Write a personal reflection paper, at least 1.5 pages long, double spaced, typed, include the following:
1. What did you learn about your selected person and their preferred love languages from your interview? What was challenging about the interview? What surprised you?
2. How does their preferred love languages differ from yours? Did this make it difficult to plan your special event?
3. Comment on planning your Love Language Event. How did you come up with your ideas? What was easy and what was challenging?
4. Comment on implementing your Love Language Event. What was enjoyable? What was challenging? Did it go as you’d planned?
5. Comment on the Love Language Project in general. What did you learn? About the other person? About yourself?
6. How might what you learned during this Love Language Project affect your expressions of affection in other relationships?
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Lucy Lawless
Benito
Cereno
has three sources of narration:
1. A limited third person narration that divides in two:
a. Primarily, the narrator limits him/herself to the thoughts and perceptions of Amasa Delano, so everything is described from Delano's persepective.
b. At times, the narrator demonstrates fuller knowledge than Delano has, even lightly criticizing Delano's naivete: in particular, the third person narrator seems already to be familiar with the events described in the deposition.
2. The objective, impersonal third person narration of the deposition, which records (an edited version of) the official law documents associated with the case of the
San Dominick.
No particular narrator is associated with the deposition, but it's obviously coming from some source. Just for fun, I call the seemingly invisible, un-identifiable narrator of the Deposition Lucy Lawless.
So here's the question for you to consider: Can you name any aspect of Lucy Lawless's account that might be inaccurate, biased, or incomplete? If so, can you identify a person from the story who might be able to provide a more complete, less biased, or more accurate version of that aspect of the story? If not, please explain why you believe that Lucy Lawless tells the whole truth and nothing but the truth, accurately and without prejudice. Please post your ideas in an original thread, providing accurate and precise cited evidence to illustrate your thinking, and explain the evidence that you provide, as necessary.
Then, respond thoughtfully to at least one post from a classmate. A 'thoughtful' response will a) reinforce the evidence by pointing out other examples of the same theme and/or b) extend the logic by thinking about the idea: quibbling with the interpretation, considering the implications of the claim, identifying seeming internal contradictions, identifying fundamental assumptions, refining distinctions, etcetera. Avoid simply agreeing or amplifying another's claim. Thoughtful posts must be original, and may not repeat posts made by others.
Read Herman Melville's
Benito Cereno
, pages 1526 - 1583 of the
Norton anthology of American literature 1
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Los Angeles Times, Part A; Pg. 1, June 17, 2004
Thomas' Take on the Law Rooted in 18th Century;
The justice's historical perspective challenges many widely held beliefs about the
Constitution.
David G. Savage, Times Staff Writer
Justice Clarence Thomas may be silent in the Supreme Court during public arguments, but he is not shy about
making bold pronounc ements in written opinions.
His latest challenge to conventional wisdom came this week in the Pledge of Allegiance case, when he opined
that the Constitution protected a state's right to recognize an official church.
Almost everyone has assumed that the opposite is true.
It is not the first time Thomas has tried to turn the standard thinking on its head when it comes to understanding
key parts of the U.S. Constitution. He has done so by focusing on the words and history of the document as it
was written in 1787.
"He likes to say we should look at this afresh. Our law is muddled, and we should rethink it," Yale Law School
professor Akhil Amar said admir ingly of Thomas.
But the conseque nces o f his "re thinking" co uld be far-re aching.
For example, Thomas has argued that the word "commerce" in the Constitution should be understood as it was
in the 18th century: the movement of goods across state lines. Under this view, the states could not erect tariffs
or other barriers to the free flow of goods.
In the 20th century, however, the Supreme Court adopted a much broader view of commerce, relying on that
definition to uphold federal laws that set minimum wages, prohibited discrimination in the workplace,
protected the environment or regulat ed the manufac ture of products, in cluding autos and drugs.
In a separate 1995 opinion, Thomas said that this broad view conflicted with the Constitution and should be
reconsidered. If his colleagues ever agree, many of today's workplace laws would be struck down.
Soon after joining the court in 1991, Thomas wrote that the word "punishment" in the Constitution restricted
only "judges, not jailers." The high court had adopted a broader view of the ban on "cruel and unusual
punishment" in the 1970s and protected prisoners from being subjected to needlessly cruel treatment.
When Thomas denounced this view as flatly mistaken, Justice Harry A. Blackmun pointed out that his opinion
would permit the t orture of inmate s by prison guards.
Two years ago, Thomas condemned the doctrine supporting the separation of church and state, saying it grew
out of "anti-Catholic bigotry" during the 19th century. Then, Protestants controlled the public schools, and
immigrant Catholics set up their own schools to escape the Protestant influence, he said.
Beginning in the 1940s, a unanimous Supreme Court said that the 1st Amendment erected a "wall of separation
between church and state," quoting Thomas Jefferson. Relying on that view, the court in the early 1960s struck
down state-sponsored prayers and Bible readings in the public schools. Later, the justice.
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Louis Vuitton is a manufacturer of luggage, purses, wallets, and briefcases and is internationally known for its classic LV design on its products. Vuitton has authorized two U.S. importers to handle its products with the caveat that the products are to be sold only in the finer department stores and Vuitton-authorized dealers and franchises. One dealer has been selling the Vuitton products at substantial discounts to a wholesaler in the Los Angeles garment district. Discuss Vuitton's rights in this situation.
