...The Town of Eden Bay Eden Bay is a medium-sized municipality that owns and maintains a fleet of vehicles. It has grown rapidly, just like the demand for town services. The town currently owns 90 vehicles including police cars, sanitation trucks, fire trucks, and other vehicles assigned to town employees, which the town's equipment department maintains. The maintenance budget has risen sharply, and they are wondering whether the town should continue to perform its own maintenance or outsource it to private firms. Dawn, the IT manager, says that she was told that Eden Bay had a computerized information system for vehicle maintenance. But what she found was a spreadsheet designed by a part time employee as a quick answer to a complex problem. She wants to develop a proposal for a new system called RAVE, which stands for Repair Analysis for Vehicular Equipment. 1) Having a strategic plan is very important because it helps The Town of Eden Bay to provide direction and focus for all employees. The Town of Eden Bay has many workers that are all determined to succeed, but without having a strategic plan set in place, as well as a clear mission statement the employees are becoming frustrated. Some of the workers have mentioned that they work off a budget from year to year without any sight of a long-term plan set in place. This will surely add to their frustration and prevent the town from setting and reaching its desired long-term goals. Mission Statement: “To provide...
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...Larry Ellison is the founder and CEO of the enterprise software company Oracle Corporation. He is also a well-known American billionaire and philanthropist. Lawrence Joseph Ellison, better known as Larry Ellison, was born in New York City on August 17, 1944 to a young unwed Jewish mother. In order to provide her son with a better upbringing, Ellison's mother gave him to Lillian Spellman Ellison and Louis Ellison, her aunt and uncle in Chicago. They formally adopted Ellison when he was only nine months old. | Lawrence was raised in a two-bedroom apartment on the city's South Side. As a boy, Larry Ellison showed an independent, rebellious streak and often clashed with his adoptive father. From an early age, he showed a strong aptitude for math and science, and was named science student of the year at the University of Illinois. During the final exams in his second year, Larry Ellison's adoptive mother died, and he dropped out of school. He enrolled at the University of Chicago the following fall, but dropped out again after the first semester. His adoptive father was now convinced that Larry would never make anything of himself, but the seemingly aimless young man had already learned the rudiments of computer programming in Chicago. He took this skill with him to Berkeley, California, arriving with just enough money for fast food and a few tanks of gas. For the next eight years, Ellison bounced from job to job, working as a technician for Fireman's Fund and Wells Fargo bank...
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...difficult or less difficult for a government entity to develop a strategic plan or mission statement? Explain your answer. 1. The lack of a strategic plan as well as a mission statement is a very important issue, as their absence could create a lack of direction and motivation for its employees. Without these items in place, workers may not know what it is they are working for or how to get there. Dedicated workers could become frustrated and resign themselves to their own individual, day-to-day outlooks, rather than working together for a common goal. Especially at the city level, long-term focus is essential to maintaining and improving their municipality. Possible Mission Statement: "To provide the employees of the Town of Eden Bay with a safe, well-maintained transportation fleet, while at the same...
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...Andrenekia Milhouse September 10, 2015 System Analysis and Design The town of Eden Bay owns and maintains a fleet of vehicles. You are a systems analyst reporting to Dawn, the town’s IT manager. Background Eden Bay is a medium-sized municipality. The town has grown rapidly, and so has the demand for town services. Eden Bay currently owns 90 vehicles, which the town’s equipment department maintains. The fleet includes police cars, sanitation trucks, fire trucks, and other vehicles assigned to town employees. The maintenance budget has risen sharply in recent years, and people are asking whether the town should continue to perform its own maintenance or outsource it to private firms. This morning, Dawn called you into her office to discuss the situation. A summary of her comments follows: Dawn (IT manager): When I came here two years ago, I was told that Eden Bay had a computerized information system for vehicle maintenance. What I found was a spreadsheet designed by a part-time employee as a quick answer to a complex problem. It’s probably better than no system at all, but what we really need is a new information system to meet our current and future needs. I want to develop a proposal for a new system. For now, let’s call it RAVE, which stands for Repair Analysis for Vehicular Equipment. I met with the town manager, the equipment department, and several maintenance employees to understand their needs and concerns. I want you to start by reading the interview summaries...
