...Sir Arthur Evans was a famous and somewhat controversial British archaeologist. Studying history at the Universities of Oxford and Göttingen, Evans later became Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. He was known for extracting or uncovering artifacts from ancient societies. After unearthing some of the sites, Sir Arthur Evans of Nash Mills would go on to restore his findings in an attempt to bring them back to life per say. Throughout his days, Sir Arthur made some very crucial discoveries as it pertains to ancient archaeology such as his excavation of the Palace at Knossos. Sir Arthur Evans was born in 1851 in Nash Mills, Hertfordshire, England. His initial interest in archaeology stemmed from the period of 1884 to 1908 where he became interested in seals which were essentially tiny carved stones. These seals were sources of inscriptions from ancient, pre-Classical Mediterranean civilizations. He as the article reads was particularly drawn to Crete as one such source of seals containing undeciphered early inscriptions. Sir Arthur first visited Crete in 1894 to study and decipher two types of unknown scripts appearing on Cretan seals. This would be the...
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...Sw 9B09C008 KYLE EVANS AT RUFFIAN APPAREL: STAFFING A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT Kevin Hewins wrote this case under the supervision of Professor Ann Frost solely (don doc) to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. Ivey Management Services prohibits any form of reproduction, storage or transmittal without its written permission. Reproduction of this material is not covered under authorization by any reproduction rights organization. To order copies or request permission to reproduce materials, contact Ivey Publishing, Ivey Management Services, c/o Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 3K7; phone (519) 661-3208; fax (519) 661-3882; e-mail cases@ivey.uwo.ca. Copyright © 2009, Ivey Management Services Version: (A) 2010-01-27 INTRODUCTION It was July 1, 2007, and the newly hired regional manager of Ruffian Apparel, Kyle Evans, sat in the Juniper Mall food court in Kelowna, British Columbia, sipping ( nham nhap) on his coffee. With the back-to-school rush fast approaching, it was critical to get the Kelowna store back on track. The store had been without a capable store manager for several months, and sales figures were far from optimal. In the interim ( tg chuyen tiep), Ruffian Kelowna was being run by an...
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... Chapter 1 OLIVER EVANS, WHERE IT BEGAN The author begins the book with some intriguing statements concerning man’s desire to transport himself by some sort of automaton. Mention of da Vinci and Newton were not surprising but the name of Roger Bacon was, along with the fact that he was a seer. Roger Bacon is called the Father of Experimental Science, and is said to be the inventor of gunpowder, but he actually learned about gunpowder from the Chinese. He is an interesting figure due to the fact that he foretold of the automobile among other things before da Vinci or Newton. The author then turns our attention to Oliver Evans. After a brief background of Mr. Evans the focus is then placed on his determination to build and patent a steam powered “waggon”. Mr. Evans achievements, successes, and defeats, were interesting to me in themselves. However what impressed me the most was that the idea of an automobile was being actively pursued before the Revolutionary war. The date of July 1805 leaped off the page at me, being the date of the first vehicle to move under its own power in the United States. This date will definitely be engraved proudly in my memory. The surprising conclusion of installing a paddle wheel on the invention and having it propel itself through the water, induced thoughts of the Mississippi River boats that were in the not too distant future. There are also other items to take note of in this first chapter: Mr. Evans invention of a steam powered...
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...20-30 designs per season What could Heather do toreduce the design risk? Hire a proven designer. Do some market research. Capitalizes on momentum --Gets key points out inexecutive summary: Incorporated Have a line Hired and paid people Have factor Have building Have production capability Leaves no doubt ininvestor’s mind that this isgoing to happen. Only issueis will it be with my money? Lays out uniquequalifications of Heather andconcept: Financial statements poorlypresented: Only 2 years Not well organized This reads like a preliminarydocument -- much more work isneeded. Arden & Company Don’t put any more time into thisdead-end. Giving her the runaround Typical indirect “no.” Analysis of Heather Evans Case Study As a former department store sales associate, I know a little about how difficult it is to sell clothing when not properly presented. So when we talk about selling the idea of starting a clothing line in a flooded market of designers, I can only imagine how hard it would be....
