...Philippine politics Philippine politics now a day are full of corruption, cheating and full of shit. And at this world now elections are controlled by the people who have a lot of money also controlling the election by scaring other people. And that I can say that money is a powerful things in this world. Because of corruption Many rich people in the Philippines lack social responsibility, poor people have been conditioned that they do not have the resources required to help themselves or that change for the better is not possible since these are how things have been done ever since. It has always been this way with many political administrations in the past to the present. Limited development opportunities and options and living daily on a survival mode also breed negative attitudes such as “bahala na”, “kapit sa patalim” (living on the edge), and crab mentality (pulling others down in an effort to go ahead). I do salute and idolize Mr Marcos because of his ability to change the. Should I say world? Or people? Because of his era I can see that the people is full of respect on their own way. Yes., there’s always a corruption in terms of politics but now there’s a big difference mga gahaman at nasisilaw ang mga tao sa pera. Politics in the Philippines or in other country is a powerful because they have the power of all. They are authorized person they can do what they want yes they’re the one who create the batas. But also they are the one who violate the human laws. And also...
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...ELMIRA (WENY) - Local health care professionals, law enforcement and elected leaders gathered to to take on the question "how do we take on the opioid epidemic"?At Thursday's seminar, Put the Pill Back in the Bottle: Treating Opiod Addiction In The Southern Tier hosted by Arnot Health, almost everyone could agree, you can't arrest enough people to solve this problem. Recently, New York State has put limits on an initial prescription from a doctor to no more than 7 days worth of medicine. That way unused pills aren't floating around in medicine cabinets and the chance of addiction decreases. "It is difficult for some patients to understand why wouldn't we be more liberal with treating them for pain but if we talk to them about the guidelines...
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...World hunger World hunger is the worst problem in the world today. My goal today, is to bring to yourknowledge the facts surrounding world hunger and what you can do to help. Let’s start bydefining world Hunger. Hunger is a term which has three meanings according Oxford EnglishDictionary (1971) “1.the uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite.Also the exhausted condition caused by want of food 2.the want or scarcity of food in a country3.a strong desire or craving.” World hunger is defined by the 2nd definition on a world scale. Ithink that world hunger is an unfair problem in the world and needs to be solved. Just becausepeople have fewer opportunities than me does not mean they can suffer hunger. In this paper Iwill list statistics, other information surrounding world hunger and ways you can help so thebiggest problem in the world can be solved. In 2010 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) estimated the numberof people hungry in the world. The numbers were:578 million in Asia and the Pacific, 39 millionin Sub-Saharan Africa, 53 million in Latin America and the Caribbean, 37 million in the NearEast and North Africa and 19 million in developed countries. That is a total of 925 millionpeople in the world. World Food Programme put it in a different statistic that puts a light on justhow big the problem is. They said that 1 in 7 people in the world are hungry. That is why I careabout world hunger. 1 in 7 is hungry because they have fewer...
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...As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and lead a trail.” I’ve always been the type of person who believes individuality is what matters most. Ithink be able to choose what we do, and how we do it, nobody else. So when I decided I wanted to go to college I knew no one could change my mind, and my mind is set on this college. Pennsylvania State University is where I have wanted to go for awhile now. Applying for college is no walk in the park, and I still have a lot ahead of me to get ready. Its for this reason why I’m glad that I have started the whole process my freshman year, of highschool. There are so many colleges out there that sometimes choosing one can be overwhelming. For me the decision process was quite easy. When the topic of which college I would like to go to came up, I Instantly knew Pennsylvania State University was the path I wanted to pursue. I chose this school because I have learned, as well as been told that...
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...This case is a tricky case to think about. Quantum Software obviously wants their employees to have a good time and be able to blow off some steam on a Friday afternoon. I have split feelings on this case. I think that it is great that they give their employees a time to let some steam off on a Friday afternoon, and it is an informa levent. I agree with Bill on the other hand as well, I can see the problem he has with the employee’s safety and reputation of the company. The one part of information that is not clear is whether the company is buying the alcohol for the employees or if they are just setting up the meeting time. If they are not buying the alcohol then there is nothing they can really do about what or how much the employees drink. It would be the employees responsibility to maintain a safe drinking range. They as a person should know what is considered respectful and not respectful to themselves, the bosses, and the company’s reputation. If the employer is buying the alcohol then I would suggest limiting the purchase to only one drink per employee. That way the reputation of the company is not in jeopardy and the employees are not getting drunk on the companies money but their own if they decided to keep drinking. It is also very important that they check with their insurance and lawyer to make sure that no law suits can be brought up from this function of TGIF. This is a very tough situation to determine and not very many employers offer such a situation to employees...
