...explains his tale, he sounds surprisingly gentle and peaceful. He did not sound like a true monster would sound. The terrible though is that, every encounter with humanity; he has been met with horror and disgust. The monster does not really mean any harm, but it's just his appearance which makes him such an outcast. He's an outcast and no fault on his own; he has never showed any kind of love or companionship. For this reason, sympathy comes along in the subject because of the life the monster has. He has been treated with such disgust and hatred all his tme and for no good reason. Other readers too probably start to sympathize the monster as well as you hear his story. You realize, the monster isn't really a monster, but sort of a confused child lost in the world. People though, would still treat him as an actual monster. The monster compares himself to those who have shunned him and really starts to believe that he really is a monster. He sees himself in a reflection and is shocked by his own appearance and is almost unable to accept it. The monster is practically a child since he was just brought to life. He is, at first, ignorant on the ways of humanity, and must learn everything from scatch just as every child does. He probably see the cottagers as superior, and blessed, even though they have shunned him because they're the ones looking at him as a creature that...
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...Life Value What is a life worth? Can it be valued, no it cant. A life is a priceless thing that no one can put a value on. The government will try and place a value on a life by using a monetary value. When families are looking for an answer after their loved one passes on, what they are doing is placing a value by looking for answers. When a tragic ordeal happens there will be lawsuits filed because people may say that they need more money. When someone places a value on a life nothing good can come of it, because something that is worthless cant have a value of any sort. The government will always try to put a monetary on a life. The human life calculator conducts how much a persons life is worth with questions about who their dependencies are and if they have a spouse. If that person has neither then they are worthless in their eyes (human life calculator). Why is it that someone can say that we are worthless, neither the government nor anyone can do such a thing. Some people nay not have kids or a spouse, but they want to leave something to their family ( i.e. parents). The article Whats a Life Worth by Amanda Ripley, stated that the government would pay out more to families that had different jobs when the attack of 9/11 happened. Its not right that a family with two children don't get enough money to strive but a family with no children get an abundance of money. "the court started to put a dollar value on a life, after death" (Ripley 1). That is when the lawsuits start...
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...Marginal Analysis - Project Paper 1 - Week 2 1. Everyone’s Gasoline problem Gasoline prices across the United States are not only dependent on the amount of crude oil available but the ability for those companies to get their crude oil to refineries to refine different blends of gasoline and sell the gasoline produced to distributors. These distributors then sell the gasoline available to consumers at the pump. There are a few problems with keeping a low price at the pump. Many companies can drill and pump for oil and ship millions of gallons of crude oil to the United States. However, being able to properly store that crude oil and having enough refineries to take the crude oil and refine it to gasoline is a huge problem as gasoline is dependent on refineries. In the Pacific Northwest are dependent on five refineries and BP, Tesoro, Shell, US Oil, ConocoPhillips refining. (1.http://waoil.org/washington-refineries/) Problems with these refineries have been a abrupt fires at the BP refinery causing a 100-day shut-down and problems with having enough capacity to produce enough gasoline to keep up with demand, which has created a production shortage. During the 100-day shortage gasoline had to be shipped in from other sources to make up the gap in production at a cost to both the producer and the consumer. Also sale of gasoline shipped to Canada, Oregon, and California have attributed to Demand Quantity of gasoline available to the consumer. In the last year gasoline prices in...
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...Toyota in Europe Kaizen “Continuous improvement. As no process can ever be declared perfect, there is always room for improvement.” From Looms to Cars: Toyota’s History Global Toyota Toyota in Europe The Toyota Production System 30 5. Customer First 34 6. Sustainability: Economic, Environmental and Social Stewardship 38 7. The Vehicle Line-Up 46 8. Motorsport & Formula One 58 9. The Toyota Work Experience 60 4 | Toyota’s European Network March 2008 edition | 3 Foreword Dear Reader, Since the early 1960’s, Toyota’s presence in Europe has grown and changed, keeping pace with the changing vehicle tastes and requirements of the European public. Since 1992, when the first of our European production facilities was opened in the UK, Toyota has invested almost €7 billion throughout Europe. We now employ approximately 80,000 people and have nine European manufacturing facilities. But the construction of vehicle and engine assembly plants is only part of the story. In 2007, we also expanded our technical centre in Belgium, investing an additional €75 million to ensure that Toyota and Lexus vehicles continue to meet the high engineering and design standards of European customers. Another major investment was the new European Global Production Centre in the UK, established for the training of production staff and supervisors from all over Europe. Toyota also continues to invest heavily in the training...
