...veneers may be the best choice to restore your smile! Veneers are porcelain shells that are placed on the front of your teeth to restore your smile to its former beauty. After having dental veneers placed, you’ll be supremely confident in your smile! Fillings Fillings are materials that fill a space or cavity in the tooth. Common filling materials are silver amalgam, composite resin, glass ionomer, ceramic, and precious metals. At Clear Lake Dental Care, we use tooth-colored, mercury-free fillings as healthier and natural-looking alternatives to amalgam. Inlays/Onlays Inlays and onlays are special types of fillings that are used if a tooth is too weak to support a regular filling but is not yet a candidate for a full-coverage dental crown. These indirect fillings are designed in the laboratory in advance to fit the tooth structure perfectly. Inlays are placed within the center of the tooth, while onlays can cover the entire chewing surface....
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...services) Preventive Services. • Routine exams (2 per 12 months) • Prophylaxis (Simple Cleaning) (2 per 12 months) • Full mouth x-ray (1 per 24 months) • Space maintainers to age 16 (1 per 24 months) • Fluoride to age 16 (1 per 12 months) • Bitewing x-rays (max 4 films per 12 months) • Sealants to age 16 (permanent molars, 1 per 36 months) • Adjunctive pre-diagnostic oral cancer screening (max 1 per 12 months for age 40+) Other Services. 12 month waiting period applies. • Fillings (12 month waiting period does not apply to fillings) • Simple extractions • Oral surgery (surgical extractions & impactions) • Anesthesia (subject to review, covered with complex oral surgery) • Emergency pain (1 per 12 months) • Non-Surgical Periodontics • Crowns, Bridges, and Dentures • Surgical Periodontics (gum surgery) • Inlays and Onlays • Endodontics (root canals) • Repairs:...
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...not clearly state the “competitive prices” that Macklin would pay to Canadian Closures. Also, the prices of the supplies listed in the contract were a few years old. As no meetings were scheduled with the board of directors with the specific agenda of discussing problems ailing the company, no major decisions were taken to resolve the problems. Three plants, out of the total ten, registered the bulk of shipment rejections. An attempt at understanding and resolving the problem by visiting these plants failed miserably. Macklin’s senior management refused to make any further investments in the joint venture. Rumors were rife that they were planning to replace crown suppliers. Canadian Closures Inc. was performing below industry standards with losses of $350,000 on sales of $10.2 million. Claims regarding the 75 million crowns were worth over $350,000. Recognizing this claim would mean sacrificing the company’s profits, however rejecting Macklin’s request would antagonize the venture’s only client....
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...Literature Project Dental Lab Procedures Crowns A crown is a tooth shaped cap that is put on over the tooth to restore the size and the strength of that tooth. When the crown is cemented into place it appears as the original tooth above the gum line. Crowns are great options for those weak teeth that sometimes we have no control over. Most crowns require two visits. The first visit the dentist will prepare the tooth and make the temporary. On the second visit, the patient receives the crown for fitting. For the all porcelain crowns, depending on the technology in the office, it takes one day. In that one day the tooth is prepared, and with a special machine, the crown can be made in the office. Therefore, there is no need for a temporary. There are many reasons a crown may be needed. One reason is to protect a weak tooth, possibly from decay. Another reason is to restore a broken tooth. Also they are needed to cover a tooth with a large filling, to hold a bridge in place, to cover discolored teeth, and to cover an implant. Along with the various needs for a crown, there are a variety of types. These permanent crowns can be all metal, porcelain-fused-to metal, all resin, or all ceramic. The metal crowns are composed of gold alloy, other alloys, or a base-metal alloy. For this type of crown, less tooth structure needs to be removed and the wearing of the opposing teeth is kept to a minimum. This type of crown probably lasts the longest in terms of wearing...
