...Murphy 11/1/13 Period 7 The Gemini Program The Gemini Program For millennia, mankind has stared up at the stars and imagined successful navigation throughout the final frontier. The inception of NASA’s Gemini Program in 1962 during the Space Race with the Soviet Union fulfilled the yearning of many star-gazers throughout history. It is truly a testament to human progress that with the Gemini Program we broke once inconceivable barriers and left this world we call our home if only for a short period of time. Even though the Gemini Program has been concluded for many decades, its impact on navigation through outer space, NASA, and human history will forever be remembered. The Gemini Program’s main intension was to innovate and improve the safety of space travel. The improvements and accomplishments reached because of Project Gemini were necessary to link the success of the Apollo Space Program started by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 and the Mercury Project. More objectives set out by the Gemini Program included: increasing the length of time an unmanned shuttle can stay in flight, not only successfully but safely maneuvering a spacecraft to reach the rendezvous sight, and conducting experiments while in orbit to guarantee the safety of future launches and flights. When Canadian aerodynamicist, Jim Chamberlin designed the Gemini Program he was certainly ambitious in planning out his intensions regarding the future of space travel. The Gemini Program didn’t reach success...
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...September 2015 Case Memo 01 Case Summary After six years of working in the electronics industry, Dr. Frank Wang came back to California and started Gemini Electronics. With a goal to reverse the domination TV brands in America to an American company, Gemini shortly achieved 35 percent of the market share and became the largest TV producer in the U.S. Recommendations Geographically diversify into Central and South America market. Relocate manufacturing to Mexico while remain R&D and product development in America to reduce cost. Funding in R&D for new products that fit with the trend of technology. Advertising and promotion in the title of American made brand. Financial Analysis Since 2005, the profit per unit of LCD TVs has decreased almost 50% even though the sales has been increasing for Gemini due to constant increasing in total sales. At the same time, Plasma and HD DVD is following this path as well. Blue Ray DVD, Cable Sets and Home Theatres are rapidly increasing in sales in the past few years which led to increasing in total profits for those products. See Table 1. Both current ratio and quick ratio reached their highest in 2007 and remained at a stable level from 2008 to 2009. Current ratio of Gemini is a little below the industry level, but the quick ratio is way higher than industry average. This indicates that Gemini has a large amount of cash to support the recommended activities. See Graph 1. Both debt ratio and debt-to-equity ratio started decreasing from 2007...
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...Daniel L. Ratner William C. Overton, PhD, EN 102 Effectiveness in Writing 8 July 2007 Exactly What is the Right Stuff? When people ask what is needed to accomplish an impossible task, or achieve a goal that seems outside the grasp of human power, it is often said that the person who achieves that feat has “The Right Stuff.” This is not some item you can pick up in a store, or that is taught at an Ivy League college. “The Right Stuff” is the intestinal fortitude required to drive on and persevere far after it is said it is no possible. Since the dawn of time it has been wondered if it takes a person of almost god-like proportions to achieve impossible feats, or someone just crazy enough to try. I most cases this is really nothing more that a person with such drive and desire to prove their point they are willing to risk everything including their lives to make something happen. To properly categorize this concept of “The Right Stuff”, we must look at what has been done in its name. Weather it be BG Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier in the Bell X-1, or the pioneers of the space program in the Mercury and Apollo space programs; one thing holds true they indeed has something that others did not, guts. When the word guts are used it is usually compared to a skateboarder or freestyle motocross rider doing something crazy and dangerous. This while brave and daring is nothing in comparison to the risk involved in the early space programs. People who in fact have this...
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...2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Sales 2142659000 5413625000 8671715000 12175476500 13664714160 Cost of Goods Sold 1323957000 3120000500 5032513200 7886796000 8974149576 Gross Profit 818702000 2293624500 3639201800 4288680500 4690564584 Operating Costs Selling and Distribution 212340640 545980400 854300000 934532230 1001234530 R&D 93640450 220340340 365660340 476350230 785774340 Administration 95003300 405340300 832740300 999453230 980340500 Amortization 81414429 122465588 187929165 288216088 394440051 Operating Profit 336303182 999497873 1398571995 1590128722 1528775163 Ineterest 53251456 145434234 288898584 277686944 329923700 Earnings Before Taxes 283051726 854063638 1109673411 1312441778 1198851462 Taxes 99068104 298922273 388385694 459354622 419598012 Net Income 183983622 555141365 721287717 853087156 779253450 Exhibit 2 BALANCE SHEETS 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Cash 310630300 790419373 1437227573 1366526361 1413474400 A/R 316972950 758988750 1201094250 1328523975 1503560340 Parts Inventory 253578360 607191000 960875400 1062819180 1201345530 WIP Inventory 26789180 45354460 66650675 75640210 89575400 Finished Goods Inventory 359340630 960187250 1451230215 1605660505 1805340520 Total Current Assets 1267311420 3162140833 5117078113 5439170231 6013296190 L,P,&E,Net 710727625 812956891 1317388220 2281077095 3363891508 Intangibles 103416660 411698984 561903428 601083781 580509006 Total Assets 2081455705 4386796708 6996369761 8321331107...