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...Dynamic Model for COTS Glue Code Development and COTS Integration Wook K. Kim and Jongmoon Baik Department of Computer Science University of Southern California {wookkyuk,jobaik}@usc.edu 1. Introduction 1.1 Problem Statement and Description One of the most significant changes in the software development area is the trend of building systems incorporating pre-existing software, with special emphasis upon the use of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software components. COTS describes software commercially available as stand-alone products and which offer specific functionality needed by a larger system into which they might be incorporated. The purpose of using COTS is to lower overall development costs with involving less development time by taking advantage of existing, market-proven, and vendor supported products. But we have no control over the functionality, performance, and evolution of COTS products since their Black-Box nature. Besides, most COTS products are not designed to interoperate with each other and most COTS vendors do not support glue code (sometimes called glueware and binding code). So, most software development teams that use COTS components have difficulties in estimating effort and schedule for COTS glue code development and integration of them into application systems. Without the glue code, the components would be un-integratable and COTS-based systems can be difficult to comprehend, less evolvable than intended, and less reliable ...
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...Slide 1: Apple Inc., previously known as Apple Computer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. Their best known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad. Apple’s software includes the Mac OS X operating system, Safari web browser, iTunes media browser, iOS, a mobile operating system, and the iLife and iWork software suites, among others. Slide 2: Apple was founded on April 1st, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne to sell the Apple I personal computer kit. They sold the Apple I as a motherboard (with CPU, RAM, and basic text-video chips) and lacked basic features such as a keyboard, a monitor, and a case. Wayne sold his shares of the company for $800 before Apple’s incorporation, which was on January 3rd, 1977. Mike Markkula, a multi-millionaire, provided $250,000 in funding during that time. Apple II was introduced on April 16, 1977 and featured color graphics and an open architecture. It was also chosen to be the desktop platform for the first “killer app” of the business world – the VisiCalc spreadsheet program. This gave buyers another reason to get the Apple II. By the end of the ‘70s, Apple had a staff of computer designers and a production line. They came out with the ill-fated Apple III in May 1980 to try to compete with IBM and Microsoft. Steve Jobs and some other employees visited Xerox in December...
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...Jurnal Teknologi Full paper Improving the Inventory Levels of a Blood Supply Chain Through System Dynamic Simulation Jafar Afshar*, Narjes Sadeghiamirshahidi, Ali Reza Firouzi, Seyed Mojib Zahraee, Syed Ahmad Helmi Syed Hassan Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia *Corresponding author: amir_1065@yahoo.com Article history Abstract Received :1 January 2014 Received in revised form : 15 February 2014 Accepted :18 March 2014 The blood supply chain is a complex system with a multi-echelon structure. Hence, the integration of various interconnected elements, which should be synchronized appropriately, is a necessity to meet the patients’ requirements. The performance of the blood supply chain is a function of different variables that are dependent of each other. Therefore, the main aim of the chain is the optimization of the overall supply chain by considering the dynamic behavior of the system. The purpose of this study is to develop a system dynamic simulation model for a complex blood supply chain in order to improve the average level of inventories. The developed model is based on three echelons with a centrality on a regional blood center. The performance of the supply chain network in the current condition is investigated and based on the objectives, 17 scenarios were experimented for improving the average level of inventories to avoid outdates...
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...Henri Tam and the MGI Team : Written Case Analysis Henry Tam faced a difficult challenge as he began his business plan project with Music Games International (MGI). The root of the problem is that the company culture is not adaptive. This means that the team members do not come together and support change to enhance their productivity. In this instance, it causes the team not to be as effective as they otherwise would. During the course of the project, Henry encountered several difficulties. The group lacks an effective leader. He has to step in to establish better management of agreements and build unity and encourage collaboration through supporting, empathizing, and harmonizing. Finally, their group lacks greatly in having clear stages of development. He needs a clear understanding of the stages of group development. In order to advance the group, I recommend that they make changes in their strategy to form the cohesion in their group. First, they need to overlook personality conflicts to facilitate agreement. A group of highly talented people does not mean guaranteed success. They must delegate tasks and be consistent in their decisions. Another recommendation is to establish a clear team leader to develop credibility. This will allow the group to develop focus and influence, and motivate them to greater effort. Third, I recommend they set clear expectations and boundaries. Doing so will increase efficiency and clarify roles and agendas. Finally, they need to establish...
