...History 7 October 31 2013 The devil in the white city The novel The Devil in the White City is a 2003 literary nonfiction book by Erick Larson. The novel is based on real characters and events; it illustrates the time period surrounding the building of the World’s Columbian Exposition, or also known as the Chicago World’s fair in 1893. The Fair was considered to honor and memorize the arrival of Christopher Columbus to America. The book is divided into four parts; the first three parts of the book take place between the years of 1890 till 1893 in Chicago, while the last part of the book takes place in Philadelphia in the year of 1895. The novel recreates the lives of two separate, yet very connected men during the Chicago World’s fair. The first character we are introduced to is Daniel Burnham, who is the architect that built the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. The story explains how he overcame many obstacles and struggles that he faced during the construction of the fair. The second character is H.H. Holmes AKA Herman Webster Mudgett, the serial killer who bring fear and terror to the fair, and haunts the fair in search of his victims. With the novel explaining how a great event the World’s Columbian Exposition is, and the mention of the story of H.H. Holmes, there is no doubt that the era from 1890 till 1893 was a great time as well as an evil time for the united states. With many events that has influenced and effected the novel The Devil in the White City, the...
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...The Big Book of Huddle Energizers Ideas to enliven your huddle Contributed by employees of Citibank Singapore Table of Contents Service Value # 1 – Make Each Interaction Personal ................................................. 6 Energizer: Hebrew Numerology ................................................................................... 6 Energizer: Brain Teaser ............................................................................................... 9 Energizer: Human Treasure Hunt............................................................................... 10 Energizer: Secret Hat Trick ........................................................................................ 11 Energizer: Accentuate the Positive............................................................................. 11 Energizer: Name Game.............................................................................................. 11 Energizer: Heart to Heart ........................................................................................... 11 Energizer: Guess my Body Language ........................................................................ 11 Energizer: How to Say Hello in Different Languages ................................................. 12 Energizer: Good Morning Game ................................................................................ 12 Service Value # 2 – Maintain A Professional Image ...................................................
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... TM Now wait for 45 seconds. 30 15 Let’s do it! 1. 6. - Click once when ready. seconds left 20 35 42 41 43 44 45 2 1 3 4 5 2. 3. 4. 5. - 7. That was 8. easy! 9. 10. © Tim Pettry, 2008 Take 45 seconds to memorize these new symbols for the numbers 1 – 10. X TM Write down as many of the new symbols as you can remember? Click when ready To check answers © Tim Pettry, 2008 TM Check your answers 1. 6. - 2. 3. 4. 5. © Tim Pettry, 2008 7. 8. 9. 10. - X Click to discuss when ready TM Click Discussion How many people got all 10 symbols correct? 9? 8? 7? 6? 5 and below? Were you distracted by the countdown on the left? Are there ever distractions when we are trying to learn? © Tim Pettry, 2008 TM Click Discussion continued Which symbols do most people get right? 1 – due to repetition 10 – Its different and it represents the Roman numeral “10” 5 – Its different 7 – Its similar to the number 7 Most people look for a pattern and have difficulty finding it in a short amount of time. We are looking at the pieces rather than the whole. This is sometimes referred to as “Silo Thinking” © Tim Pettry, 2008 TM Now, for you linear thinkers… Click 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 X...
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...required to meet monthly demand | 1800 x 5 = 9000 | 1500 x 5 = 7500 | 1100 x 5 = 5500 | 900 x 5 = 4500 | 1100 x 5 = 5500 | 1600 x 5 = 8000 | | Hours produces by an operator per month | 22 x 8 = 176 | 19 x 8 = 152 | 21 x 8 = 168 | 21 x 8 = 168 | 22 x 8 = 176 | 20 x 8 = 160 | | Workers required per month | 9000 / 176 = 51 | 7500 / 152 = 49 | 5500 / 168 = 33 | 4500 / 168 = 27 | 5500 / 176 = 31 | 8000 / 160 = 50 | | Aggregate planning | Workers used | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | | Workers hired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Workers fired | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Units produced | 27*22*8 /5 = 950 | 27*19*8 /5 = 821 | 27*21*8 /5 = 907 | 27*21*8 /5 = 907 | 27*22*8 /5 = 950 | 27*20*8 /5 = 864 | | Monthly inventory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | | Units subcontracted | 1800 – 950 =850 | 1500 – 821= 679 | 1100-907 =193 | 0 | 1100-957 =143 | 1600-864=736 | 2601 | Full cost | Labor cost | 27*22*8*$4 =19000 | 27*19*8*$4 =16420 | 27*21*8*$4 =18140 | 27*21*8*$4 =18140 | 27*22*8*$4 =19000 | 27*20*8*$4 =17280 | 107980 | Material costs | 95000 | 82100 | 90700 | 90700 | 95000 | 86400 | 539900 | Hiring cost | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Firing cost | 3 x $250 = 750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 750 | Inventory carrying cost | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | Sub contracting cost | 106250 | 84875 | 24125 | 0 | 17875 | 92000 | 325125 | Total cost | 221000 | 183395 | 132965 | 108851 | 131875 | 195680 | 973766 | Minimum workforce with sub contracting strategy...