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...The story is more about the space race than space exploration in general. The Soviet Union's early space efforts are mentioned only as background, focusing entirely on an early portion of the U.S. space program. Only Project Mercury, the first operational manned space-flight program, is covered. The Mercury Seven were Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. Emphasis is given to the personal stories of the astronauts and their wives rather than the technical aspects of space travel and the flights themselves. The storyline also involves the political reasons for putting people into space, asserting that the Mercury astronauts were actually a burden to the program and were only sent up for promotional reasons. Reasons for including living beings in spacecraft are barely touched upon, but the first option considered was to use a chimpanzee (and, indeed, chimpanzees were sent up first). Another option considered were athletes already accustomed to physical stress, such as circus trapeze artists. Wolfe states that President Dwight D. Eisenhower, however, insisted on pilots, even though the first crew members would not actually fly the spacecraft. When Gus Grissom lands at sea and exits his space capsule, saving the capsule seems more important to the recovery team than saving the pilot because of the value of the data. Wolfe contrasts the Seven with the Edwards test pilots, among whom was Chuck Yeager, who was shut...
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...Introduction 2 2. Target Company, Peer Company and The Industry 2 2.1 Target Company – Gemini Sea Food LTD 2 2.2 Peer Company – RD Food Bangladesh Limited 2 2.3 The Industry – Food Industry 3 2.4 Type of Business 3 3. Reformulated Balance Sheet and Income Statement 5 4. Analysis of Profitability and Growth 8 4.1 Analysis of Profitability 8 4.1.1 First level decomposition of ROCE 9 4.1.2 Second level decomposition of ROCE 10 4.1.3 Third level decomposition of ROCE 10 5. Analysis of Growth 9 6. Conclusion 10 1. Introduction The report intends to do financial statement analysis, financial projection and valuation of Gemini Sea Food LTD as a requirement of the course. To compare financials results and analysis tools Rangpur Diary & Food Products Limited is used as peer firm. Seven listed companies under Food industry are selected. Financial information of these seven companies will be used as a proxy for industry. 2. Target Company, Peer Company and the Industry 2.1 Target Company – Gemini Sea Food LTD Established in the year 1982 Gemini has supplied highest quality seafood products to customers worldwide. Since the inception Gemini people have believed in “Hygienic Product Healthy Trade” and made it a part of their core values at work. Quality, Delivery Security, Social Responsibility and Respect to Nature are the corner stone’s of Gemini’s Business, which has made Gemini the most admired seafood processing companies in Bangladesh. The plant is equipped...
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...The Death of Gemini In Virginia Grise’s, “Blu,” the female character that stands out from Soledad and Hailstorm was Gemini. She is described as a young girl who had dreams to get out of her circumstances and become successful. She was aware that there was a bigger world than the barrio. Unfortunately, Gemini’s outlook on life changes the day she was raped by her brother’s gang. She could not go past the traumatic event and begins to think that her dreams will never come true. The text implies that while she was sleeping she had a dream of committing suicide, but was still alive because her character continued throughout the text. However, one could argue that Gemini is dead and is only a spirit. Based on textual evidence, Gemini is only alive through the masculine characters of the text. Through Blu, Hailstorm, and Lunatico the reader learns more about the character of Gemini. The memory of Gemini lives on when Blu coincidently joins the army right after the rape of his sister. One cause can be the feelings of guilt for allowing it to happen and watching his sister have violence enacted upon her by his gang brothers. In other words, he believed he needed to make it up to himself to quit being apart of that bad gang and fights for the country instead. When he leaves, Gemini expresses feeling betrayal from her brother, but forgives him. Based on textual evidence, Gemini’s spirit lives through her brother as the victim of rape, causing her to contemplate suicide; and through...