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MacLean, R., & Grover, B. (2016, April 20).
Secret to successful strategy implementation
[Video file]. Retrieved from
https://youtu.be/Jlr6cwZSxCg
The RBL Group. (2013, March 12).
Drafting a powerful HR strategy: HR transformation tool 4.2
[Video file]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwFHqtmdzRw
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Machiavelli
Development of INR – Week 3
Machiavelli
Who was Machiavelli? Why is he important for Political Realism?
Florentine writer/diplomat between 1469-1527. Born in a context of continuous crisis and warfare.
It was not uncommon, for example, for Popes themselves to lead armies in Italy against other city-states – but especially against Holy Roman Emperor.
Machiavelli experiences the unrelenting attempts by various European powers to assert their hegemony in Northern Italy – Chapter 26 of The Prince, is basically a call to the Medici to use the opportunity of chaos in Italy to lead it towards unification and glory.
Cont.
Wrote two main works, The Prince and The Discourses on Livy. The latter is an extended commentary on Livy’s history of the foundation and history of Rome until about 300 BC – corresponds to the Third Samnite War.
The interest in The Discourse on Livy is also to contextualize Machiavelli the writer of the Prince – concern with not just the acquisition of power; but with the emergence and maintenance of a republic during periods of crisis or political turbulence.
Machiavelli – A retrieval of a type of pagan knowledge of politics.
A reemphasis on a non-eschatological temporality to understand politics.
Virtù
Because of constant conflict the Prince needs to possess certain qualities to ‘maintain his state’ and “increase his power’.
Virtù: possessing the knowledge and will to do what needs to be done even if it may be considered evil.
The Prince must possess a “flexible disposition” (Chapter 18).
Implies an ability of adaptation to changing political circumstances.
Fortuna
What undermines political order. Circumstances that can emerge to undermine the Prince’s power or security.
Machiavelli: Fortuna is “one of our destructive rivers which, when it is angry, turns the plains into lakes, throws down the trees and buildings, takes earth from one spot, puts it in another; everyone flees before the flood; everyone yields to its fury and nowhere can repel it.”
Cont.
Machiavelli: “I conclude therefore that, fortune being changeful and mankind steadfast in their ways, so long as the two are in agreement men are successful, but unsuccessful when they fall out. For my part I consider that it is better to be adventurous than cautious, because fortune is a woman, and if you wish to keep her under it is necessary to beat and ill-use her; and it is seen that she allows herself to be mastered by the adventurous rather than by those who go to work more coldly. She is, therefore, always, woman-like, a lover of young men, because they are less cautious, more violent, and with more audacity command her.”
Sexualized Imagery: What does it imply?
Politics is not just about mastery; it’s also about foundation, beginning, natality.
Catherine Zuckert: “The task of the price is not only to dominate but also to create, to give life to a new being.”
Implications
Separation of God and Fortuna.
Medieval Theology: Fortuna is divine will.
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Louis Pasteur’s experiment that refuted spontaneous generation and Robert Koch’s development of Koch’s postulates were both critical advances in the field of microbiology. Pick one and argue its importance over the other. Be sure to address these two points in your argument: 1.) How did the scientist’s work contribute to our current understanding of microbiology and disease? 2.) What specific modern medical practices are directly related to this scientist’s work?
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Lots of people are frustrated with politics in America today.
One common complaint is that they two-party system is at fault. People making this complaint worry that, for example, political views not represented by the two parties – Republicans and Democrats – are excluded from political discourse. Or that having only two parties limits the choices available on election day, and if neither candidate is desirable, there’s no one left to choose.
But there is another view, as you’ve read. This other view is that blaming the two-party system for today’s problems is misguided. This argument says, among other things, that citizens of other countries with multi-party systems are no more satisfied with the state of their politics than Americans are with ours. We blame the two-party system, they say, because we think “the grass is always greener on the other side,” when really it’s not.
And, they argue, we don’t really have a two-party system, anyway. As recently as 1992, a third party, the Reform Party, got almost 19% of the national popular vote in a presidential election. But is this a good argument when, having earned 19% of the popular vote, the reform party got no electoral votes?
Given what you’ve read, what do you think about the two-party system? Should we do something to change it? If so, what?
Remember you need to make your “Initial Post” of at least 250 words and you need to complete
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Looking ahead in your DBA program, the final step in the course sequence is a comprehensive exam. Students must successfully pass the comprehensive exam before moving on to the dissertation phase.
Your preparation for the comprehensive exam should have already started via your study in previous courses, self-documentation of your learning, and completion of the reflection journals with your mentor.
For the Week 3 paper, you will provide an annotated outline that:
Segments the OB field into at least three broad categories. You may have more than three categories, but the minimum for this assignment is three. For example:
Individual
Group/Team
Organizational/Environmental
Provides a set of core topics beneath each of the broad categories. At this point in your doctoral development, you must have at least five core topics for each category (thus, a minimum of fifteen total). You may have more than five topics for each category (and eventually you will in your preparation for the exam!) but the minimum for this assignment is five topics for each of your categories (or, at least a total of fifteen topics if you have more than three categories).
Integrates one annotated resource (key author—with brief description or bullet points of important points the author makes about the topic) for your fifteen core topics. You may provide more than one resource per topic, but you must have at least one resource each for a minimum of fifteen topics.