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...Operations Improvement Plan XXXXXXX MBA6022 Strategic Operations Management Address: XXXXXXXXXXXXx E-mail: xxxxx Instructor: Dr. Zhimin Huang Abstract This operation improvement plan is to help improve the internal communication process at Toyota between their employees and management. There has been a loss of ideas and knowledge, which is a complete violation of their founding principles defined in the Toyota Way. With the suggested recommendations, Toyota can once again reclaim its dominance in the world automobile market while at the same time improving their operational efficiency and quality. Table of Contents Title Page 1 Abstract 2 Table of Contents 3 Executive Summary 4 Toyota Overview 5 Toyota’s Key Challenges 5 Cost-Benefits Summary 7 Analysis of Data and Findings 8 Summary of Recommendations 11 Conclusion 11 References 13 Appendix A 14 Appendix B 15 Appendix C 16 Appendix D 17 Appendix E 18 Appendix F 19 Executive Summary The Toyota Motor Corporation has experienced numerous setbacks the past decade including lawsuits, damaged corporate reputation and eroding consumer confidence. Although many different processes can be to blame for this, ultimately it is Toyota’s upper management that has to be held accountable for the decisions made. One of the contributing factors...
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...Recent news that has impacted Toyota is the vast amounts of recalls to its vehicles that first hit the press in 2009. These recalls were due to a manufacturing issue that could cause the accelerator to stick on the floor mat, causing drivers to lose control of their vehicles. It ended up being the company’s largest U.S. recall, calling for over 3.8 million vehicles to be serviced (AP, 2009). Not long after, in 2010 more recalls were being reported, this time a voluntary recall that included an additional 2.3 million vehicles that were susceptible to “dangerous acceleration” that could lead to a crash (Huffington Post, 2010). These recalls were heavily covered by the U.S. media, maybe even to the point of disaster. ABC even staged a scenario, showing how devastating a certain electrical issue could be on the vehicle’s acceleration. This caused consumer panic, until Toyota demonstrated that the same results could be achieved on Ford, Chrysler, GM, and BMW vehicles. They also went to great lengths to prove that ABC had staged much of the footage to make the problems with Toyota seem worse than they were (Ahrens, 2010). Also, after the recalls hit the media, reports of death due to the issues raised to 37 from 21; many of which were later cleared to have no connection to the recall (Fumento, 2010). All this negative press came at a bad time for Toyota, and it was estimated that each U.S. dealership could lose between $1.75 million and $2 million a month, and between January...
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...Research Question: Have the recent recalls effected Toyotas brand image? Product Description: We, as a group, chose this topic because Toyotas main slogan consists of ‘The Best Built Cars in The World’ despite having numerous recalls over the past number of years. This really appealed to us and we wanted to see how the recalls have effected potential customers of Toyota cars in Ireland. Toyota spent 33 days as the no.1 news story worldwide (24/7 wall st). We hope to learn if this negative news coverage has effected Toyotas market share in Ireland, along with Ireland’s overall view of Toyota as a brand. With this, we want to research new cars sales in Ireland over the past number of years and in particular around the months of February and March 2009 when the recalls for Toyotas reached their peak (Cole). With the large number of recalls, we also want to investigate if Toyota have changed their production practices and quality checks to prevent these large scale recalls from happening once again. Traditionally, this company had an essence of quality about its brand (Toyota-global.com) in Ireland and we want to see what Toyota Ireland is currently doing to reassure their target market that the recalls were a mere blip in the company’s overall history and Toyota are still reliable as they ever were. Along with new car sales, we also want to research the second-hand car market in Ireland and see what is Toyota’s market place is there. We felt this is important because a significant...
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...included, squashed into one place! Between the red riding hoods, Angels, Cheechs, Chongs, Hard Core Swat Cops, Princess Peaches, Marios, Luigis, Unicorns, Devils, Cats, Vampires, and Indian Chiefs, I would have no idea whose was the best but, luckily for me Jesus showed up to my party! Jesus is a symbol of all things holy; he can bless your spirits and your wine all while kicking your ass at beer pong. He can choose whatever kind of attitude to have towards your questions about life. The Jesus at my party his name is Chris, friend of a friend who grew out his beard all year to play the role he was born to play; and that role of course was “Party God Jesus”. Not only did he absolve my guests and I of all our sins but, personally placed his crown of thorns a top this Heathen Pocahontas’ head curing me of whatever ailments may come to me in the future. Then handing me a cigarette he said “no cancer for you my child”. Now for the worst of the best this goes to the sluts that showed up at my party. While I can appreciate the sexy maid costume, or heck even the sexy Freddie cougar girl was at least creative but, I can not stand the girls whose costumes serve no purpose. A mask, and a tight dress does not a costume make. All in all, I can only imagine what little there is to you on the inside with so little creativity on the...