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...Gemini Electronics case analysis Analysis of financial statements Assignment Submitted by: Atrooba Jaffery (12133010) Nayla Saeed (15121001) Assignment# 3 Submitted to: Sir Naveed Mughal Date: 28/Jan/2016 Gemini Electronics case analysis Analysis of financial statements Assignment Submitted by: Atrooba Jaffery (12133010) Nayla Saeed (15121001) Assignment# 3 Submitted to: Sir Naveed Mughal Date: 28/Jan/2016 Gemini Electronics The company was founding in 2002 by Frank Wang, Gemini Electronics was the manufacturer of television in US. Gemini was the largest TV producer in US. In January 2010 Wang want Geographical expansion along with developing product offering so he could compete with Samsung, Sony, and LG in all market segments. The company has the growth chances as well as developing product offering. Now for that we do the analysis of company regarding his previous year performance and compare with the industry. Either he is going to right path or not. * Liquidity: * Particular interesting to short term creditors * It focus on current asset * General rule for current ratio should be at least 2:1 For the Gemini Electronics the current ratio is consistent and it is necessary in year 2006. But we note that Gemini is less liquid than the average firm in the industry, because the current ratio is lower than the industry. Industry average is 2.84. | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Current ratio | 2.22 | 2.34 | 2.68 | 2.52 |...
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...One goal was to test an astronaut’s ability to fly long- duration missions, especially for a two-week journey. Another one was to understand how spacecraft could rendezvous and dock in orbit around the Earth and the moon. The ability to perfect re-entry and landing methods was a major objective of the program. Lastly, to further understand the effects of longer space flights was an objective of Gemini. Before Gemini, NASA had limited experience in space. This program provided the answers that NASA questioned about space exploration. NASA's Apollo Project was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out. Success of landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972. Apollo was a three-part spacecraft, consisting of the command module, the service module and the lunar module. Project Apollo's four main goals went beyond landing Americans on the moon and returning them safely to Earth. One goal was to establish the technology to meet other national interests in space. Another objective includes achieving preeminence in space for the United States. To carry out a program of scientific exploration of the Moon was very important...
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...You are in a very lucky phase, for Jupiter, the giver of gifts and luck, is still in Gemini for the first time since mid-2000 to mid-2001. Back in those years, Saturn was not in a friendly angle to Jupiter, and so Saturn severely limited Jupiter's benefits. You have a far brighter picture now, so there's no end to how high you can fly. Right now, Jupiter has been retrograde since October 5, so it is sliding backward toward the beginning degrees of Gemini. Actually this is good, as Jupiter will be intent on coming back to give more benefits to Gemini with birthdays that fall in May up to June 6. (As you see, there are times a retrograde planet can be quite beneficial.) Jupiter will turn direct on January 30, so at that time, Jupiter will be even stronger than it is now. If you feel life has been fortunate for you recently, imagine how much more fortunate you will be later when Jupiter moves direct! This planet of goodness will remain in your sign until June 25, 2013, so you have many wonderful days ahead! Speaking of wonder days, there was a lunar full moon eclipse late last month November 28, in Gemini 7 degrees, and it appeared very close to Jupiter. If your birthday falls within five days of May 27, you were in line for double the luck at eclipse time, and this is also true if you have a natal planet at 7 degrees (plus or minus five degrees) of Gemini, Libra, Aquarius, Aries, Leo, or Sagittarius. That new moon eclipse likely illuminated a path ahead by giving you very...
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...A study of the positions and relationships of the sun, moon, stars, and planets in order to judge their influence on human actions. Because the study is not scientifically proven, most signs are defined on opinion. Astrology is usually represented by 12 different zodiac signs, a person's signs is dependent on the month they were born. I think the three main characters from Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 are very complex and can be defined by a single sign. I think Clarisse McClellan is a Gemini, Guy Montag is Cancer, and Captain Beatty is an Aeries. Clarisse McClellan is a Gemini because Geminis are often described to be curious, creative, and open-minded. In the book McClellan inquires to Montag,”Do you mind if I ask? How long have...