Synthesizes key learning from working on the guide, next steps you will take working on your guide, and potential benefits beyond comprehensive exam preparation.
Sample Structure:
Summary assessment of your three (or more) part schema. What is it? Why is it an appropriate way to view the OB field?
First Category (e.g., Individual Level of Analysis)
Topic 1:
Brief definition, description, and overview (2–3 sentences)
Key resource:
APA formatted reference
Summary of key insights about the topic from the source
Topic 2:
Brief definition, description, and overview (2–3 sentences)
Key resource:
APA formatted reference
Summary of key insights about the topic from the source
Topic 3:
Brief definition, description, and overview (2–3 sentences)
Key resource:
APA formatted reference
Summary of key insights about the topic from the source
Topic 4:
Brief definition, description, and overview (2–3 sentences)
Key resource:
APA formatted reference
Summary of key insights about the topic from the source
Topic 5:
Brief definition, description, and overview (2–3 sentences)
Key resource:
APA formatted reference
Summary of key insights about the topic from the source
Second Category (e.g., Group/Team Level of Analysis)
Topic 1:
Brief definition, description, and overview (2–3 sentences)
Key resource:
APA formatted reference
Summary of key insights about the topic from the source.
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Loren Domingo-Tangco
BUS-470 Applied Business Project
Sladan Sinanovic
May 31, 2020
Problem Statement
The bank has faced a high increase in cross-selling scandal cases, which has profoundly damaged its reputation. The mission and the value of the bank were to satisfy the customer's needs and help them succeed financially. Contrarily, a close look at the scandal and reasons for its existence went far away from the bank key goal.
Problem Statement Worksheet
Organizational problem
Organizational Ethics
The most affected stakeholder by the problem
The problem is most likely to affect the company staff, shareholders as well as customers. The Cross-selling scandal means fewer earnings for the shareholder, who are the critical beneficiaries of the profits attained through daily transactions (Tayan, 2019). The money lost at the course of the scandal will significantly reduce regular earnings. Customers of the bank are also other victims of the problem; the bank staff uses unethical means to exploit money from customers when unable to meet their daily targets.
The employees of the company were also affected by the problem; those found guilty of opening new accounts without customer permission were laid off their duties. Opening of unauthorized customer accounts was fueled by high targets, which were set by the management (Klemash et al. 2019).
Type of the problem
The problem is based on self-interests, knowledge, and skills among the staff and poor organizational structure (Klemash et al. 2019). The action of the bank staff to exploit money from the customers to attain their daily targets is entirely unethical.
Suspect causes
Among the critical causes of the problem are the splitting of customer deposits, overbearing sales culture, employees’ misconducts, excessive pressure of employees by the top management, and Illicit practices (Tayan, 2019).
Improvement goal and the long-term impact
The main goal is to identify a solution to the five leading causes of the scandal, which will help prevent the company staff from participating in any unethical practice that is not in line with its goals.
Impacts to the stakeholders
The cross-selling scandal has caused significant loss of finances to both customers and company shareholders.
Customers were able to lose significant amounts of money, which was withdrawn from their accounts without their consent.
Solution
proposal
The company should consider making the roles of different executive directors clear. Having a clear and distinct role will help in holding individual staff accountable. Caution employees from doing any form of the transaction without customers' permission.
Those found guilty of exploiting customers for self-interests should be laid off their duties and prosecuted in a court of law.
Final problem statement
The cross-selling cases which go against organizational ethics have highly increased among the bank employees. The targets set by the management are putting employees under pressure to perfo.
Looking ahead to week 4 of NR631 👀Robert DavisAll SectionsN.docxwashingtonrosy
Looking ahead to week 4 of NR631 👀
Robert Davis
All Sections
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Hi everyone! You've now completed three weeks of NR631 (assuming that your literature review is done), and you are ready to move forward to week 4. I'll be grading your TD participation hopefully on Monday and then I'll work on your literature review assignments starting on Tuesday. This is a more extensive assignment and I have assignments due in other courses so it might take me a little longer to get your lit reviews back. I'm anticipating some excellent literature review on your great CGE topics 😎. Let's take a look at what lies ahead in week 4...
Introduction
In week 4, the lesson title is "Communication in Project Management" and we'll be addressing the following course outcomes:
CO #1: Apply leadership skills of project management as a nurse executive in an organizational setting to develop, implement, and evaluate successful project plans (PO 4,5)
CO #3: Exemplify professional values and scholarship that support the role of a student in a practicum setting (PO 4) (this is in reference to your time at your practicum site and you'll see this each week)
CO #5: Apply professional values characteristic of the competent and caring nurse executive that promotes holistic care principles and an appreciation of cultural humility (PO 1,3,4)
I encourage you to keep these course outcomes in mind while you read your text, articles, and lessons, as you participate in TDs, as you participate in practicum hours, and as you complete assignments.
Reading:
Your week 4 reading consists of three articles from peer reviewed journals. Two would be considered "scholarly" by Chamberlain definition as they are within five years old. The Culo article is from 2010 but it's a very good article so I decided to keep it. Please be sure to read these articles prior to constructing your initial TD post.
