...coastline. Clouds surround the snow-covered summit of the tallest sea mountain on Earth. Needless to say, a visit to Hawaii's Big Island can be a humbling experience, and Hawaii accommodation opens a world of fascination! To avoid confusion with the name of the entire state, the island of Hawaii is called "Hawaii's Big Island," and what an appropriate name it is. Bigger than all of the other Hawaiian Islands combined, its sheer size can be intimidating. You'll find 11 of the world's 13 climactic zones within this island's shores. Home to numerous ancient Hawaiian temples, the birthplace of King Kamehameha I, and the landing spot for the first European missionaries, the Big Island is also an important place to learn about Hawaiian history. With so much to see, it's best to experience the island in small pieces. There's plenty of room on Hawaii's Big Island for your return....
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...Make-up Position Paper - Wk4, Ch7 - Political Participation ASSIGNMENT INTRODUCTION - SUBMIT AS MAKEUP ONLY - READ FOR AIC. Dear class, Welcome to this week's Makeup Position Paper on Public Opinion and Participation. This make-up assignment is reserved for students who have failed to submit at least one, required position paper. Students must submit two makeup position papers in order to makeup for the credit lost on one required paper. If you wish to submit this assignment, please be sure to disable the TFE and topic text links before doing so. Furthermore, be sure to submit it in the proper folder. ASSIGNMENT BACKGROUND - IMPORTANT POINTS As usual, before I direct you to the week's assignment questions, there are a few remarks I would like to make regarding important, related issues and/or background material. Please consider the comments below, which touch upon a number of topics addressed in our text and which include a number of related observations taken from my own research. Purposes of Elections Firstly, one key point to remember is that elections, originally designed in order to allow citizens to select their own leaders, are also used by governments in order to build support for their policies. This is particularly true of parliamentary governments, which generally require simple plurality votes in order to pass sweeping legislation. In parliamentary governments, political parties are represented in direct proportion to the percentage of votes that they...
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...1971 and is now one of the fastest developing coffee retailers in the world. The company now has over 8,000 company operated stores and 7,803 licensed stores in 49 countries. Starbucks has been in a steady state of development since CEO Howard Shultz in a franchise with a group of investors in 1987. Starbucks is the largest coffee bar chain in the U.S. In actual fact, they are the largest in the world, with some 2,600 stores globally. These stores all have like products that are similar in appearance. Starbucks seeks to provide the same experience to coffee drinkers in Seattle, New York, London, Kuwait City, and Taipei. Starbucks also offers services to companies to supply coffee and related items to their employees, owns a supermarket channel run by Kraft Foods, and sells its coffee and other items directly to customers through catalogs and its website. Ahead of these items, the company has an agreement with Pepsi-Cola to develop and produce bottled coffee drinks like the "Frappuccino" drinks and an agreement with Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream to produce different flavors of ice cream. Moreover, the company provides coffee service to customers like airlines and hotels. To put all this in perspective, in fiscal year 2009, Company operated retail stores accounted for about 84% of revenues. Starbucks catches the attention of near-cult followers, serving 25 million drinks a week at over 8,000 locations worldwide. The Seattle-based coffee empire was among the top 10 on Fortune’s most...
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...In the past several years, settler colonial theory has taken over my field, Native American studies. Comparative indigenous histories focused especially on British-descended “settler colonies”—Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States—have proliferated. And settler colonial theory is now dogma. At my last two conference presentations, a fellow panelist was astonished that I didn’t deploy it. My research on native New England whaling history made me more globally comparative, but it also forced a reckoning that many places experienced colonialism without an influx of foreign settlers. As scholars parse settler colonialism into its multiple manifestations, colonialism itself remains undifferentiated. One of settler colonialism’s leading theorists, Lorenzo Veracini, juxtaposes the two completely. “Colonialism and settler colonialism are not merely different, they are in some ways antithetical formations,” he wrote in the 2011 founding issue of the journal Settler Colonial Studies. For Veracini, “colonialism” apparently refers to the late 19th-century European scrambles for Africa and Asia—in popular imagery, plantation colonies where members of a white ruling class dressed in white linen lounge on the edge of a cricket field, sipping cocktails served up by dark-skinned natives. Indeed, most of the literature on colonialism explores the history of the plantation colonies of that era. Instead of casting colonialism and settler colonialism as antithetical categories, however...