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...reading binary. Using a 7-segment display we are able to achieve that by converting the BCD value into a 7 bit output. The 7-segment display has 7 LEDs and a certain amount of voltage triggers each of the 7 segments to produce a decimal number. Procedure 1. Create a truth table for your 4 bit input and the corresponding output necessary to light the proper segments of the display. For example, if the input is represented by WXYZ and the output is identified as ABCDEFG then if the input is 0000, all outer LEDs should be lit while the middle LED should be off. Once you create the rows in a truth table for the other 9 combinations, find the function for each segment. 2. Depending on whether you are dealing with more 0s or 1s, choose NAND or AND gates to implement each segment function. 3. Wire the input DIP switches to the decoder input. Note that you have 2 3x8 decoders. You will need to use the inputs and enable lines to combine them in order to implement these 7 functions. 4. Wire the NAND or AND gates to the proper outputs of the decoders in order to implement the functions for each segment. 5. Wire the outputs of the gates to the proper pin on the 7-segment display (refer to the datasheet for the 7-segment display you are using and remember to use a resistor instead of a jumper. 6. Attach 5V to both common anode pins of your 7-segment display (refer to the datasheet for the 7-segment display you are using). 7. Demonstrate number 0-9...
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...Jackson Whitlow Week #7 Since the last midterm, I have put more focus into understanding the themes of this course and grasping a better sense of time of when these events occur. After lectures I have been typing up, reading, and highlighting the notes that I have taken from class. This has helped me prepare for the second exam because I am able to answer the questions at the beginning of the lectures and put more time and attention into the themes and readings of the class. I feel that I did sufficiently well on the midterm. I was prepared with the readings and ready to relate them to the themes of the class. I felt confident about the multiple-choice questions and with the map portion of the test. I prepared for this second midterm almost the same way I prepared for the first. I wrote down the multiple choice questions onto note cards and gave thorough descriptions about the questions, I went through the designated places for the map several times and wrote out the names to make sure my spelling would be on point. I approached the primary source documents a little bit differently than I did last time, instead of just reading the documents I went through and constantly reminded myself about the class themes and highlight specific points in the texts where I could really talk about the documents relation to the class themes. My overall grasp of the course I feel is getting significantly better, even though I have had some troubles with the weekly essays; I feel that I have...
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...Question: Explain the relationship between mercantilism, the Navigation Laws, and British efforts to create an administrative structure for their empire after 1696. A close relationship existed between mercantilism and the Navigation laws. The British authorities embraced a theory called mercantilism which was the idea that the wealth of a nation depends on its possession of precious metals and that the government of a nation needs to take full advantage of the foreign trade surplus, and promote national commercial interests, the establishment of the colonies, so on and so forth. Mercantilists believed that wealth was power and that a country’s economic wealth could be measured by the amount of gold or silver in its treasury. In order for maximum accumulation of gold or silver, a country needed to export more than it imported. The London government discouraged buying goods from other countries; Americans were expected to provide products needed in the mother country such as tobacco, sugar. The control is evident. Britain didn’t want the Americans to even think about self-government. Parliament passed laws to control the mercantilist system. They were called the Navigation laws. They were a series of English laws that required the American colonies to trade primarily with England; set duties on some goods. I imagine this upset a few colonists. Adam Smith states, “To prohibit a great people, however, from making all that they can of every part of their own produce, or from...