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...In the short film "Still Life" the writer and director show us the combination of different aspects that could become a person dangerous without realizing that he or she is a threat to anybody around. In this case, Nathan Evans, is an irresponsible driver and a threat to a town while he is overdosed on caffeine and poisoned by pills. Literally, he had lost the control of his mindset, although he is still have control of his actions. The way that Nathan takes his mission to reach his destination by risking his own life makes more innocent people to get hurt from this sociopath guy. At the same time, Nathan will face the consequences of being disconnected from the real world. At the beginning of the movie, the director introduces the main character...
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...The book that I have finished reading is a novel called Gangsta Rap, a story by Benjamin Zephaiah Benjamin’s main theme of this in Gangsta Rap is that maturity and responsibility is in the traits of being a man and stick to your family though tough times. Gangsta Rap is on a problem teenager name Ray that can’t seem to stay out of trouble. It seems as if music is the only thing that matters to him, like he would take a bullet for music (Hip-Hop) specifically. Ray is the oldest out of him an his younger sister Kory that is 12 years old and Ray is 14 years old that he lives with. Ray also lives with his mother and his father, Ray is on good terms with his mother but not good terms with his father do to some altercations in the past. Ray tries to focus himself by striving for him two buddies to make a real rap group. I honestly think that this book was okay .personally I think it could have been better in terms on the setting which is in LONDON…for Christ sake!!! I maybe would have liked it better if it took place in the United States like a “Hood” for ex-sample…just my personally thought on how I feel about this book. In my head I have right to believe Ray and friends are a bit posers because it takes place in London an friends is Asian and his other friend is Indian and u don’t usually so that in Rap. I would recommend this book to anybody that likes drama/family problems type of stories. Also that takes place over sea like Europe or else where that involve something that people...
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...Knockout Mice Technology | Submitted By : Wasman ID : 11136007Course ID : BTE 402 | Knockout Mice Technology | Submitted By : Wasman ID : 11136007Course ID : BTE 402 | Modern medicine is the product of centuries of experiences in dealing with various diseases and disorders related to the human physiology. From the discovery of vaccination to the discovery of antibiotics, each medical breakthrough highlighted the success of humans in dealing with the prevailing medical issues of that time. With the discovery of the structure of DNA by Crick and Watson in the early 1950s, the focus on medical research has shifted to the understanding of the genetic cause of a particular disease. Because of this, we are now able to understand the pathophysiology behind much of the diseases that has been a mystery to us before. An example of this is cancer, which was initially untreatable, but now thanks to our ever improving understanding of the genetic and biochemical mechanisms of the disease we are almost a step closer to achieving a reliable cure. In order to understand the progression of a particular disease accurately, scientists need to recreate the symptoms in a controlled environment (e.g. a laboratory) within a living organism. Such organisms are known as model organisms, because they serve as a live model which allows us to explore the workings of the disease. Due to various ethical issues, using humans as model organisms are out of the question, so scientists...
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...Crystal Del Raso 1024 W Cullerton Chicago, IL 60608 Cdelraso@gmail.com February 2, 2012 Deloitte & Touche 111 S. Wacker Dr. Chicago, IL 60606 United States To whom it may concern, I am interested in becoming a participant in the Deloitte National Leadership Conference. I am currently studying for a degree in Accountancy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. From the start of my first accounting class I read about the esteemed reputation of Deloitte services. One day after listening to current employees speak about their experiences I was immediately interested in Deloitte. My education at the University of Illinois has granted me with many opportunities to strengthen my ability to work well in a group as well as my leadership skills. In my business classes we are given multiple group projects where I have gained much experience in working together with others. I am usually working with students that I do not know personally and that has strengthened my ability to work as part of a team where I listen to the others opinions, ask for help when needed and effectively accomplish the work we are given. Aside from working with others in the classroom I am also a board member of a club named U.N.F.A.S. (Unidos Nuestra Fuerza Avanzara Siempre) which is a latino/a housing organization that provides workshops and philanthropic events to help students in a variety of ways. For example, I was involved in a workshop where we organized a panel of students to...