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...The New Astrology by SUZANNE WHITE Copyright © 1986 Suzanne White. All rights reserved. 2 Dedication book is dedicated to my mother, Elva Louise McMullen Hoskins, who is gone from this world, but who would have been happy to share this page with my courageous kids, April Daisy White and Autumn Lee White; my brothers, George, Peter and John Hoskins; my niece Pamela Potenza; and my loyal friends Kitti Weissberger, Val Paul Pierotti, Stan Albro, Nathaniel Webster, Jean Valère Pignal, Roselyne Viéllard, Michael Armani, Joseph Stoddart, Couquite Hoffenberg, Jean Louis Besson, Mary Lee Castellani, Paula Alba, Marguerite and Paulette Ratier, Ted and Joan Zimmermann, Scott Weiss, Miekle Blossom, Ina Dellera, Gloria Jones, Marina Vann, Richard and Shiela Lukins, Tony Lees-Johnson, Jane Russell, Jerry and Barbara Littlefield, Michele and Mark Princi, Molly Friedrich, Consuelo and Dick Baehr, Linda Grey, Clarissa and Ed Watson, Francine and John Pascal, Johnny Romero, Lawrence Grant, Irma Kurtz, Gene Dye, Phyllis and Dan Elstein, Richard Klein, Irma Pride Home, Sally Helgesen, Sylvie de la Rochefoucauld, Ann Kennerly, David Barclay, John Laupheimer, Yvon Lebihan, Bernard Aubin, Dédé Laqua, Wolfgang Paul, Maria José Desa, Juliette Boisriveaud, Anne Lavaur, and all the others who so dauntlessly stuck by me when I was at my baldest and most afraid. Thanks, of course, to my loving doctors: James Gaston, Richard Cooper, Yves Decroix, Jean-Claude Durand, Michel Soussaline and...
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...Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play written by William Shakespeare that shows the struggle of loving someone while everyone else is against it. Everyone is this wonderful play all have their own unique personalities that makes them, them. One way to describe a personality of someone is through a zodiac sign. These use the time of your birth to the types of traits you have, bad and good. Romeo is a Gemini because he is affectionate, inconsistent, and youthful. Romeo is a Gemini because he is affectionate and always looking for love. First of all, he falls in love with how a person appears. He falls in love with Rosaline without even talking to her. “Out of her favor, where I am in love”(1.1.168-173). If he never falls in love...
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...products –the Saturn microwave stand and the Gemini TV stand—have a part (no. 3079) that requires machining on a special lathe used only for making that part. At present the machine is run by Ed Szewczak, a machinist who also operates other machines in Space Age’s shop. Once set up and started, the lathe can run nearly unattended. However, the machinist must be present (even if not actually attending the machine) any time one of the machines, including the lathe, is in operation. At present, Ed works a regular 40-hour week. However, due to the workload for producing part 3079, it has been necessary to schedule frequent overtime for him in order to finish necessary parts on time. Coral Snodgrass, operations manager for Space Age, has just heard from Ed’s foremen that Ed is becoming unhappy about so much overtime. As Coral knows, Ed has been with the company a long time and is an excellent, reliable employee. Skilled machinist with Ed’s experience and employment record are extremely difficult to find. Coral wonders what can be done to alleviate this problem. Recently, Space Age began using an MRP system that has helped reduce inventories greatly and improve on-time deliveries. In fact, Space Age carries no finished-goods inventory. Instead, everything in the master schedule is being produced for customer orders, so all products are shipped almost immediately. Previously Space Age had estimated that it cost $1.25 per week to store each Gemini and $1.50 per...
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...HOROSCOPES Aries (Mar. 21- April 19) : Aries have ramlike eyebrows and smug expressions. They should not be quite so smug because they are constantly clunking themselves in the skull. Cat Stevens' "Hard Headed Woman" was probably an Aries. Aries rarely say one thing and do another. They usually do the wrong thing and don't discuss it. Never point this out to an Aries unless you want your kidneys pulled out through your sinuses. Aries folks love Pisceans because Pisces people make them feel well-grounded. Aries love to laugh at the funny moon-people who suck their thumbs at age 35. Aries use guns to describe philosophical concepts. Whether you live in a palatial estate or a cardboard tepee, you will insist until death that it is exactly what you always wanted. Most Aries were concrete parking bumpers in at least two of their past lives. Aries are never born. They skip gaily from their mothers' wombs. This may even involve rollerblades. The Aries makes life decisions as a toddler. Aries marry several times for funnies but never divorce. Their spouses have many freak accidents resulting in death or crippling injury. Being infallible, God is probably an Aries. This would make Satan an Aquarius. Aries always hold management positions. If one is assigned to clean toilets, he will form a one-man union. Then he will go and picket in the parking lot. All of you think you're Lech Walesa. People run away when an Aries comes around. They know that if they do not, the Aries will set them...
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