Lesson:
This week's lesson is about communication and building a communication plan. One point the lesson brings out is that, like most of the templates we are using, many organizations have their own formats or templates. I encourage you to reach out to the PM professionals in your organization and ask about this and compare our template to what you use in your organization. If your organization doesn't use a communication plan, it may be something you can suggest as a value added step.
Collaboration Cafe ☕️:
The week 4 discussion is a Collaboration Cafe ☕️! As with all TDs and Collaboration Cafe's the reduced participation guidelines are in effect for those who need them. I will be reviewing posts each day to make sure you're headed in the right direction. A note of interest...this CC is actually based on an idea that an NR631 student shared in the old week 4 TD. I thought it was such a great thought that I used it (with her permission) to form this learning activity. I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to the knowledge you'll build!
Graded Assignment:
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Look up obituary’s and see how they are written (at least 300+ words)
Write about yourself, a lost pet or a family member or make up a person
Items that should be included in obituary:
Write an obituary (you can use yourself or make up a person) You might feel a little intimidated writing your own obit, and you would not be alone, writing about oneself is hard
b. Think of it as a final letter you’re writing to your family and friends
What would you want written about you after your gone – make sure they’re remembering you the way you want to be remembered
Write the story of your life – figure out how you want to live your life
What do you want your obituary to say about you and your life
Be creative
Mix seriousness with humor
Include:
Name and any nicknames you were called
Age
Dates (birthday/day of death and dates of any life-changing events)
Cause of death
List of loved ones (spouse, children, other family members, friends)
Details:
Education
Work/occupation
Degrees
Awards
Volunteering
Military
Hobbies or special interest
Special trips
Funeral arrangements
Times
Location
Burial arrangements
Positivity
inspire and encourage others
send farewell to friends/family
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Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
Volume 15 Issue 4 December 2017 Holson Forest Produc.docx
1. Volume 15
Issue 4
December 2017
Holson Forest Products Ltd.: The Challenge of International
Markets
Case prepared by Jacqueline WALSH,1 Blair WINSOR,2 and
Jose LAM3
Introduction
Ted Lewis is the president and owner of Holson Forest Products
Ltd. (Holson), a sawmill and wood
pellet manufacturer in Roddickton, Newfoundland and
Labrador. In 2011, Lewis expanded
Holson’s operations by adding a wood pellet manufacturing
facility that would contribute to the
region’s economic development. Because of factors beyond the
company’s control, however,
Holson has delayed production for the past five years.
In early June 2016, Lewis was reading the CBC news online. He
sighed as he reread an archived
CBC article dated June 1, 2015. His wood pellet plant had made
headlines in connection with the
amount of money the Newfoundland and Labrador (NL)
government had spent maintaining the
Roddickton facility since 2008. The pellet venture had taken
three years to plan. In 2011, the
production facility was completed with the help of a $10 million
3. This case is intended to be used as the framework for an
educational discussion and does not imply any judgement on the
administrative situation presented. Deposited under number 9 40
2017 012 with the HEC Montréal Case Centre, 3000, chemin de
la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal (Québec) H3T 2A7 Canada.
For the exclusive use of A. Zaragoza, 2020.
This document is authorized for use only by Angel Zaragoza in
OPMT 620 w 2020 taught by Mahmood Kotb, University
Canada West from Jan 2020 to Jul 2020.
Holson Forest Products Ltd.: The Challenge of International
Markets
The wood pellet industry
The use of wood pellets as a source of heat and electricity
generation is part of a global trend toward
the use of renewable energy sources. The growing popularity of
wood pellets can also be attributed
to the increasing costs of traditional energy methods. In the
mid-2000s, global wood pellet supply
was estimated to be 4 million tonnes, while the demand was
estimated to be 30 million tonnes.1
The wood pellet industry experienced growing pains in the
2000s, manifested in price volatility,
quality problems, fibre supply shortages, and hoarding.2 In
2011, production capacity was nearly
29 million tonnes internationally, compared to just over 10
million tonnes in 2008. By 2020, the
total world market for pellets is expected to exceed 35 million
metric tons.3
4. Wood pellets are compressed wood fibre made from sawdust,
shavings, logging debris, diseased
and/or insect-killed trees and/or bark. The raw material used in
the manufacturing process
determines the quality of the wood pellet. Wood pellets with
low moisture content will burn longer,
hotter, and cleaner, so high-quality wood pellets come from
clean, bark-free sawdust. Companies
that produce the cleanest pellets with the lowest moisture
content are known as secondary pellet
producers. These smaller manufacturers typically operate
logging operations, harvesting and/or
saw mills being their primary source of revenue. Pellets allow
them to dispose of their internally
generated sawdust in an environmentally sustainable manner.
Secondary companies usually
produce smaller volumes (less than 100,000 tonnes per year) of
pellets. This is in contrast to
primary pellet manufacturers, whose main business is the
production and sale of wood pellets.
These larger manufacturers buy their raw material from multiple
third-party sources, thus lacking
quality control over the content.4 Large producers sell mainly
to industrial customers who demand
high volumes and long-term availability.
Wood pellet consumers are generally categorized as either
industrial or residential. Industrial
consumers include large manufacturing plants and utility
companies looking for cheaper and more
environmentally friendly alternatives to fossil fuels. These
larger consumers usually buy in huge
quantities and deal directly with pellet manufacturers or
distributors. Residential consumers are
home owners or smaller businesses who have invested in (or are
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North America, and there are no labelling restrictions for the
pellet industry.1 Different pellet
grades are generally produced for different target markets and
have different price points: Premium
grade pellets sell for a higher price and are typically bagged for
use by residential and small
business customers; industrial grade pellets are shipped in bulk
containers and primarily used by
coal plants converting to a renewable energy source. Depending
on their location, manufacturers
find the most economical and efficient transport method.