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...Bruce Almighty, A Lesson in Integrity Tenetta Griffin English 225 Melissa Rigney January 14, 2014 Bruce Almighty, A Lesson in Integrity Jim Carrey is a talented comedian and I have enjoyed every film that I’ve seen him in. I selected Bruce Almighty for an in-depth film analysis because of how the talented actors helped put a unique spin on the whole god/human relationship for the modern day moviegoer. This movie is not designed to be an in-depth expose on the god/human relationship but a platform to gently remind the audience the of how important our decisions affect where we are in life and gives us a moment to pause and think about what kind of future do we really desire. In my opinion, the film Bruce Almighty utilizes Jim Carrey's comedic talents to address the heavy topic of the god/human relationship and the moral issue that the director wants the share with the audience is that our free will should be exercised a modicum of human integrity to effectively resolve our own personal issues/dilemmas. My first step in analyzing Bruce Almighty involves taking a closer look at plot development and how this movie took the universal truth concerning how mankind in general tends to get frustrated with God when things just don’t go their way while taking it down a unconventional comedic path to help lighten up the seriousness of the topic. The director of Bruce Almighty’s tells the story from a mixed point of view which means we sometimes learn what is going on at the same...
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...The Ronald McDonald House Charities history starts in 1974 when a Philadelphia Eagles player’s daughter became sick with leukemia. Fred Hill and his wife had no place to sleep other than waiting rooms and hospital benches during their daughter’s three years of hospitalization. The Hills and other families traveled many miles for treatment and were not able to pay for hotel rooms. The Eagles’ manager and Fred’s teammates raised funds to donate to the pediatric oncology unit to give short term housing for the families with sick children at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www.rmhccoastalempire.org/-mcdonald-house-charities-of-the-coastal-empire-inc. The Eagles manager, Jim Murray, requested help from the local McDonald’s advertising company and enough aid was raised to purchase an old house near the hospital. In 1974, this became the first Ronald McDonald House. The Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of the Coastal Empire began in 1986 and is one of 338 Ronald McDonald Houses around the world. Each House is an independent, community agency. The Savannah RMCH has thirteen bedrooms and is usually on a waiting list. Other programs connected to the local RMCH are the Ronald McDonald Family Room and the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www.rmhccoastalempire.org/-mcdonald-house-charities-of-the-coastal-empire-inc. “The mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire is to create, find and support programs...
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...Assignment: Ethics, Responsibility & Governance – Prof. Swati Panda Case Study - Martha McCaskey 1. As Martha McCaskey, what is your plan of finishing the silicon 6 project? Please map out your detailed plan of action. The case in question requires Martha McCaskey to perform tasks in relevance to the Silicon 6 project that might hamper her integrity towards work. However, there is a major stake of her losing the promotion that she is expectant and has been promised. Furthermore, Mr. Phil Devon’s eagerness to help her in a sincere way is killing her more in the process of getting the information that she needs from him. Very primarily, our task, in imagining ourselves as Martha McCaskey lies in making sure to get the insider information from the target competitor of our company’s client. The insider information that we are now seeking is about the manufacturing of a chip for our client, so as to help our client. The constraints and challenges that lie before us in obtaining that information are as follows: 1. The potential information provider, Mr. Phil Devon is sincere in his attempt to share the information, provided that we come forth with specific information, provided by our clients. 2. Our integrity in asking for insider information, the consequence of which might invoke bad temper in Mr. Phil Devon and which might also lead Mr. Devon complaining to the concerned authorities about the whole set-up. 3. The prime challenge ahead is to get the information...