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...STRATEGIC MARKETING PLAN - JUST US COFFEE — Document Transcript 1. MG 511 StrategicMarketingCase Study:Marketing Planning at‘Just Us! Cafes’Lecturer: Ms. xDate: 20th Dec. 2010Name: Seánpaul WalshStudent No: X 2. Contents:1.0 External Analysis 3 1.1 Competitor Analysis 3 1.2 Specific Competitor: Kicking Horse Strategy 4 1.3 PEST 4 1.4 Porter’s 5 Forces 42.0 Internal Analysis 5 2.1 Value Chain Analysis 5 2.2 BCG Matrix 5 2.3 Revenue Analysis 6 2.4 Geographic Concentration 63.0 SWOT Analysis 74.0 Key Issues 75.0 Strategic Alternative (A) 76.0 Strategic Alternative (B) 87.0 Strategic Alternative (C) 98.0 Bibliography -9.0 Appendices - 2|P a ge 3. 1.0 External Analysis In order to develop effective strategies Just Us Café’s are required to examine the external environment in which they operate. I have carried out the following analyses: Competitor Analysis Pest Analysis Specific Competitor: Kicking Porter’s 5 Forces Horse 1.1 Competitor AnalysisCompetitor Channels Locations No. ShopsKicking Horse Coffee Shops, Gourmet West Coast, Canada N/A Stores, Restaurants Quebec & OntarioKraft Foods Stores, Universities United States MainstreamP&G Millstone Mainstream Canada & United States MainstreamNestle Mainstream Canada & United States MainstreamLowblaws Private Label Loblaws Stores Canada MainstreamJust Us! Coffee Shops, Universities, Nova Scotia, Quebec & 4 Coffee Shops & On The Gourmet Stores, Ontario Shelf SupermarketsTrident Bookseller & Cafe Coffee Shop Halifax, Nova Scotia...
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...A PROPOSAL ON HOW TO APPLY THE BALANCED SCORECARD TO THE COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT MANAGERIAL FIRMS. Muñoz Colomina, Clara I. Urquía Grande, Elena Sevillano Martín, Fco. Javier (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) PAPER FINANCED BY THE PROJECT PR1/03-11669 OF THE UNIVERSITY COMPLUTENSE OF MADRID A PROPOSAL ON HOW TO APPLY THE BALANCED SCORECARD TO THE COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT MANAGERIAL FIRMS. Muñoz Colomina, Clara I. Urquía Grande, Elena Sevillano Martín, Fco. Javier (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Collective investment companies, as other institutions in the financial sector, are actually going through moments of great volatility. Consequently these firms need to reformulate their strategic forecast for the next years. This need arises, among other factors, from the collapse of global financial markets, progressive liberalizations in tax and company regulation and the evolution in information technology. Collective investments are very appealing for small investors, as they allow them to benefit from the skills of a professional management, as well as to spread different risks with a diversified portfolio in the different mutual funds. Nevertheless in moments of crisis such as the world is experiencing now, the great volatility of markets and capital losses clearly offset the attractiveness of the portfolio management. The starting point is to take into account the new scenario now developing in collective investment management firms: increasing competence, less captive...
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...Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Evaluation Report Ontario Tobacco Research Unit November 2012 Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Evaluation Report Suggested Citation: Ontario Tobacco Research Unit. Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Evaluation Report. Toronto: Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, Special Report, November 2012. Ontario Tobacco Research Unit ii Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Evaluation Report Acknowledgements Many people were involved in the preparation of this report. Key authors are Robert Schwartz, Shawn O’Connor, Alexey Babayan, Maritt Kirst, and Jolene Dubray. Marilyn Pope, David Ip, Pamela Kaufman, and Marian Smith provided editorial comments on an earlier draft and Sonja Johnston provided production assistance. The interpretation and opinions expressed in this report are the responsibility of the Principal Investigators of the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (OTRU): Susan Bondy, University of Toronto K. Stephen Brown, University of Waterloo Joanna Cohen, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, University of Toronto Roberta Ferrence, University of Toronto, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health John M. Garcia, University of Waterloo Paul McDonald, University of Waterloo Robert Schwartz, University of Toronto, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Peter Selby, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto Ontario Tobacco Research Unit iii Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Evaluation Report Table of Contents Acknowledgements...