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...Topic Notes: Windows 8 Introduction Windows 8 in history With the rapid acceptance of small powerful touch-based devices and the rapidly growing market for such devices, Microsoft had to react by developing an operating system capable of competing, while at the same time leveraging the greater part of the existing Windows XP and Windows 7 operating system functionality. Windows 8 story – Windows reimagined On first look, Microsoft seem to have created two operating systems in one, but further examination reveals that they have simply created a new touch supporting interface which gives the user a broader range of services and features. Windows 8 supports the new immersive Windows 8 UI application type and traditional desktop applications – allowing users to work with centralized services and other remote users, and to synchronize data between their desktops and their Windows phone or cloud presence provided by the SkyDrive feature. The classic Start button has been replaced by the new Windows 8 Start screen, while the classic and familiar Windows 7 desktop is retained and continues to support traditional desktop applications. The new Windows 8 Search feature takes the Windows search service to a new level of sophistication and ease of use, and searches can be applied to the system or within the Windows 8 UI application that you are currently working on. Several features of the Windows 8 operating system are designed to operate with remote services and social networking...
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...Brand Identity “Survey of Digital Design” Gary A. Harper Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 Television is filled with reality shows. One of the most interesting and pertinent to what will be discussed is “The Celebrity Apprentice”. This seasons finalists were Academy Award winning actress Marlee Matlin and country star John Rich. For their final task they had to work on a branding campaign for 7-up. The task had them redesign packaging for the 7-up brand utilizing ideas from the past. Marlee Matlin would focus on the 70s while John Rich tackled the 80s. This “redesign” included a can and box design along with a store display, a 30 second commercial and a launch celebration to announce their campaign. This final task would help Donald Trump, the shows creator, judge and host, choose a winner. The winner was truly the audience, for we got to see a branding campaign from start to finish not once, but twice. What is a branding campaign? BusinessDictionary.com defines branding as, “The Process involved in creating a unique name and image for a product in the consumersʼ mind, mainly through advertising campaigns with a consistent theme. Branding aims to establish significant and differentiated presence in the market that attracts and retains loyal customers.” (BusinessDictionary.com) Letʼs stay with the 7-up brand and explore it in more detail. 7-up began its branding run in 1929 when Charles Leiper Grigg created the lemonlime soft drink. It was originally called, “Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime...
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...3/4/14 Business in Global Environments QuikTrip in China Many countries in Asia have seen tremendous economic growth since the 1990’s. One country in particular stands out above the rest: China. The economy of China is the fastest growing consumer market in the world. It has also grown into the world’s second largest economy by nominal GDP and purchasing power parity behind only the United States. This tremendous growth has created millions of jobs in China and has transformed one of the poorest nations into one of the wealthiest. China is also the world’s largest country with over one billion people. The Chinese people are flocking to massive cities such as Shanghai and Beijing to take advantage of all the new jobs. This large growth in major cities along with an increase in jobs has created a huge demand for products the Chinese can now afford. Foreign companies have taken advantage of this growth and have moved into China to begin selling their products. Nike, Apple, IBM, Microsoft, and many others have increased their profits enormously since establishing themselves in China. The great demand in China has even attracting small businesses to explore the option of selling their product there. One company that would do well in China is QuikTrip. QuikTrip or QT is a Tulsa, Oklahoma based chain of convenience stores. Its locations are primarily found in the Midwestern and Southern states. QT grows annually and currently has 678 locations in the Continental United States. QT...
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...systems and software applications and hardware upgrades and I/O devices provide each and every person on the planet a customized computer experience. We should thank capitalism for many of the technological advances that have come about over the past fifty years. After all, money has a tendency to flow to the products that make our lives the most enjoyable. Three of the most notable advances in computer history are servers (formerly known as mainframes), Microsoft Windows, and the Linux operating system. Each one in its own right could fill volumes. However, the objective of this paper is to simply highlight a few of the most prominent features each of these advances has to offer. We will start with the most notorious MS Windows®. Microsoft has been in the computer industry for many years, and it is one of the most well-known companies worldwide, the majority of the operating systems these days are from Microsoft. Windows 7 was a fast selling operating system, historically sold more than 240 million around the globe. Users could tell very fast that Windows 7 was easy to use, it was indeed Microsoft newest and most powerful operating system, it works with...