Bagged pellets are usually distributed to
and sold through retail stores, while bulk pellets are distributed
(by boat, train, or truck as
necessary) and delivered to industrial customers by truck, much
the way oil is delivered. (See
Exhibit 1 for information on the wood pellet value chain.)
Wood pellet manufacturers compete on quality, quantity,
availability, reliability, and contract terms
such as delivery times and contract length. Pricing is based on
standard industry rates and a number
of supply and demand factors. Industrial market demand can be
affected by government policies
related to reducing carbon emissions and promoting the use of
renewable energy sources.
Residential market demand can be affected by outside
temperatures and the cost of heating fuels
such as propane and oil.2
7. Holson’s founder
Ted Lewis was born and raised in Conche, a small community,
population 250, on the Northern
Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador. After Lewis
graduated from high school in 1974, he
moved to Newfoundland and Labrador’s capital, St. John’s, to
work in construction. After
completing the two-year forestry and fishery program at the
College of Trades and Technology, he
took a summer job at the federal Department of Forestry and
Agrifoods. He later worked as a
biology research technologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada
(DFO). After four years with
DFO, Lewis moved back home with his wife, Linda, to start a
family. He began working as a
commercial fisherman, while Linda worked as a teacher. In
1991, Lewis realized that the fishery
was in steady decline. He had dreamed of owning and operating
a logging and sawmill business
near his hometown, so when a sawmill in Roddickton, Norchip,
advertised for an operations
manager, he applied. Lewis worked with Norchip for six years
before leaving in 1997 to open his
own logging company, Lewis Logging. Since returning home,
Lewis had participated in several
organizations involved in local economic development such as
the Northern Peninsula Business
Development Association and Newfoundland and Labrador’s
Rural Secretariat. Although he was
nearing retirement, he still felt a strong sense of responsibility
to ensure a sustainable future for his
employees and local communities.
Founding of Holson
9. in the area and employed fifty people. The logging industry
began showing signs of decline in
2007. In 2008, Holson’s largest customer, Corner Brook Pulp
and Paper Ltd. (CBPPL), decided to
stop buying lumber from the Northern Peninsula due to
increased shipping costs. Lewis realized
that, if his business was to survive and the communities around
the mill were to prosper, he would
need to diversify. He decided to steer Holson toward the wood
pellet market, a step he felt would
help the firm and provide employment opportunities to local
contractors, small service firms, and
transportation companies. By the time construction of the wood
pellet plant was completed in 2011,
Canada’s forest industry had started to emerge from a multi-
year cyclical decline, and the sector
had begun to focus on innovation and market development.1
Operations
Holson’s mission statement reflects Lewis’s belief that the first
and foremost goal in business is
customer satisfaction (See Exhibit 2). His company, which
aimed to create sustainable
communities, sold top-grade lumber across Canada and the
United States and ensured that bundles
of lumber never left the yard unless they were up to Holson’s
standards. Lewis’s philosophy of
producing quality products was reflected in the company’s
operations. Over the years, the company
has invested in process and product technologies to improve its
sawmill operations.2 CBPPL’s
2008 announcement created a crisis on the Northern Peninsula
since many communities in this
region depend on the forest industry. The NL government was
10. thus receptive to Lewis’s proposal
to establish a pellet plant with a production capacity of 6,000
metric tons per month (72,000 MT
per year). Holson could access up to 50,000 metric tons per year
using the feedstock from his
licensed Crown lands. If necessary, raw materials could readily
be purchased from nearby logging
contractors. Lewis estimated he could employ 322 locals
throughout the forest sector as part of his
wood pellet value chain.
Under the original 2008 business plan, Holson would ship
pellets throughout NL by land and to
international markets by sea out of St. Anthony, the nearest
port; unfortunately, St. Anthony was
125 km northwest of Roddickton. Depending on the weather,
travel to and from the port could be
problematic during the winter months, and sea ice would likely
block shipping for a few weeks
each spring. Shipping finished products from Roddickton to
international markets would not only
create logistical problems but also entail additional packaging,
storage, and transportation
expenses. Still, based on Lewis’s calculations and estimated
revenues, this model was feasible. The
port in St. Anthony would have to be upgraded to a deep-water
port to accommodate vessels that
could transport pellets overseas.3 Lewis had been assured that
upgrades to the port facility would
be financed by the provincial government; however, by 2016, no
work had been completed on a
1 NRCan, Industry Overview, Canadian Forest Service, Natural
Resources, Canada, Government of Canada.
http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/forests/industry/overview/13311.
Accessed October 12, 2013.
12. The Holson team
As president and CEO, Lewis made all major decisions and
personally managed all wood
harvesting and cutting operations. The flat organizational
structure meant that everyone at Holson
had at least some involvement in all departments. Don Wells –
manager, special projects – oversaw
the installation of buildings and equipment and ensured that
they ran efficiently. Wells also worked
with the entire team to see that projects were completed on time
and on budget. Trevor Blanchard
had been with Holson since its beginnings in 2004. As the mill
superintendent, he had a close
working relationship with lower-level employees and handled
the day-to-day operations of the
sawmill, as well as equipment maintenance. Blanchard was also
in charge of the mill expansion.
