...CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE DAKOTA WAR FIRSTNAME LASTNAME SCHOOL AFFILIATION Abstract The essay is interested in coming up of a good highlight that will effectively show the causes and effects of the Dakota war. The effects will be classified in terms of long term and short term effects of the Dakota war. The causes will range from political, cultural and economic reasons and the effects will also be analyzed in terms of political, cultural and economic effects. Introduction The Dakota war is also known as the Sioux uprising. This was a war between the Dakota Indians and the United States that started in the year 1862 the month of August (Keenan, 2002). The war ended with the mass execution of 36 men (Dakota) in what is remembered as the Indian massacre. In other several historical records of the Sioux uprising published by settlers, the writers referred to the Dakota Indians with adverse adjectives. A large number of the settlers viewed the Dakota Indians as substandard people who were not worth regard. The settlers did not take responsibility for resulting in the Sioux uprising. When historians started to write about the Dakota Conflict of 1862, they too placed the fault totally on the Indians without regard for the aspect the settlers performed in resulting in the war. This paper will show without biased all the known causes of the Dakota conflict. Causes of the Dakota war One factor cannot be pinpointed...
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...Prompt: Many Native Americans and North American Civilians are standing up to stop the Dakota Pipeline Project. Bankers and Businessmen/women are fighting to keep it going. Argue whether or not the United States Government should allow the Dakota Pipeline Project to continue. Your explanation must be based on ideas, concepts and information that can be determined through analysis of the “North Dakota Pipeline and The Native American Plight” passage set. Write your essay below Intro: Is the Dakota Pipeline a good idea? Imagine this, you are a farmer and you live in the midwest, and there is a new oil surge in North Dakota. Good for you right? No in fact quite the contrary, because all the oil pumped from the well is shipped on trains leaving...
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...Dakota Access Pipeline For many political and environmentally significant reasons I am against the Dakota Access Pipeline. For instance, our president Donald Trump has had stocks in the pipeline, and sold them off last summer to avoid a conflict of interest. However, the chief executive Kelcy Warren, of the pipeline company, Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), has made generous contributions to his political campaign. It appears Trump deliberately made the stocks for this company soar (Mufson, 2016). Secondly, the pipeline runs through sacred land according to the Sioux tribe and there are concerns it will contaminate their drinking water (Worland, 2016). Many protesters were arrested for their diligence in standing with the Sioux tribe in Standing...
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...The struggle over the Dakota Access Pipeline reflects the indigenous struggles for sovereignty and survival in the history of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. Notably, these people were initially highly decentralized. The Fort Laramie treaty in 1868 reduced the tribe’s land to the state line of South Dakota in the west and the east of Missouri River. The tribe considers the Black Hills a sacred land, which is located in the middle of their territory. Five years after the treaty, gold was discovered in the Black Hills, and the government wished to exploit it ("History"). Therefore, the tribe was negotiated into renting or selling their lands. However, Sitting Bull, their spiritual leader, declined the offers. It led to a series of negotiations...
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...In January 2016 the founders of the Dakota Access Pipeline proposed a plan to run an oil pipeline through North Dakota, Illinois, South Dakota, and Iowa. There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the safety and route of the pipeline. The Dakota Access Pipeline has caused many protests and has had many setbacks for the fear of contamination to the land and water. The pipeline could have some good outcomes and bad outcomes but who’s in the right? What is the Dakota Access Pipeline? The Dakota Access Pipeline is a 1,172 mile underground State of the art 30” pipeline extending from the Bakken/Three Forks production area in North Dakota to Pakota, Illinois. The pipeline will transfer oil from North Dakota to other refining markets. The...
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...After a long debate, My team strongly believe that we should build the Dakota Access Pipeline. We made this decision because we had a lot of research that will surprise you. We have from how many jobs it will produce to how safe it is. In conclusion of this paragraph, we should finish building the Dakota Access Pipeline. To proudly begin with, this is the safest way to transfer up to “570,000 barrels a day” the article http://www.daplpipelinefacts.com/. Stating back to the beginning, this Pipeline is already 85% build, if we do reroute it we will be spending money that we could be using. We will also be earning money building this because the annual for property tax is 55 million dollars a year. With this money we will be supporting...
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...infrastructure. This is mainly because the crude oil is turned into petroleum, which is in turn used for agents such as gasoline, diesel, heating oil, and plastics, to name just a few. Americans use so much oil that it was estimated in 2015 by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, that the United states consumed a gross total of 7.08 billion barrels of petroleum, which is equivalent to 19.4 million barrels a day. This statistic isn’t very surprising if one lives in the United States, everyone depends on oil in their everyday lives. To help combat this need for oil, the Dakota Access Pipeline was announced on June 25 2014 to be...