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...Topics in Native Hawaiian Law – Fall 2013, Prof. Sproat Final Paper – December 20, 2013 Oliver Manglona Affording the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island’s Groundwater Constitutional Protection: A Contextual Review of Groundwater Use and Management I. Introduction Chamorro elders often speak about the abundance of freshwater when they were growing up. They established personal relationships with these waters and gave them Chamorro names. Uncle Ben from Songsong Village, Rota recalled one particular spring, which he called “Agaton.” According to Uncle Ben, “Agaton” came from Bobo Mames. Bobo in Chamorro means, “spring” and Mames means, “sweet.” Thus, Agaton refers to the “Sweet Spring.” Uncle Ben recalled that Agaton would flow directly behind his house, which fed the marshland in his parent’s backyard. He reminisced about how he and his younger brothers would often go to the marshland at night to pick Ayuyu (Coconut Crab). He then lamented, “Oh, how I miss those days.” Uncle Ben also shared that in the early 1940s almost everyone dug wells. He noted that his father and mother would walk several miles to Songsong Village to fetch pails of water from a dug-up well that had supplied the entire village before European contact, as well as during the Spanish, German, and Japanese occupations. He described it as “fresh,” “cold,” and “sweet.” He again lamented, “Oh, how I miss those days.” Uncle Ben’s recollections raise concerns regarding the future...
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...* TABLE OF CONTENTS A. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 B. BUSINESS DESCRIPTION – AN ORGANIC OPPORUNITY 4 Introduction 4 Product 4 Groundwork forthe Venture 4 Crops to be grown 5 The Opportunity 6 Our community 7 Land Use, (re)connecting to `aina (land) 7 C. INDUSTRY AND MARKET ANALYSIS 9 Growth in the organic industry 9 The Hawai`i market 9 local competition 11 Offshore organic competition 12 Farming in Hawai`i 12 Customer profile 13 Distribution mechanisms 15 D. MARKETING PLAN 16 Promotions and outreach 16 Specific segment stratigies 17 MA`O customer service philosophy 17 Promotional materials and labeling 18 Pricing 18 Distribution 19 Sales management 19 Competitive advantage 19 E. MANAGEMENT PLAN 20 Organization and board 20 Governance 20 MA`O’s position in WCRC 21 Executive management & Staffing plan 22 Cooperating experts 22 F. Operations Plan 23 Farm plan 23 Research and development 23 Crop growth 23 Harvest and quality control 24 Inventory management 24 Organic certification 24 Farmer’s markets 24 Land, Equipment, Office Space, Tools, Resources 25 Increasing youth capacity 25 G. FINANCIAL PLAN 26 Start-up 26 Accounting system & Business controls 26 Long-term sustinability 26 Proforma statements 26 H. Risk ASSESSMENT & CONTINGENCY PLAN 35 I. ENDNOTES 36 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Leaders must deal with apathy along the Leeward Coast (Wai`anae), perhaps it comes from poverty...
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...King County’s Community and Culture The Effects on Obesity King County The Oregon Territorial Legislature established King County of Washington State from a portion of Thurston County on December 22, 1852 after the Oregon Territorial Assembly (King County history quick facts, 2016). King County was first named after William Rufus King of Alabama, the vice president of Franklin Pierce; but in 2005, it was later renamed after Martin Luther King Jr. To the west of King County is Puget Sound, Cascade Mountains to the east, the Canadian border to the north and the Oregon border to the south. A magnificent 2126 square miles of land and 180.5 square miles of water surround it with natural beauty (King County, Washington, 2016). It consists of 20 school districts and 19 cities, including the largest city in Washington, Seattle. Community Assessment In 1860, King County’s population originated as 305 residents; its current population census is a remarkable 2 million, ranked the 14th most populated county in the United States (King County history quick facts, 2016). The number of households in the year 2015 was 850,932 and is estimated to increase to 906,000 in 2020. The diversified industries and populations consists of 64.8% Caucasian, 15.5% Asian, 8.9% Hispanic or Latino, 6.0% African American, and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native (American FactFinder - Community Facts, 2016). In the 20th century, King County’s population growth was an industrial divergence contributed...