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...Corporation on how it can ensure its future success as a company in its current market. Through market analysis and examining business data. This paper will explain how the core microeconomic principles impact the sustainability of Microsoft Corporation and what actions it can take to ensure future success. Keywords: Microsoft Corporation, market analysis, microeconomics Microsoft Corporation Overview Microsoft Corporation is a leading developer of personal computer software systems and applications. Mainly known for the Windows operating system. The company also publishes books and multimedia titles, offers e-mail services, and sells electronic game systems, computer peripherals (input/output devices), and portable media players. History In 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen form a partnership called Microsoft, deriving the name from the words microcomputer and software. Then in 1980 Microsoft focuses on a new operating system—the software that manages, or runs, the computer hardware and also serves to bridge the gap between the computer hardware and programs, such as a word processor. It’s the foundation on which computer programs can run. They name their new operating system "MS‑DOS." On November 20, 1985, two years after the initial announcement, Microsoft ships Windows 1.0. Now, rather than typing MS‑DOS commands, you just move a mouse to point and click your way through screens, or “windows.” Bill Gates says, “It is unique software designed for the serious PC user...
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...------------------------------------------------- This lab contains the following exercises and activities: Exercise 26.1 | Using File History | Lab Challenge | Configuring the Advanced Settings of File History | Exercise 26.1 | Using File History | Overview | In this exercise, you will restore a file that is saved in File History. | Mindset | File History is an alternative to Windows 7 File Recovery. It allows for files backed up on previous versions of Windows to be recovered. | Completion time | 20 minutes | Question 1 | According to what's shown on-screen, which feature must be disabled before you can use File History? | 14. Take a screen shot of the File History window by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 26 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V. [copy screen shot over this text] Lab Challenge | Configuring the Advanced Settings of File History | Overview | In this exercise, you will configure File History to copy files in specified folders to a File History drive every 30 minutes and keep the files for one month. You will also increase the size of the offline cache to 10% of disk space. | Mindset | Windows offers various methods to back up and recover data files. File History can be configured to automatically copy files to a specified location. Then File History can be used to access an earlier versions of the files. | Completion time | 10 minutes | To complete this challenge, you must have a...
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...7-ELEVEN HOW TO TRUN THE SITUATION AROUND In April, 2011. Allen Zhang, the 7-eleven’s Chief Operator of Eastern Market in China, was standing in front of the window of his office. He was called into deep thought by the dilemma facing the company. On the video conferencing just held, headquarter in Taiwan was very dissatisfied with the poor performance of the branch office in Shanghai, which runs counter to its expectations. Allen looked at the crowded street. He found that the only 7-eleven convenience store on the street was besieged by two FamilyMart stores that were filled with customers. He couldn’t help wondering: What’s wrong with the company’s strategy that was so successful in such overseas markets as Japan, Taiwan, and US, but failed the competition in Shanghai? What contributes to the competitor’s success? Is it because the voluntary chain style that FmailyMart adopts is superior than the regular chain style that 7-eleven adopts in Shanghai? If 7-eleven were to open its market by changing the regular chain style to voluntary chain style, would it turn the situation around or would it evoke new problems? Obsessed with all of these questions, Allen realized that it is time for some changes for the company to achieve its initial goals and as the big market share as possible in this promising market. CONTEXT THE CVS (CONVENIENT STORE) INDUSTRY The prosperity of the convenient stores is because supermarkets are almost all of large scales and in the suburbs...
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... 4. Where would patch management and software updates fail under security operations management? They must ensure the patches and updates don’t affect other programs or even leave weak spots in a systems security. 5. Is there a setting in your GPO to specify how many login attempts will lockout an account? Name 2 parameters that you can set to enhance the access control to the system. Yes a. Password must meet the requirements b. Minimum password length 6. What are some Password Policy parameters that you can define for GPOs that can enhance the C-I-A for system access? c. Enforce password history d. Minimum password age e. Maximum password age f. Password must meet complexity requirements 7. What sources could you use as a source to perform the MBSA security state? Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Server 2003 8. What does WSUS stands for, and what does it do? Windows Server Update Services. It provides updates and patches for Microsoft programs. 9. What is the difference between MBSA and Microsoft Update? MBSA scans for missing updates and possible vulnerabilities, while...
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