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...South Dakota is finding solutions to meet the needs of its elderly citizens as evidenced by overwhelming support for House Bill 1156, which passed in 2006. State faces both challenges and opportunities in designing a system of long-term care that promotes the health of its residents, preserves independence, guard’s dignity and is fiscally responsible. Some of the issues in front of the State include: • An aging population; • Geographic mismatch between the places where services exist today and the places where the elderly population is expected to grow over the next 20 years; • Historically low utilization of home and community based services that can help seniors fulfill their desire to remain independent and in their homes; • Aging skilled nursing facilities; • Shortages of front-line health care workers; • Sharply rising costs of care coupled with tightening of Federal dollars for program support and provider reimbursement; and Inadequate individual planning and financing of long-term care costs. Limited use of long-term care insurance with a growth in the Elderly Population fueling a Rising Demand for Services Demand for long-term care services is projected to grow sharply over the next two decades. Predicting by 2025, residents in South Dakota: • The number of elders (over age 65) will double: increasing by 92,000-105,000 and reaching 24% of the State’s population; • Disabled elders will increase by 42,000-50,000, reaching over 10% of the State’s population;...
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...Lourdes Safie Travis Mann March 13, 2010 Who are you? A prairie is an open space where there are no limits, borders, or divisions. Could this lack of borders be not only physical but also spiritual barriers? In “Dakota” Kathleen Norris mentions how being isolated from people has helped her find herself. In the emptiness of this environment she is able to explore every corner of her imagination, without being interrupted or distracted by stereotypes of society. Norris mentions how silence is capable to create a personal space in the midst of noise. Space can be seen either as physical or mental, the nothingness of the prairies is both allowing the imagination to flow and discover new things. Having access to this vast territory represents how every human being has control of his or her own infinite thoughts. Norris believes that being part of an urban community creates certain walls that restrain the opportunity to search within ourselves. Norris had the opportunity to live in New York, an environment where loneliness and silence are not that common. Crowded streets, noise, and multiple opinions sometimes distract the creation of personal and independent thoughts. A place that has no space for individuality may sometimes overshadow the need for it. People may come to think that following the lead of a group of individuals is the norm, and that having one’s own opinions and making own decisions is no longer necessary. Time is really an important issue in Ney...
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...Dakota Office Products Case Analysis Concern over a first year loss prompted a case study of the business operations of Dakota Office Products. Harvard Business School professor Robert S. Kaplan authored the case study as an illustration of use of activity based cost allocation and profitability (Kaplan, 2005). In the case presentation, John Malone, the General Manager of Dakota Office Products (DOP) commissioned analysis of the company’s operations and cost allocation practices; it focused on the company’s distribution center. Activities that emerged as cost drivers included: commercial freight shipping, personal delivery of orders under the Desktop Delivery program, warehouse handling and space, and several product ordering and entry activities. In this paper, the cost drivers were utilized to establish activity-based costing for DOP. Profitability for two current DOP customers was also analyzed for behavior patterns that might lead to or suggest improved pricing. Specific assignment questions were detailed and answered on the topic of relative profitability of the two customers. The objective of the analysis was to utilize learnings from the profitability calculations in order to make recommendations which would return DOP to profitable operation following the year of the unexpected loss. If the methods in this paper were utilized, it is felt to be a useful tool to assist DOP management in turning the company around. Method The assignment is summarized in this...
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...1 Dakota current allocates warehousing, distribution and order entry cost equally to each customer. DOP’s pricing system is generally independent of the specific level of service provided for customers. They just chose a single cost drive. However, it’s not believable and proper to use this simple method to analyze costs when costs are more complex. So we need to use activity-based cost system to chose different cost drives and allocate costs based on the activity. 2 We identify four different activities for all costs, order handling cost, ship carton cost or normal commercial shipment cost, desktop delivery cost, and order processing cost. As we noticed, the distribution center team reported 90% of their workers proceed carton in and out of facility. So, the total cost for order handling is $4,160,000, which is the sum of 90% of warehouse personnel expense and warehouse expenses (excluding personnel). This cost only depends on the number of cartons moved in and out of storage. So the total handling cost need to be allocated by the number of cartons processed in year 2000, which is 80,000 cartons. Then we get the overhead rate for handling cost that is $52.00 per carton. We only have the freight cost that is associated with normal shipment. We divide total cost $450,000 by the number of carton shipped only through normal shipment, which is 750,000 cartons. Then, we get the overhead rate for ship carton, which is $6.00 per carton. We also have desktop deliver option for...