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...The B Café: J H S University Table of Contents Abstract ………………………………………………………….... 3 Part 1: Competitive Advantage ……………………………………. 4 Part 2: E-Business …………………………………………………. 10 Part 3: Supply Chain Management ………………………………. 14 Part 4: Customer Relationship Management …..………………….. 17 Part 5: System Development Life Cycle ..………………………….. 19 Web site Wish list ………………………………………………… 21 Remodel …………………………………………………………… 25 Menu ……………………………………………………………… 26 References …………………………………………………………. 27 Abstract The Broadway Café has been undergoing a particular decline in sales over the last five years. The Broadway Café was established in 1952 and has not achieved any changes since the doors opened. If the company was to make an about face and show some growth some immense changes need to take place. The Broadway Café will need to consider adapting Michael Porters’ Five Forces, as well as, establish which of the three strategies it will use to restore the company for the 21st century. There are more areas that will need to be looked into such, customer loyalty programs, employee concerns and maintaining a viable advantage over its competitors. The Broadway Café has to take to introduce information technology into daily operations and application programming interface in order to stay current in today’s market. An e-business strategy...
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...Starbucks Coffee Executive Summary STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Starbucks Coffee Company is North America's leading roaster and retailer of specialty coffees. Headquartered in Seattle, WA, Starbucks has 931 retails stores and 75 major airport locations. The Company's objective is to establish Starbucks as the most recognized and respected brand of coffee in the world. To achieve this goal, the Company will continue to rapidly expand its retail operations, grow its mail order and specialty sales operations, and selectively pursue other opportunities to leverage and grow the Starbucks brand through the introduction of new products and the development of new distribution channels. Employees are one of the most important resources to Starbucks. If the company is to prosper, the employees must be treated well. All employees are eligible for Starbucks' health care and benefits package, as well as a starting wage above the minimum. Starbucks' strong commitment to the environment is guided by an environment committee. The Company endeavors to offer an environmentally safe product, as it believes that the welfare of people, plant and product are linked. Starbucks prides itself on being a "good citizen" locally and in the various coffee producing countries. They make significant contributions to local charities that focus on children, the environment, the homeless, and AIDS research/support. Financially, Starbucks has had solid earnings and returns. While still in the...
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...uniqueness and variation, so we provided only best branch from overall branches around the world. The branches that we bring in the project are mostly in Thailand, because the writer comes from Thailand and we want to promote the traveling industry in Thailand. Most of our research comes from internet sources and some in magazine and journals. We also appreciate Four Seasons Hotel and Resort that provided us useful information and advice. So, we hope that you will find a lot of useful information and trivia from our report and use those information in the future. History of Four Seasons Hotel 1961, The first Four Seasons hotel on an unlikely downtown site in Toronto, Canada. 1963, Four Seasons opened its second hotel, Toronto’s Inn on the Park. 1970, Inn on the Park London (later renamed Four Seasons Hotel London) opened, right at the start of the transatlantic jet-travel boom. 1972, Over its history, Four Seasons would make four strategic decisions that formed the pillars of its business platform. The first was about quality. 1976, The second key strategic decision that formed the business platform was about service. 1976, Four Seasons entered the US market with its first management contract, for San Francisco’s 1913 landmark hotel, The Clift. 1979, the first Four Seasons-branded US hotel opened on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. It was service that made the hotel special. 1980, The third of the four strategic decisions that formed the business platform...