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...Spain During Ancient Times or Dates of Antiquity During ancient times or dates of antiquity Spain was under the Roman Empire. It was called Hispania, to it were born Roman emperors Trojan and Theodosius I and the philosopher Seneca. The Roman Empire (Latin: Imperium Romanum) was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean. Spain During the Middle Ages 5th to 8th Century Rulers: Alaric I (Alareiks in the original Gothic) was likely born about 370 on an island named Peuce (the Fir) at the mouth of the Danube in present day Romania. King of the Visigoths from 395–410, Alaric was the first Germanic leader to take the city of Rome. Having originally desired to settle his people in the Roman Empire, he finally sacked the city, marking the decline of imperial power in the west. Euric, also known as Evaric, Erwig, or Eurico in Spanish and Portuguese (c. 415 – 484), Son of Theodoric I and the younger brother of Theodoric II and ruled as king of the Visigoths, with his capital at Toulouse, from 466 until his death in 484. He inherited a large portion of the Visigothic possessions in the Aquitaine region of Gaul, an area that had been under Visigothic control since 415. Over the decades the Visigoths had gradually expanded their holdings at the expense of the weak Roman government, advancing well into Hispania in the process. Alaric II, also...
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...Topic: Toyota marketing plan Student Name: Course Title: Institution: Instructor: Date: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The world is dependably change, the interest of business sector distinctive step by step. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has been creating pointedly to meet the requests of their business. Toyota's prosperity both on the Japanese business sector and global market because of its longing to make items with high caliber. The Japanese accept that nothing is good to the point that it can't be enhanced, so they always battle to expand the nature of all that they do. This disposition jars are communicated by a solitary word:"kaizen". It implies „continuous change" and the essential word to guide them towards flawlessness. This paper displays the methods of Toyota Company in their endeavor to increase matchless quality in the universal business. SITUATION ANALYSIS The Toyota name is connected with solid, trustworthy qualities that have picked up the organization an expansive and faithful shopper base. The arrival of the Matrix adds an additional measurement to Toyota's personality one that is yet to be completely perceived by its target customers. As Cuvs rise available, it is imperative to solidly build the Matrix as an auto in it class, while additionally securing it to the Toyota legacy. TARGET MARKET Toyota tries to draw in another sort of shopper with the Matrix, one who typifies a popular, young edge, additionally demands common sense and unwavering...
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...Cristian Alvarez Mr. Ozzie Monge RWS 100 20 October 2014 You get what you pay for, right? College is an exciting, yet stressful time of our lives. The biggest problem we face about college is how much will it cost? Everyone wants to attend certain schools, but money always gets in the way. This causes students to reach towards community colleges, trade schools, and online universities. These schools offer the same degrees faster, but at a higher cost. Kevin Carey, director of the Education Policy Program, claims for-profit colleges have too many issues within and need to be reformed for the better. He points out that for-profit schools are not all that bad. These universities offer open doors for students turned down by traditional and private colleges who seek higher education. Christopher Beha complicates Carey’s argument that for-profit schools are a form of “higher education” by using providing evidence of how classes are at these universities when he posed as a student himself. Jane Clark extends Carey’s claim that these colleges are “money-making machines” by supporting a look at how for-profits make their money. Lastly, an article by Melissa Korn from the Wall Street Journal clarifies Carey’s assertion of how for-profit graduates are not getting jobs because employers are turning down their “low-value” degrees. College is a time for many students to gain a higher form of education. Carey argues that classes taken at for-profit colleges offer are equivalent...