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...Naufragios- Ch. VIII-fin La obra * Podemos ver figuras de la Biblia en muchos de los cuentos y cómo escribe sus cuentos, es similar a la Biblia * Dos elementos de descubrimiento: el fracaso del cuerpo español ( CH 10) y un cuento etnográfico de los indígenas (Ch. 24-26) * Un texto hibrido de la literatura y historia Personajes * Alonso del Castillo- un medico temeroso, “creía que sus pecados habían de estorbar que no todos veces sucediese bien el curar”(Ch.22, 157) * Estebanico- el moro, muchas veces Vaca refiere como el negro (pg. 158, 151) * Dorantes * Todos los hombres viajan juntos al México después de escaparse de algunos indígenas (Ch. 20) * El Gobernador- el líder del viaje, fracaso en Ch. 10 Temas * La fragmentación del cuerpo español * “Me respondió que ya no era el tiempo de mandar unos a otros; que cada uno hiciese lo que mejor le pareciese que era para salvar vida”(CH 10, 114) * Cambio en la narración aquí, nosotros a yo * “Yo” representa que el está encargo * Los Distintos “Yo” * Narrador fiel * Narra la información geográfica y etnográfica a la Corona * Testigo de los activos de los Indios * La posibilidad de evangelizarlos * Disidente * Parte 1 * Desnudo * Los españoles están en la posición de los Indios, similar a la descripción de los indígenas que Colon y Cortes describieron * “los más desnudos”(Ch...
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...BERNARDA QUOTES & ANALYSIS Temas | Opresión | * Act 1 p11 – ‘este maldito pueblo sin río, pueblo de pozos, donde siempre bebe el agua con el miedo de que este envenenada’ – BA. beber el agua = metaphor for doing something relacionado al sexo or against rules of society/oppression? so when you ‘beber el agua’ it will be ‘envenenada’ ie you will be punished, people will gossip about it etc * Act 1 p12 – ‘en ocho años que dure el luto no ha de entrar en esta casa el viento de la calle.’ – BA: tradición, opresión * Act 1 p 17 – ‘no ha tenido novio ninguna, ni les hace falta’ – BA doesnt want daughters to have boyfriends. Oppresses them. * Act1 p28 – ‘hasta que salga de este casa con los pies adelante mandaré en lo mío y en lo vuestro’ – BA saying she will order them around * Act 2 p13 – ‘Ésas están mejor que vosotras. ¡Siqiuera allí se ríe y se oyen porrozas! – La P compares other family with Bernardas, other family arent oppressed, you can hear them laughing * Act 2 p28 – ‘Tú no tienes derecho más que a obedecer’ – BA to Angustias * Act 3 p11 – ‘Tus hijas están y viven como metidas en alacenas’ – la P to BA * Act 3 P24 – ‘Yo no quiero llantos’ BA – supresses feelings of daughters. | (Lucha por) la libertad | * Act 1 p 11- ‘Abanico redondo con flores rojas y verdes’ – representa la libertad (+ envidia?). flores significa la libertad y la fertilidad. Adela’s expression of her rebelliousness & her wish for freedom * aCt 1 p21 – ‘Se ha puesto el traje...
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...In the National Gallery ”In the National Gallery” is a short story by Doris Lessing form 2007. The themes in the story are that older are more patient than younger, a person can be attracted by another without showing it, and you must follow the time otherwise it can become ugly. The narrator is first person point of view “She was the boss girl in this group, even if nit officially a head girl or monitor” (page 3, line 43). The narrator has an objective sight, but the narrator reflects and interprets what he sees. Therefore gets the reader a subjective view on the text. Because it is his thoughts we read. “Her eyes focused, on the great brilliant horse, so close, towering there on the golden canvas, on his hind legs.” (page 4, line 102) The French girl did not say anything about the horse; therefore can the narrator not tell what the French girl thinks about the horse. We only get the narrator thoughts therefore the narrator becomes unreliable. Strubbs horse is a symbol of the older man. “But then a man sat down, on the other side of the bench’s arm and he leaned forward, elbows on knees, and locked hard at the horse” (Page 1, Line 19). Before had the horse an important role in the society. Every great leader in history has sat on a horseback, because it was a strong, powerful, and fast. Now we only use the horse as a hobby. When the older man was young he was a strong and marvellous man. He cut pick up a sixteen-year-old girl when he just where twelve years old. ”She...