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...Gas prices are dramatically different in my 40 mile radius. Today, gas prices in Chicago off my exit for work are $3.99 a gallon for unleaded gas at the Marathon gas station at the corner of South Blue Island Ave and Western Ave (Gas Prices in 60608 Zip Code, GasBuddy). That is 50 cent savings per gallon. If I just filled up 10 gallons, which is a savings of $5. It doesn’t sound like much, but I used to fill up twice a week on my about 46 mile commute to work. For the month, that would be an estimated savings of $40 if I do not use my vehicle for anything else but work. Now my cousin Edgar, who is always thinking about the next get rich scheme, is thinking about possibly opening up two gas stations. He believes that he will make a good profit if he also sells convenience items at both of his gas stations. He found out I was taking this Economics course and figured I would be happy to help him research his idea of opening two gas stations in the area. I wasn’t too thrilled, as he always is trying to find get rich quick schemes, but this actually seemed like a legit prospect and it sparked my interest. Not that I am thinking about opening a gas station, but just what entails the gas industry. I mean, gas prices vary greatly by states, taxes, neighborhoods, and competition. Gas prices...
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...Lord Jesus. some people don'treally think they need a savior. We need a church to tell us a bout the savior accurately. True Repentance - a genuine heart without corresponding action shows ingenuineness of repentance The Great Exchange 2 Corinthians 5 16 - we regard noone according to the flesh, flesh=body, has the desire to do things. we deal with the flesh all of the time if somebody received Jesus, we refuse tolook at them at the flesh anymore for we know christ in the spirit 17 - new creation 18 - everything about you is of God if you are in Christ, all things have passed away, all things are new. we are a new creation. this is now the way that i see them because of what jesus did. the sin is dead. the old person is dead. just because we don't see it in the outside, it doesnt mean its not there are you in christ and something happened. is there something different? don't judge by the flesh. only God knows if they are really saved. you didn't measure up to get saved, you cannot measyre up to stay saved. determine your faith, not your works. v 20 - ministry of reconilitiation to tell other people to be reconciled to God 21 - the great exchange righteousness is a free girt. we did not only receive it, we become it 1 samuel 16:7 do not consider the outward appearance. the Lord does not look at the things the people look at. the Lord looks into the heart. lto look at the heart, you need to look at the spirit 1 thess 5:23 - may your whole...
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...Правительство Российской Федерации Государственное образовательное бюджетное учреждение высшего профессионального образования «Научно исследовательский университет - Высшая школа экономики» Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики Кафедра международного бизнеса ВЫПУСКНАЯ КВАЛИФИКАЦИОННАЯ РАБОТА На тему: Особенности маркетинговой стратегии компании Тойота на рынках стран Европы Студентка группы № 467 Беркович Антонина Вадимовна Научный руководитель Медведев Денис Анатольевич Старший преподаватель кафедры международного бизнеса Рецензент Карпова Наталия Станиславовна доцент кафедры международного бизнеса, д.э.н. Москва 2013 Оглавление………………………………………………………………………...2 Введение………………………………………………………………………...…3 Глава 1. Международные маркетинговые стратегии предприятия………6 1.1 Сущность понятия маркетинговой стратегии и его компоненты…………..6 1.2 Сущность понятия международной маркетинговой стратегии и ее виды…………………………………………………………………………….9 Глава 2. Маркетинговые стратегии предприятий автомобильной отрасли…………………………………………………………………………..13 2.1 Основные тенденции развития автомобильного рынка Европы………....13 2.2 Стратегии роста японских и европейских автопроизводителей…………17 2.3 Отличительные особенности и секреты успеха маркетингового поведения японских автопроизводителей………………………………………………20 Глава 3. Особенности маркетинговой стратегии компании Тойота на рынках стран Европы……………………………………………………27 ...
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...It was early Saturday morning. I decided to text my friend to see if he wanted to go to breakfast. Seconds later I got a response; he would love to. When we got to Cracker Barrel, there was a gigantic crowd. So, we decided to wait, but the entire time we were waiting, my friend, instead of talking to me, just looked at his phone. I was infuriated. And if it wasn’t bad enough already, when we got to the table, he proceeded to look at his phone almost the entire time. This is becoming a major problem among teens, as well as adults. Just last week, I was at Chey’s and I look over to the table across from me, and both women were staring at their phones and were not saying a word to each other. Is this what we really want the dinner table to look...