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...MEMORANDUM DATE: February 10, 2015 TO: John Malone, General Manager Dakota Office Products FROM: ------------------------------------------------- RE: Analysis of Dakota Office Product Cost Accounting System and Recommendations As requested, we have evaluated the accounting practices of Dakota Office Products (DOP), and have reviewed the current cost accounting system along with customer examples. Based on our evaluation, we have reached the following conclusions: 1. The current cost accounting system is not accurately allocating costs 2. Desktop delivery pricing should be increased and EDI orders should be encouraged The remainder of the memo explains the basis of our conclusions. The analysis is structured into three parts: 1) Current System 2) Costs and Profitability 3) Management Recommendations Current System Dakota Office Product’s current cost accounting system is inadequate since it does not allocate expenses properly based on services rendered. The system does not take into account the differences between transactions and the applicable costs associated with each transaction. Moreover, a flat markup of 15% does not sufficiently cover the company’s expenses, and has incorrectly led management to believe they were making a profit. Thus, the current system is flawed since DOP is losing money even though they had an increase in sales year over year. Costs and Profitability We reviewed the two (2) customer examples and provided...
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...To: Mr. John Malone From: Mr. John Doe CC: Ms. Melissa Dunhill Mr. Tim Cunningham Re: Dakota Office Products Dakota Office Products (DOP) is concerned with the most recent financial statement results after realizing an apparent yearly loss. This is the first loss in the company’s history, which is alarming to management and operations. The income statement, provided in Appendix I, indicates that DOP suffered a net profit before taxes of -1.3% in the year 2000. This memo is in direct regards to the inadequacies of the existing cost allocation system and investigation of using an Activity Based Costing (ABC) method. Dakota Office Products utilizes a traditional cost allocation system. Direct and indirect costs associated with operations are allocated to sold goods. DOP offers a comprehensive product line in office supplies. Traditional cost systems used in such product diversity can cause cost distortions (Martin). Costs were allocated using the activity based costing method to determine where these distortions originate. Six activities were detailed and the ABC driver rate was calculated using the actual cost from the income statement and employee determined capacities (Appendix I). DOP has recently implemented a new convenience to customers with “desktop deliveries”. Warehouse personnel and a small fleet of trucks were assigned to complete the deliveries for the customer at only a 2% premium. When calculating the ABC cost rates, it was immediately evident that the...
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...Materia: COSTOS Y SISTEMAS DE CONTROL DIRECTIVO Integrantes: Yira Garcia Javier Bello Ariel Quassi Nicolás Iermolia Caso Dakota: Después de evaluar el caso se puede determinar que son necesarias ciertas medidas para que la compañía no siga perdiendo. Dentro de estas medidas se encuentra bajar las cuentas por cobrar en su mayoría con el cliente B, dada la información recibida no se podrían observar las cuentas por cobrar de los demás clientes pero sería una medida que ayudaría a la estabilidad de los gastos. Subir el % de ganancia de los envíos de sobre mesa para costear la problemática de las nuevas contrataciones en el almacén presentada por el Supervisor en el caso. Además sería ideal planificar una inducción a los clientes para que se pueda aumentar el ingreso de pedidos a través de la página web. Reducir en gran medida los pedidos manuales ya que acarrean un esfuerzo alto para las empleadas que procesan dichos pedidos. En el Estado de resultados también se pudo observar un alto Gasto de generales y de ventas que se debería revisar con detalle para determinar si estos no pueden ser controlados de alguna manera. Caso Lille: Respuestas 1) No creemos que sea necesario bajar el precio del producto 345 a 15, ya que esto podrían causar cambios en el mercado de precios y demandaría vender más unidades del producto para cubrir sus altos costos de producción. 2) Si fuera una cuenta de beneficios, si podría ser recomendable bajar el precio a 15 porque implicaría...
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...1. Why was Dakota’s existing pricing system inadequate for its current operating environment? - profits only when clients placed large orders for cartons - real drop of profit if many clients place small orders - wrong cost determination for individual customers - wrong cost determination for new services provided by DOP (to small charges for the “desktop” delivery, then the actual cost of it) 2. Develop an activity-base cost system for Dakota Office Products based on Year 200 data. Calculate the activity cost-driver rate for each DOP activity in 2000. Activity cost-driver rates: Activity One: process cartons in and out of the facility Rate=(90% of Warehouse Personnel Expense + Cost o Items Purchased)/cartons processed Rate=(90%*2,400,000+35,000,000)/80,000=464.5 $/per carton Activity Two: the new desktop delivery service Rate=(10% of Warehouse Personnel Expense + Delivery Truck Expenses)/desktop deliveries Rate=(10%*2,400,000+200,000)/2000=220 $/per carton Activity Three: order handling Rate=( Warehouse Expenses + Freight)/ number of orders Rate=(2,000,000+450,000)/(16,000+8,000)=102.08 $/per order Activity Four: data entry Rate=Order entry expenses/Order lines Rate=800,000/150,000=5.3 orders/per line 3. Using your answer to question 2, calculate the profitability of Customer A and Customer B. Activity One: process cartons in and out of the facility –> Number of cartons ordered Activity Two: the...
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