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...A GLOBAL / COUNTRY STUDY AND REPORT ON “ _________________________________________” Submitted to (SARDAR PATEL COLLEGE OF ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMNT) IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT OF THE AWARD FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ASMINISTRATION In Gujarat Technological University UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF Name and Designation Submitted by (STUDENT NAME) [Batch: 2010-12, Enrollment No.:2006 to 2012] MBA SEMESTER III/IV (SARDAR PATEL COLLEGE OF ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMNT) MBA PROGRAMME Affiliated to Gujarat Technological University Ahmadabad March-2012 Students’ Declaration We, __________________________________, hereby declare that the report for global country report entitled “______________________________”in (Name of the country) is a result of our own work and our indebtedness to other work publications, references, if any, have been duly acknowledged. Place : …….. (Signature) Date : (Name of Student) ------------------------------------------------------ Institute’s Certificate “Certified that this Global /Country Study and Report Titled “……………… ……………” is the bonafide work of Mr./ Ms……… …………………….. (Enrollment No………..), who carried out the research under my supervision. I also certify further, that to the best of my knowledge the work reported herein does not form part of any other project report or dissertation on the basis of which a degree or award was conferred on an earlier occasion on this or any other candidate. Signature...
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...A Study of Monetary Policy Impact on Stock Market Returns (With Special Reference to Nifty and Bank Nifty) A PROJECT REPORT Submitted by Chintan Divetia (1011416026) Submitted to Mr. Raviraj Gohil Assistant Professor Department of Finance In partial fulfilment for the award of the degree of POST GRADUATION DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT in Finance Shanti Business School, Shela, Ahmedabad. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It was a great opportunity for me to work with Sharekhan Ltd., pioneers in the field of Stock Market. I am extremely grateful to all those who have shared their expertise and knowledge with me and without whom the completion of this project would have been virtually impossible. Firstly, I would like to thank my Company Mentor Mrs. Raina Vashi who has been a constant source of inspiration for me during the completion of this project. I would also like to thank Mr. Henal Bardoliwala, Relationship Manager of Sharekhan Ltd., for supporting me to complete my project. I am thankful to all staff of Sharekhan Ltd for their valuable support and cooperation during the entire tenure of this project. I thank my faculty guide Mr. Raviraj Gohil who helped me out at every critical situation that i faced in my project and gave us his valuable advice to solve problems. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I feel great pleasure by presenting this project. As a student of PGDM of ‘Shanti Business School Ahmedabad’, there is a subject of partial training followed...
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...Pretotyping@Work Invent Like A Startup, Invest Like A Grownup Jeremy Clark Co-Founder, PretotypeLabs First Edition ! Copyright © Jeremy Clark 2012 PretotypeLabs.com AUTHOR’S NOTE This is an economics book. Before you drop it like it’s on fire and run screaming from the room, let me explain. Economics is the study of resource scarcity and choice; it helps clarify the trade-offs we face when we make decisions about where to put our time and money, when and how much we should spend or save. In the context of innovation, economics informs the type and number of innovations attempted in a given period - how bold, how aggressively pursued, and how funded. This book describes an approach to innovation decision making that can break enormously wasteful historical trade-offs in resources. The goal of this book is to enable the practical application of that approach - pretotyping - within mature companies looking to improve the effectiveness of their front-end innovation processes. My colleague and friend Alberto Savoia is the originator of the term pretotype and much of the theoretical foundation for pretotyping. For an entertaining and rapidly-digestible primer on the method, I commend his excellent book Pretotype It1. I owe Alberto - and his many collaborators at Google, where pretotyping abounds - a profound debt, and I heartily acknowledge his prior art. This book is based upon the Pretotyping@Work workshop materials I developed with Alberto that makes pretotyping...
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