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...Over usage and reliability of technology Research outline: I. Is the world relying too much on technology for their basic and educational needs? a. With the world ever advancing in technology with Computers, Vehicles, Medical advancements, Weapons, Information, Education and Social connection, we need to brace ourselves for a world change that will make way for a new life that we have only read or seen in Science Fiction. i. What are the benefits of a high Technological society? ii. What may happen if we are no longer co-dependent? iii. What if machines make their own decisions? b. Will mankind survive the technology they build, or bring life to our own demise? II. Advancing the technology for the benefit of our needs and wants. a. What are the benefits of a high technological society? i. Moore’s Law. ii. Ending disability, disease, and time waiting. III. How far is too far? a. What may happen if we are no longer co-dependent? i. Laziness of the mind and body. ii. A.I. iii. Losing our humanity. IV. Is the science fiction a warning? Or, just a coincidence? a. What if machines make their own decisions? i. The Ghost in the Machine. ii. Literature and Music. iii. Conspiracy theory. V. Will our decisions of which direction we take our creativity of technology to, take us towards a brighter future we can only dream about? Or, will it take us down a nightmarish path of our own destruction and eventual extinction? Over usage and reliability of technology ...
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...we hear of congressmen, supreme court judges, and governors resigning from office. Then we are faced with the question, why? Could it be because they really do want to spend more time with family and enjoy life? Political experts, like Dan Schnur, seem to think not. Instead, Schnur suggests in “The Problem With the Middle Ground” that former politicians, such as Bart Stupak, are too much of “moderates” for government. Schnur’s argument is that once either party gets the vote of moderates and obtains power, the use of moderates is no longer needed. Schnur’s use of pathos in his article is much underlying. It isn’t until the end of his article we feel anything. He ends with, “That’s why Senator Arlen Spector is now a Democrat, why Senator Evan Bayh is not running for re-election, and why Bart Stupak is about to become a former member of Congress.” He provides us with the many examples of moderates who are either no longer needed, or have had to change their views completely. Each of these men stood firmly for causes, favored and rejected by both parties. Once either party gained control, they had no use for the moderates. The pressure from Congress and social groups cause these men to completely exit politics or change their stances and join the party in control. This example also gives us logos. Since moderates are either dropping out or changing their values, does this really mean control is the government’s main concern? The facts we are provided with suggest that this the...
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...There were a lot of differences and similarities from the book to the movie. For example Andy Evans also known as “IT” actually took up for Melinda when the girls at her lunch table began making fun of her once she had left. But in the book it was never said that he did. Also in the book Melinda was raped in the woods while in the movie she was raped in Andy’s jeep. Melinda met Heather on the bus while in the book she met her in the auditorium. In the book most of the narration takes place in Melinda’s head while in the movie it doesn’t. Since the narration took place more outside of her head there wasn’t really any dark humor. Because there wasn’t really any dark humor it took away from her personality and her just being a teenager. Without the dark humor we didn’t really get to know her in the movie as much as we did in the book. Whenever Andy assaulted her in her closet she just put a glass shard to his neck and said “I said no” while in the movie she threw something in his eyes and then had him backed into the corner with the glass shard pressed against his neck. In the movie she only writes foreign exchange students are ruining the country on the bathroom stall and nothing about Andy Evans being bad or to stay away from him....
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...Gray Case: Moss and McAdams Accounting Firm 1. If you were Palmer at the end of the case, how would you respond? If I were in Palmer’s position, I would accept Sands and Olds choice and move on as the bottom line is to work towards accomplishing the organization’s goals. Considering the toll the situation had on Olds, it would be only fair to grant his wish and ensure that things get back right on track. In addition, I would also persuade Sands to find someone who has a skill set close to Olds, so that the slipping schedule can be brought back on track and ensure that the project is completed successfully. I would also convey my message that I did not appreciate a key resource being pulled mid way to work on another project to the senior management so that this situation can be avoided if possible in future. 2. What, if anything, could Palmer have done to avoid losing Olds? Palmer should have engaged in a conversation with the Project Sponsor to explain the importance of having Olds on the Johnsonville Project, which may have encouraged Crosby to look for another suitable employee. Considering the basic nature of the Johnsonville project and the high profile status of Crosby’s project, it makes more sense for Olds to move to Crosby’s project keeping the company’s goals in mind. In addition, Crosby seemed to be relationship oriented, indeed he gave his team some rewards such as lunch at a good restaurant, game of golf, tickets to the baseball games. In contrast, Palmer...
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