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...I have no wish to debate these convictions is that I know that I cannot. These are not facts that can be argued; these are issues of faith. So it is, sadly, with environmentalism. Increasingly, it seems, facts are not necessary because the tenets of environmentalism are all about belief" (P. 595 para 5-6). Crichton has an emotional connection to his argument. He feels deeply about the amount of environmentalism becoming fantasy instead of being strictly composed of fact. As a student of anthropology, he learned about what makes up religion, leading to his belief of environmentalism becoming more a religion than a science. (p. 594, para 3) He finds many connections between Christianity and Environmentalism. Crichton relates The Garden of Eden to an Environmentalists idea of a Paradise. When discussing the idea behind the resources for our planet, the writer shows a good deal of frustration in his words: Okay, so the preachers made a mistake. They got one prediction wrong; they are human. So what? Only it is not just one prediction; it is a whole slew of them. We are running out of oil. We are running out of global resources (p. 597, para 17). His use of logic, or logos, comes from the facts he uses to explain his argument. He continues with the idea...
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...imagery. It points out that kids are like plump shaped; meaning the kids have a rounded form assuming that they are out of shape since she is referring to them “as otters”. In an overall look at this poem it has strong words that helps me paint a picture; another example of that would be “Not beautiful, but suddenly limned with light; their elliptical wet flesh in a flash reflects it” this sentence uses words like, “limned” (depiction) of the light helps to see the “elliptical” (round) wet “flesh”, assuming its mentioning the obese kids earlier having fun in the summer weather. And finally the last sentence in the poem relating to summer: “and it greens the green grass, greens the hanging leaf; greens Adam and Eden, greens little Eve.” Mentioning green grass and the Adam and Eden reference creates and depicts a beautiful vivid picture about the feel. The poem does a good job of creating imagery, metaphors, etc. to help create a stunning poem about...
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...THE SELFISH GIANT FIRST SUMMARY A giant who lived in a big house had a beautiful garden, but he never let anyone enter his garden. Whenever he was away, children would come there to play. One day, the giant decided to visit his friend and left for the neighbouring kingdom. The giant came back from his friend’s place after seven years. Seeing the children play in his garden, he angrily chased them away and built a high wall around the garden. After the children stopped coming to the garden, the trees and flowers were so sad that they lost their beauty and were covered with snow and frost. No birds came to sing there. Spring was everywhere but in the giant’s garden it was still winter. One morning, the giant saw children playing in the garden. They had entered through a small hole in the wall. And spring arrived in the garden at last to express its happiness on seeing the children again. The giant realised that he had been selfish and was very sorry for what he had done. He let the children play in the garden every day. The giant’s favourite among the children was a little boy who had kissed him when he helped him to get on top of the tree. But the little boy stopped coming to the garden and the giant was very sad. Many years passed and the giant grew old and weak. One winter morning, the giant saw the same boy under a tree. He ran down to the boy in joy. The boy was an angel who had come to take the giant to the garden of Paradise as a reward for letting him...
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...leaves did not cover Adam and Eve’s sin, a gift of bloodless plants and vegetables could never cover sin either. Cain became very angry and cherished feelings of murderous hatred against his brother. His desperate outrage led him to kill his brother (1 John 3:12). “For this crime, from that day on he led the life of an exile, bearing upon him some mark which God had gave him in answer to his cry for mercy”, (www.christian.about.com). This may have served as a protection from the wrath of his fellow-men, or it may be that God only gave him some sign to assure him that he would not be slain (Gen. 4:15). Doomed to be a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth, he went forth into the land of “exile”, which is said to have been in the “east of Eden,” and there he built a city, the first we read of, and called it...