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...Number Three The postmodern society is constantly changing. All the old things such as buildings are replaced with the impeccable modern ones. Just like the former English Teacher, Miss Coral who is caught between a rock and a hard place. Today people have to be perfect and everything we are occupied with must be done flawlessly. The author Anna Metcalfe emphasizes exactly this issue in the short story “Number Three”, where Miss Coral is trapped in a culture clash. She´s replaced with a so called “Real English Teacher” – the contemporary ideal person, Mr. James. Miss Coral is replaced with Mr. James who is supposed to be a better teacher than her. Her boss says he has done her a favour by making her an international hostess, in charge of an English teacher program. After all he could have chosen to fire her, “The director was keen that she should not take the redistribution of her skills as a sign of promotion (…) she has been withdrawn from teaching on grounds of incompetence”, (line 13-15). Throughout the short story “old” Miss Coral is equated with the Tianfu slum. She is replaced with Mr. James, who is modern and new. The old city is also replaced with something better and fresh, “The shanty town shacks of Tianfu, half flattened, are making way for settlement housing”, (line 19-20). The setting plays a major role in the short story as it refers to Miss Coral´s state of mind. The big polluted city has “flattened” Miss Coral and her career. The smog and dust in the city...
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...in the expansion of their power 1474-1598 The Spanish expansion of power during the era of 1474-1598 can be clearly categorised into three separate periods, with each different ruler of Spain bringing with them a diverse train of thought in regard to expansion than their predecessor. Firstly, with Ferdinand and Isabella came the union of Iberia under one household, and in 1492 they succeeded in conquering Granada which is seen the first physical expansion of power during their reign, and this period. Granada was of key significance to the monarchs as, for Isabella, it provided a stronghold of Moorish tradition and beliefs, and for Ferdinand it gave his enemies in North Africa a gateway to Spain. so when the announcement came from the crown that it was to begin conquering Granada in 1481 it can be said that both Isabella and Ferdinand had different agendas and motives, however in 1481 Ferdinand was stated to say that he “wished to conquer that kingdom of Granada and expel from all Spain the enemies of the catholic faith and dedicate Spain to the service of God”. Also in a letter from the monarchs dated 1485 they state their intent to spread the catholic faith and remove the “unremitting menace” from the southern lands. Furthermore this source also goes to state that if Ferdinand and Isabella wished to simply expand physical power or gather treasure they would have done so already, assumingly from other areas, rather than a religious crusade. However it is suggestible that Ferdinand...
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...language as a resource of internal and international activity of “nations without states”. bulat n. khalitov, kazan state power engineering university, kazan, russia The issues of language and language policy have become the objects of interest of different branches of political theory nowadays. From one side the basic reason for this is the fact that language can play an important role (either positive or negative) in the context of different political processes developing in the world and also in the context of a growing number of confrontations and conflicts, which often have linguistic diversity at their basis. From the other side, the development of political theory within the framework of general “linguistic turn” that influenced almost all social sciences leads to the studying of language policy aspects. In modern world linguistic diversity and other language issues have turned into a significant basis of contradictions that influence stability of different societies. In Western Europe we can distinguish several types of unsolved problems which have to do with language. Diachronically the most important and most severe are conflicts between the dominant language group and various linguistic minorities historically rooted in some areas within the state borders. As an example we can name linguistic conflicts in Belgium (Flanders), Spain (Catalonia and Basque country), Italy (South Tirol), Switzerland (french- and italian-speaking cantons). ...
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...Subject: Strategic Leadership in a Changing World Question: Write an essay (using module concepts) that evaluates the strategic issues and options facing your organisation of choice. Company: Toyota Corporation Final Word count: 3,000 Toyota is seen as one of the market leader in the auto industry. It headquarters is based in Japan. It manufactures and sells vehicles (Toyota annual report, 2012). Toyota chiefly operates in Japan, Europe, Asia and North America. This essay will examine the company position analysis. Further, it will identify key strategic issues and these issues will be analysed and evaluated. Issues can be internal or external in nature and maybe positive or negative to the organisation (Haberberg & Rieple, 2008).The next section will analyse Toyota’s current position. To understand the organisation strategic position the environment, capabilities, culture and its purpose will be analysed (Johnson et al, 2011). Toyota’s culture is the Toyota way which focuses on continuous improvement. In addition it does lean production which concentrate on ‘just in time’ production and ‘Jidoka’ system which emphasises quality and no waste. According to (Toyota, 2013), they concentrate on CSR issues and environmental issues. The environment analysis will be analyses using Swot and PESTLE analysis. According to the evidence, Toyota’s corporate culture has placed the organisation in a position which focuses at adding value to current and future...
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