During normal production, he was responsible for the thirty-five
employees and the mill’s
operations. Todd May was hired in 2008 as part of the pellet
plant initiative. He oversaw the general
design and development of the pellet plant and became the
operations manager. Paula Snook-
Randell had a degree in business administration and handled
day-to-day office tasks including
taking orders, financial statements, and accounts payable and
receivable. Margaret Caines, who
had been with Lewis since the mid-1990s, was responsible for
the paper work connected to logging
operations. After thirty years as a teacher, Ted’s wife Linda
joined the office team in 2008 as
receptionist. Her responsibilities included following up on local
sales, lumber and log inventory
13. management, and keeping employee records.
Holson was known for its high-quality products and excellent
customer service. Neither Ted nor
his employees had formal training in marketing or human
resources. He had no sales staff – just
“order takers,” which was anyone who happened to answer
emails or the phone on a particular day.
Customers generally found the firm either in the phone book or
online. Pricing was based on costs
and the going rate for the product. Holson delivered to
customers using its own trucks or logistics
firms depending on their location. Local customers would often
come to Holson to pick up their
order.
1 In 2014, Roddickton’s mayor, Sheila Fitzgerald, called on the
NL government to build a wharf in Roddickton that would make
the Holson operations more sustainable. Diane Crocker, “Mayor
calls on government to help get pellet plant running”, The
Western Star, April 28, accessed July 11, 2016. This wharf was
never built.
2 Scott Berg and Ron Lovaglio, “Forest certification:
Opportunity and challenge for the wood pellet industry”,
Biomass Magazine,
April 5, 2012, accessed February 14, 2015. The government of
NL has not been exempted from growing global pressures to
introduce a certification standard for its Crown forests. CBPPL
has managed to attain various forest certifications for its
operations
over the past decade (Forest Products Association of Canada,
2012). As of 2015, only the forested lands owned by CBPPL
(29%
of all forested lands on the island of Newfoundland) have been
15. locals learn the job skills needed to work at the firm. Holson
did not have a human resources
department; each manager handled hiring in their own
department, with Lewis having the final say.
From the beginning, Lewis fostered an informal organizational
structure. Managers often worked
together to solve problems, with no silo mentality. They treated
Lewis like a peer, rather than a
boss, facilitating communication. The staff was loyal and
turnover was low. Salary levels were
based on the employee’s experience and the difficulty of the
work to be performed. Most
employees fell under the supervision of the mill supervisor,
Trevor Blanchard, or the pellet plant
manager, Todd May.
Finances
Holson was the largest sawmill on the Northern Peninsula. The
company generated revenues from
its logging and sawmill operations of about $7.18 million in
2013, $17.21 million in 2014, and
$18.13 million in 2015 (Exhibit 3). The company’s 2015
balance sheet showed assets of about
$4.0 million (Exhibit 4). Holson’s financial position was
healthy, with low to moderate gearing
ratios (See below, Table 1: Key Financial Ratios). The debt-to-
equity ratio had fallen from
approximately 43% in 2013 to 18% in 2015, meaning that the
company was financed by roughly
70% equity capital. Similarly, a steadily increasing quick ratio
of about 200% (2015) indicated that
Holson was well able to service its short-term payment
obligations. While financial security had
come at a cost of reduced profitability (return on equity had
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Potential wood pellet markets
Newfoundland and Labrador wood pellet market
In 2016, the province was home to two other pellet
manufacturers: Cottles Island Lumber (in
Summerford) and Exploits Pelletizing (in Bishop’s Falls). (See
Exhibit 5 for their locations relative
to Holson.) In 2009, Cottles Island Lumber started operations
with a capacity of 10,000 to 15,000
tonnes of wood pellets per year. It targeted the residential
market, marketing its products through
retailers in Atlantic Canada and New England. Exploits
Pelletizing Inc. was the second pellet
producer to start operations in NL, with a production capacity
of 1,500 tonnes per year. This
company targeted only local markets. While both sold premium
wood pellets comparable to
Holson’s, neither Cottles Island Lumber nor Exploits Pelletizing
had the capacity to become a
province-wide pellet supplier. Holson thus had the potential to
become the largest supplier in the
NL market.
Lewis was familiar with the NL market and knew there were
opportunities for Holson in both the
residential and institutional markets. In 2008, the NL
18. government had announced a strategy to
promote the wood pellet industry by encouraging homeowners
to switch to wood pellet stoves,
appliances, and furnaces.1 A government program offered a
25% rebate to anyone purchasing new
pellet-burning appliances, but this program was cancelled in
February 2009. NL’s pellet market
was still limited, likely because traditional wood stoves were
still a major source of heating in the
province. Holson would have to invest time and money in
educating consumers and promoting the
benefits of wood pellets to the residential market.