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...their parents are doing over on the research island is not only top secret but incredibly important for humankind. Then one day a stranger and his son fly in. The man flashes his ID card and heads over to the island research base, promising his reluctant passenger that he'll be back by dark, and they'll be out of there. Only he doesn't come back. And neither does anyone else. As the days pass, and there's no news, the kids come to realise that whatever has happened on the island has left them on their own, with no communications, two thousand kilometres from anywhere. Their only choice is to rely on their own resources to survive until they can find out what's happened to their parents, and uncover the terrible secret that is behind the Eden Project. And, at the same time, cope with all the usual challenges of growing up: Friendship, First love and Families. For, as the days pass, one thing becomes very clear: unless they find out the truth, they will probably be here forever. In addition, someone, or something, is watching them from the...
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...Similarities and Differences between Th story of the Fall in Genesis and Enkidu in the Epic of Gilgamesh Read all about Enkidu and The Fall in the book Genesis we can find some similarities but also Differences between the tow that capture the reader’s attention, here are some of them: In The Fall in the book Genesis. It talks about the Garden of Eden. Lived a man named Adam who was created by God in his name and likeness, Adam lived in the garden next to the animals, as one of them, without any knowledge. The Epic of Gilgamesh tells us that the goddess Ururu created Enkidu. Enkidu was created half human and half animal. He lived in the woods with animals as a beast. Hunters and farmers feared the strange beast, as well Adam. Enkidu was created to stop the excesses of the king of uruk Gilgamesh. Between these two characters a great friendship was born that lead them to undertake great adventures. In The Fall in Genesis tells us about God.He decided to create companion for Adam. Then God created Eve as the companion of Adam. Adam and Eve lived together in the garden without feeling ashamed of their nakedness. However in the garden lived a snake. He tells Eve that God had deceived than about the fruit of the tree of knowledge. He tempts her to taste the tree fruit of the tree of knowledge, and she convinces Adam to do the same. Adam and Eve are expelled from the garden and give knowledge of their nakedness. As in the Fall Genesis, Enkidu was a primitive...
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...Why did the God create the world and human being? This question was haunting around my mind after I read Genesis. Then I got an answer from the first line of the poem “The Creation” written by James Weldon Johnson. The answer is “lonely”. Since the God feel lonely by himself, he created human being, which is similar to himself, as a companion. At the same time, he built the world as the playground for human being. Did God really love human being? God told Eve: “You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or you shall die.” Actually God lied to Adam and Eve and what the serpent said to Eve is the truth: they were not going to die but become smart by eating the fruit of the tree of life. Obviously, the God didn’t want human being as powerful as him. Just by seeing what he said after he knew Adam and Eve had eaten the life fruit “Then the Lord God said, ‘See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever’” The evidence above makes us confuse about the God. If the god didn’t like human why he create it? If he like human, why he punish them so seriously just by a small mistake? The only answer I can imagine is that the God consider human being as his pet. A pet mostly love its master unconditionally. The God feel lonely and what a pet, but he didn’t want the pet as smart as him so that to lost control of it...
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...Leadership characteristics define many prominent figures throughout history. The view of what good leadership is varies from place to place or even from person to person. Good leadership is often associated with positive role models such Gandhi or Martin Luther King. Yet, good leadership is also visible in unscrupulous figures such as Genghis Kahn and Adolf Hitler. The following paragraphs will compare and contrast leadership characteristics between Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill. An examination of their goals and leadership characteristics will show that these individuals had quite very different objectives.; hHowever, the leadership processes they used were frequently similar. Adolf Hitler and Winton Churchill were among the greatest leaders in world history and certainly during the years of World War II. History perceives Churchill as a positive character and Hitler as an example of an unscrupulous leader who brought death and destruction. Churchill led Great Britain as a prime minister during World War II, while Hitler was a leader of Germany. Churchill and Hitler were very different individuals. In many ways their leadership styles and approach seemed similar, however, their backgrounds were quite different. Churchill came from a wealthy and famous family while Hitler, in contrast, was born into a family of commoners. Both of them lost their fathers during their youth; Hitler was 14, Churchill was 20. Churchill was a patriot and a prominent speaker who gave...
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