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...Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 1999. 28:i–xxiii Copyright © 1999 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGICAL ENLIGHTENMENT? Some Lessons of the Twentieth Century Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 1999.28:i-xxiii. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by 197.179.183.136 on 11/03/13. For personal use only. Marshall Sahlins Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637; e-mail: m-sahlins@uchicago.edu Key Words: modernity, indigenization, translocality, culture, development n Abstract A broad reflection on some of the major surprises to anthropological theory occasioned by the history, and in a number of instances the tenacity, of indigenous cultures in the twentieth century. We are not leaving the century with the same ideas that got us there. Contrary to the inherited notions of progressive development, whether of the political left or right, the surviving victims of imperial capitalism neither became all alike nor just like us. Contrary to the “despondency theory” of mid-century, the logical and historical precursor of dependency theory, surviving indigenous peoples aim to take cultural responsibility for what has been done to them. Across large parts of northern North America, even hunters and gatherers live, largely by hunting and gathering. The Eskimo are still there, and they are still Eskimo. Around the world the peoples give the lie to received theoretical oppositions between tradition and change, indigenous culture and modernity,...
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...February 2013 US Airways and American Airlines announced their plans to merge the airlines creating the largest airline in the world. US Airways was founded in 1937 as All American Aviation and in 1996 commenced operations as US Airways with its parent company being US Airways group. The headquarters is located in Tempe Arizona. US Airways operates an intensive international and domestic network and has 198 destinations throughout North and South America, Middle East and Europe. Us Airways is a member of Star Alliance Network with a fleet of 346 mainline jet aircrafts and 256 regional jet and turbo prop aircrafts. Us Airways has a shuttle that provides hourly service between Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C. that is known as US Airways Express that is operated by contract and subsidiary airline companies. As of January 2013 US Airways employed 32,213 individuals worldwide and operated 3,028 daily flights. American Airlines, Inc. is owned by the AMR Corporation headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It operates and extensive international and domestic network as US Airways. American Airlines has scheduled flights throughout North America, South America, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia/Pacific. The Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is the airlines largest hub with American Airlines accounting for about 85% of the traffic and 83% of landing fees and travel to more destinations than any other hub. American Airlines operates maintenance bases at Tulsa, and Fort...
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...McDonald’s--The Best Restaurant in Innovation and Quality of Service 1 Findings/Research —Introduction/General McDonald’s is one of the most famous restaurants on Earth. McDonald’s operates, develops, franchises, and services a system of fast-food restaurants around the world (Fortune Homepage, April 25, 1999). Those restaurants prepare, assemble, package, and sell low-priced foods (Fortune Homepage, April 25, 1999). McDonald’s is the largest chain of restaurants with 24,500 of t hem in 114 countries (Boldt, 1999). McDonald’s has the most recognized brand name in the world, beating Coca-Cola, according to a survey by Interbrand (Murphy, 1999). Its advertising spokesman, Ronald McDonald’s, is a more recognizable figure than Santa Claus in the United States (Love, 1995). McDonald’s headquarters is located in Oak Brook, Illinois (Fortune, April 26, 1999). The first McDonald’s opened in 1940 in San Bernardino, California, by Dick and Mac McDonald (Murphy, 1999). Businessman Ray Kroc bought the rights to the franchise from them for ten years in 1955 and started McDonald’s Corporation (Murphy, 1999). He opened his first store in Des Plaines, Illinois in April of that year (Emerson, 1979). Harry Sonneborn, former vice president of Tastee-Freeze, became president of McDonald’s in 1959 (Love, 1995). Sonneborn led McDonald into the real estate business in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s by renting or buying property and leasing it to the franchisees in exchange...
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...Agriculture and Rural Development Discussion Paper 3 The World Bank Coffee Markets New Paradigms in Global Supply and Demand Bryan Lewin Daniele Giovannucci Panos Varangis First printing or Web posting: March 2004 ©The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agriculture and Rural Development Department 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20433 Agriculture and Rural Development Discussion Papers is an informal series produced by the Agriculture and Rural Development Department of the World Bank. These papers raise concepts and issues for discussion in the broader development community and describe ongoing research and/or implementation experiences from the Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions are the authors’ and should not be attributed to the World Bank, its management, its Board of Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. Some of the numbers quoted are estimates or approximations and may be revised at a later stage. About the authors Bryan Lewin was previously the Economist of the Association of Coffee Producing Countries and now works in the Agriculture and Rural Development department of the World Bank on commodities and risk management. Daniele Giovannucci is a former corporate executive and market strategies expert. He advises international agencies and governments and is a senior consultant for The World Bank Group. Panos Varangis is a Lead Economist in the Agricultural and Rural Development department of the World...
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