Another possibility was for Lewis to partner with a pellet
furnace/stove producer to offer package
deals for residential customers including a pellet furnace or
stove, pellets, and maintenance. A
pellet stove worked much like a fireplace and typically did not
heat an entire house, while a furnace
was meant to heat an entire house. A pellet stove would cost
$9,100 to buy and install, while a
furnace would cost $25,000. These costs would include a supply
of wood pellets for a specific
period of time, after which customers would buy pellets as
needed. The pellets would be delivered
to customers in a tank truck and stored in their home in a tank
that fed the furnace. Customers could
also buy bagged pellets at most large chain stores such as Wal-
Mart. Retailers generally sold 40 lb.
bags, adding a 100% mark-up to wholesale prices.
Institutional users such as hospitals and municipalities could
buy wood pellets in bulk. Lewis had
submitted a proposal to the NL government to convert
government-owned buildings to pellet
heating. A market study commissioned by Holson and the NL
20. The Canadian wood pellet market
Including Holson, there were ten wood pellet producers in the
Atlantic Provinces, accounting for
less than 20% of Canadian production.1 Five were located in
New Brunswick, two in Nova Scotia,
and three in Newfoundland and Labrador. The largest facility,
Shaw Resources, was located in
New Brunswick and produced about 100,000 metric tons per
year.2 Ontario and Quebec were home
to an additional five wood pellet plants, with total capacity of 1
million metric tons per year, or
about 25% of Canadian production. Ontario’s Rentech Inc. had
the largest capacity of any plant in
Canada, with annual capacity of 450,000 metric tons. British
Columbia had the largest
concentration of pellet manufacturers in Canada, with a total of
fifteen plants. Ten of the fifteen
plants in British Columbia had an annual capacity of more than
100,000 metric tons. British
Columbia accounted for 58% of Canada’s wood pellet capacity.
Canada’s total wood pellet
capacity was 4.3 million metric tons per year.3 Of the forty-two
plants in Canada, sixteen were
considered large producers (more than 100,000 metric tons per
year), fourteen produced between
50,000 and 90,000 metric tons, and twelve produced less than
50,000 metric tons.
Compared to international markets, demand for wood pellets is
relatively low in Canada, where
the annual consumption of wood pellets for residential heating
was just 200,000 metric tons in
2016.4 Premium pellets are used mostly in the residential
heating sector, supplied by smaller
producers that use low-cost sawmill residue from their own
21. operations to supply regional markets.
Consumption by the commercial sector is negligible. Although
the demand for wood pellets has
been stagnant in Canada, this could change. Because of
forecasted oil prices and anticipated
changes to the federal government’s policy on climate change,
the Canadian pellet outlook is
positive in the heating sector, but not expected to show
significant growth in commercial markets
until 2024. (See 2017 through 2025 demand for wood pellets in
Canada in Exhibit 6.)
As a result of the slow growth of the Canadian wood pellet
market, Canadian manufacturing has
been driven by international markets. British Columbia’s pellet
producers were among the first to
identify a nascent wood pellet market among European power
plants and took advantage of their
first-mover advantage to develop distribution channels and
domestic partnerships.5 This meant
travelling three times the distance of Atlantic Canada’s
producers to reach European markets. (See
Exhibit 7 for a map of Canadian pellet shipping routes.) British
Columbia shipments each
contained up to 50,000 metric tons of pellets. In eastern Canada,
a handful of ports are deep enough
to handle bulk shipments (on a much smaller scale than B.C.) –
Belledune, New Brunswick;
Halifax, Nova Scotia; Quebec City, Quebec; Trois-Rivières,
Quebec; and Montreal, Quebec.6
Ninety-five percent of Canadian forests are certified as
managed to international standards.
1 www.biomassmagazine.com/plants/listplants/pellet/Canada/
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid.
23. 99,000 metric tons per year, and
74 plants produced less than 50,000 metric tons per year.
Capacity data was unavailable for 8 of
the plants.
As in Canada, U.S. domestic demand for wood pellets has not
surpassed supply and has remained
relatively low compared to that of overseas markets. U.S.
industrial market demand will remain
low unless a national energy plan such as the Clean Power Plan
is implemented.3 The demand from
U.S. residential and small business heating customers is
expected to increase from 2,935,000 metric
tons in 2017 to an estimated 5,118,000 metric tons in 2024.4
For these reasons, both U.S. and
Canadian producers have set their sights on European markets.
