A) Discussion: The Duty to Accept Humanitarian AssistanceReadRecent emerging and re-occurring disasters around the world, both natural and man-made, have demonstrated the power such forces can bring to bear regarding the destruction of humanity. Failure to allow assistance in times of emergency can lead to potential security issues. The human security components most at risk are freedom from fear and freedom from want. While international legal instruments, including human rights treaties, contain numerous provisions aimed at protecting and promoting the right to health, questions still exist as to whether the affected State is obligated to accept external “humanitarian” assistance without delay if a significant percentage of its population is vulnerable to starvation, unnecessary suffering and even imminent death? It is in this sense that the international community has to consider the tension between State/territorial sovereignty and humanitarian intervention.The article by J. Benton Heath suggests a framework within which the affected government which declines humanitarian assistance must publicly justify its conduct in the hopes of reducing human suffering and the potential for security risks such suffering can bring.Disasters, Relief, and Neglect: The Duty to Accept Humanitarian Assistance and the Work of the International Law Commission (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. by J. Benton Heath.DiscussWhat is a state's duty to accept humanitarian assistance in a disaster?Does this run afoul of traditional notions of state sovereignty?At what point does human rights law take effect?Will Mr. Heath's rule aid in defining what state conduct will be acceptable?B) Written Essay: The Link Between Disasters and ConflictRead & ReflectElizabeth Ferris discuss how inadequate response to a natural disaster can lead to a violation of human rights and thereby trigger conflict. Would the implementation of International Federation of the Red Cross's International Disaster Relief guidelines (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and annotations (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. help to alleviate potential conflict in states which have suffered a natural disaster? Is the adoption of these guidelines something the U.S. should support states to do? Is it something the U.S. needs to do? Explain your answers by providing examples of areas of the law which would support security or how the proposed guidelines remain inadequate. Bring in examples of IHRL or prior law if it aids in your examination.Natural Disasters, Conflict, and Human Rights: Tracing the Connections (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. SubmitUse current APA Style formatting for your written assignment, citations, and references. Write between 1,000-1,250 words.

1Download and open the file named EXP19_Ch04_Cap_TechSupport.xlsx. Grader has automatically added your last name to the beginning of the filename.02Freeze Panes so the first row containing column headings (Row 5) on the SupportCalls worksheet will remain static when scrolling. Ensure that Rows 1-4 are visible.53Convert the data to a table, name the table SupportCalls, and apply the Gold, Table Style Medium 12.134Remove duplicate records.65Add a new column to the table named Duration.46Create a formula using unqualified structured references to calculate the days required to resolve the incident (Date Resolved – Date Created).107Add a total row to display the Average days required to resolve an issue.68Sort the table by Agent Name in alphabetical order, add a second level to sort by Description, and create a custom sort order as follows: Won't power on, Virus, Printing Issues, Software Update, Forgotten Password. Add a third level to sort by Duration smallest to largest. (Mac users, to create the custom list, from the Excel menu, click Preferences. In the dialog box, click Custom Lists.)Note, type the custom list entries in the dialog box, do not copy and paste the list into Excel. Otherwise, the apostrophe style may not match and the list may not be sorted correctly. To ensure that the sort has been entered correctly, confirm that cell F6 contains the content Won't power on.129Filter the table to only display closed incidents as indicated in the status column.1010Use Quick Analysis to apply the default Data Bars conditional formatting (Solid Blue Fill) to the Duration column (range I6:I85). Mac users, on the Home tab, click Conditional Formatting, point to Data Bars, and under Solid Fill, click Blue Data Bar.1211Create a new conditional format that applies Red fill and bold font to incident (range A6:A85) that required 30 or more days to resolve. Be sure to use relative cell references in the conditional format formula.1212Change page breaks so page 2 begins with the Computer ID column (column E).213Set the print scale to 85%.414Add a custom footer with your name on the left side, the sheet name code in the center, and the file name code on the right side.415Save and close the workbook. Submit the workbook as directed.0Close

Demand forecasting results in an estimate of future demand and gives an organization a basis for planning and making sound business decisions. Since the future is unknown, it is expected that some errors between a forecast and actual demand will exist, so the goal of a good forecasting technique would be to minimize the difference between the forecast and the actual demand. Articulate the difference in short and long-term forecasts, forecasting techniques, and the benefits and challenges of each technique. Finally, create a forecast for a situation with which you are familiar (personal or professional) explaining the situation and why you chose the method of forecasting that you did. Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories, which require supporting citations along with at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed reference in supporting your answer. Keep in mind that these scholarly references can be found in the Saudi Digital Library by conducting an advanced search specific to scholarly references. You are required to reply to at least two peer discussion question post answers to this weekly discussion question and/or your instructor’s response to your posting. These post replies need to be substantial and constructive in nature. They should add to the content of the post and evaluate/analyze that post answer. Normal course dialogue doesn’t fulfill these two peer replies but is expected throughout the course. Answering all course questions is also required. Course Materials Required: Stevenson, W. (2018). Operations management (13th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. ISBN-13: 9781259667473 Required Chapter 3 in Operations Management Chapter 3 PowerPoint slides – Operations Management He, X. J. (2018). Crude oil prices forecasting: Time series vs. SVR models. Journal of International Technology and Information Management, 27(2), 25–42. Ivanovski, Z., Milenkovski, A., & Narasanov, Z. (2018). Time series forecasting using a moving average model for extrapolation of number of tourist. UTMS Journal of Economics, 9(2), 121–132. Recommended: Winkowski, C. (2019). Classification of forecasting methods in production engineering. Engineering Management in Production and Services. Volume 11: Issue 4.