The European wood pellet market
The EU is the world’s largest wood pellet market.5 (See Exhibit
8 for wood pellet supply and
demand in member states.) European demand has grown as a
result of the European Union’s target
of supplying 20% of its energy needs from renewable sources by
2020 and the introduction of new
policies and subsidies aimed at promoting the use of wood
fuels.6 The UK is the largest consumer
of wood pellets in the EU, with 2016 consumption totalling 7.2
metric tons, more than double that
of Italy, the next closest country.7 In the UK, the Netherlands,
and Belgium, pellets are used
primarily for power generation.8 As these countries lack
sufficient domestic production, they rely
heavily on imported pellets.9 The UK government, for example,
requires an increasing percentage
of electricity to be generated from renewable sources. Industrial
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might change in the future, and long-distance trade with high
quality pellets (e.g., from Canada or
Russia to Europe) might become necessary.1 In 2010, North
American pellet producers shipped
approximately 1.5 million metric tons of wood pellets to
European countries, double the volume
shipped in 2008.2 About one half of all North American
shipments were to the Netherlands and
one third to the UK. Demand for wood pellets has continued to
outstrip production in the
Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, and Italy.3 In 2016,
Europe’s total pellet market was
about 20 million tonnes, and this was expected to grow by
between 4% and 5% annually. European
demand for industrial wood pellets is expected to increase to 19
million metric tons by 2019 and
plateau at 20 million metric tons by 2024.4 In 2015, EU-28
wood pellet consumption for heating
was roughly 13 million tonnes.5 European plants produced some
14 million tonnes of pellets in
2016, leaving a shortfall of 6 million tonnes.6 In 2016, about
90% of Canada’s pellet production of
about 2 million tonnes was exported to Europe.7 U.S. exports
were more than double those of
Canada.8
26. Compared to North American production plants, EU plants are
mainly small or medium-sized.9
The EU’s main pellet-producing countries have sizeable
domestic residential markets. Overall, EU
wood pellet production is not expected to keep pace with the
demand from either the residential or
the commercial markets.10
The Asian wood pellet market
The Asian market represents slightly more than 10% of the
global market.11 South Korea and Japan
are two of the Asian countries that have implemented policies to
increase their use of renewable
energy sources. In 2011, the South Korean government aimed to
reduce greenhouse gases by 30%
by 2020 while simultaneously increasing its use of wood pellets
by five million tonnes over the
next ten years12. Meanwhile, in light of the Fukushima nuclear
power plant incident in March 2011,
Japan was also considering alternatives to nuclear energy such
as woody biomass.13 Projected
demand for wood pellets in South Korea and Japan through
2025 is shown in Exhibit 8. In 2014,
1 Wolfgang Hiegl and Rainer Janssen, “Development and
promotion of a transparent European pellets market: Creation of
a
European real-time Pellets Atlas – Pellet market overview
report EUROPE”, WIP Renewable energies, December 2009.
2 Hakan Ekstrom, “North American wood pellet capacity set to
increase”, Biomass Magazine, August 4, 2011, accessed
September 27, 2011.
28. Markets
the largest demand was in South Korea, at 1.8 million metric
tons, and demand is expected to grow
to 8.2 million metric tons by 20241. As of 2016, Canada exports
only a small amount (20,000
metric tons) of pellets to South Korea.2
Strategic alternatives
As a local business leader, Lewis felt that his community
depended on him, and the sustainability
of his sawmill business was at stake. After waiting five years to
start production of wood pellets,
he felt he was no further ahead. Should he spend time and
money trying to develop the residential
market in NL and perhaps Atlantic Canada? Should he
concentrate on developing a viable strategy
for the UK, the world’s largest market in the foreseeable future?
Should he look for partners or
strategic alliances? U.S.-based Rentech Inc., the largest wood
pellet producer in eastern Canada,
was rumoured to be interested in pellet production in NL. In
2013, Rentech had purchased two
mothballed plants in Ontario and converted them to pellet
facilities. Rentech was reported to have
finalized logistical agreements with CN Rail and the Port of
Quebec to export pellets and to have
secured contracts for the sale of more than four million tonnes
of wood pellets over ten years.3 Or,
of course, there was always the option of cutting his losses and
walking away from pellet
production.
43. Plan to address recovery of anything vital to business
Two types
Recover something complex
Critical actions to be taken by recovery team lead
What to plan for
Vital IT functions
Vital business functions
Telephone and internet access
Essential facilities services
Office operations
44. Creating recovery plans
Overcome objections
Passwords
Names or position titles
Plan format
Plan template
Template training
Proofing with manager
Step-by-step specifics
Recovery plan for the recovery team leader
45. Recovery site manager
Personnel tracking
Recovery activity log
Recovery Gantt chart
Materials to reference
Validating a successful recovery
Security
Team support
communication
Status reporting
Communication tools
46. Recovering backup media
Media storage locations
Who is authorized
Numbers to call
Pass codes
Reminder
Rest plan and janitorial
Plan for rest periods if recovery will take days to achieve
Determine a working/rest schedule
Ensure site is cleaned and ready for operation (cold and hot
site)
Plan testing
47. Sufficient server capacity
Right type of back-end servers
Protected network connections
summary
Technical recovery plans are heart of recovery effort
Must be tested regularly
Chapter 7: administrative plan
Administrative plan
Describes how the company’s business continuity program is
conducted
Pulls together BIA and risk assessment into a single document
48. Contains long term strategies
Assembling an administrative plan
Table of contents
Demonstrated executive support
Business continuity planning charter
Plan scope
Plan assumptions
Program organizations
Business continuation program sponsor
Business continuation manager
49. IT business continuation manager
Technical recovery team
Work area recovery manager
Pandemic emergency manager
Recovery strategy
IT recovery strategy
Work area recovery strategy
Pandemic strategy
3-year program strategy
“Crawl” the first year
50. “Walk” the second year
“Run” the third year
Prepare a document repository
Establish a file share
Use a document management product
Cloud based storage
training
Provides for consistent understanding
Common terminology for all team members
Framework so that plan follows a consistent format
51. Program awareness
Success stories on company newsletter
Success videos on company TV
Posters reminding key points
Discussion with departments
Dedicated quarterly newsletter
Company wiki
Identify critical it systems
Business processes
IT restoration priority list
52. Plan distribution & updating
Administration plan
Company leadership plan
Technical recovery plan
Work area recovery plan
Pandemic emergency plan
Assemble a reference section
Vendor contact list
Service agreement list
Employee skills matrix
Organization chart