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...Melissa Meely dropped in to a chair in front of her manager’s cherry veneer desk. “I don't know how people with kids can do this job,” the 25-year-old radio advertising sales rep said. Her boss, Laurie Thompson, had heard such self-doubt before. Her six sales people in Connoisseur Media in Erie, in the shores of Lake Erie in Pennsylvania, often popped into her office to vent frustrations about a tough day of cold-calling. On this Wednesday in June 2006, as the late afternoon sun cast rays of light through a wall-lenght window, it was Melissa (Missi to her friends) who led the caravan into Laurie’s office. Laurie nodded. She didn't have children, devoting herself instead to a sales career, running marathons, cycling, sailing and spending tme with Chuck, her husband of nearly 20 years. “I don't think I’ll ever have kids though that would really disappoint my parents,” Missi said. “why? Because you're an only” laurie asked. Missi said her parents would be disappointed because they wanted grandkids. Then she added, almost as afterthought, “I was adopted.” From the time she was tiny, Missi knew that she was adopted. Doug and Sandy Meely were always open with their daughter about where she came from. “you weren’t had – you we chosen,” Doug would tell her. After they got married in October 1972, Doug and Sandy learnt that they were unable to conceive. But they longed for a family. So they sought out and adoption agency, went through the screening process, put their name on the...
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...well under a big mango tree. He watched her as she filled the jar and placed it on top of her head. The woman leaves and the man goes to the well and gathers water for his bull and himself while still thinking of the woman. The man then eats his dinner under the shade of the tree when the woman comes back to refill her jar. As she fills her jar the man invites the woman referring to her as Ading, to eat with her. The woman then addresses the man as Manong and thankfully refuses his invitation to eat as she herself just ate. They converse and suddenly the woman spills water all over the food and apologizes by getting him water but the Manong insists that he fetch it from the well. Ading notices Manong’s well built muscles and body as he fetches water, showing her how strong he is. He drinks his water as Ading lifts the bucket for him. The story ends with Ading inviting her to their home and Manong follows her with his cart and bull. The setting of the story was just appropriate showing the intense sexual heat and tension between the man and the woman. It was evident that these two had some attraction towards each other and had an appreciation for each other’s physical traits. Arguilla had made the story so detailed I...
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...Vi Crunch™ Protein Super Cereal & Vi Crunch™ Fusions Fact Sheet crunch.vi.com Chew your Challenge with Vi Crunch ENG ™ ©2013 ViSalus, Inc. All rights reserved. | 1 Vi Crunch ™ It’s your Vi-Shape® Shake… in a flake! Vi Crunch is an innovative protein super cereal designed to deliver the #1 thing you want from your Body by Vi Challenge™: RESULTS! It’s your Challenge goal in a bowl, complete with the delicious Sweet Cream flavor, cutting edge protein, and fiber you love in our Vi-Shape Shake… now in a flake! If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, isn’t it time we all started treating it that way? Vi Crunch is a healthy way to start your day, giving you nutrition to fuel your Challenge that’s great for the whole family. Everything you need… Nothing you don’t! Don’t be fooled by the lightly sweetened crunch flakes and almond slices. Vi Crunch™ delivers some serious nutrition to help you achieve your Body by Vi Challenge™ goals. 12 grams of Fi-Sorb™ protein blend 5 grams of prebiotic fiber Vitamins & minerals Antioxidants Rosemary and Grape seed Extracts No artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners or preservatives Only 3 grams sugar per serving Low sodium Low fat 0 grams trans fat No cholesterol No wheat or wheat gluten No lactose Caffeine Free OU Kosher certified ThIS PROdUCT IS CERTIFIEd KOShER. GOOd SOURCE OF FIBER SUITABLE FOR VEGETARIANS NO ChOLESTEROL | | | | Our “Crunch” line has been designed by the ViSalus® Scientific...
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...AMERICAN 'CULTURE' - AND ITS INFLUENCE 357 AMERICAN 'CULTURE' - AND ITS INFLUENCE Barnett Singer I T is patronizing to refer to contemporary American culture as somehow a doubtful entity, but perhaps the problem is the word 'culture' itself. Would 'mindset' do better? Maybe. However, we will stick with 'culture', identifying some salient aspects of it in today's US, which for good and/or ill, seem to exert great influence in the wider world. American 'culture' has been inextricably bound up this election year with the searing, super-reported Obama-Clinton flght for the Democratic nomination, followed by Obama's increasingly bitter joust with Sen. McCain. One aspect of American 'culture' dealt with below, a huge penchant for nostalgia, was seen in an attempt to make Obama another JEK of fresh mien and views, and his wife a second Jackie - all made more poignant by Teddy Kennedy's sudden struggle for survival. There was also an attempt to show in the pro-Hillary coalition a lineage harking back to Franklin D. Roosevelt. On the other side, there was Republican concem for maintenance of a Reaganite legacy (few wanting out loud to protect George W. Bush's). So let us identify one prevailing theme in today's America as a 'culture of nostalgia'. The US housing market or auto industry may have experienced signiflcant downturns, but this nostalgia boom shows no signs of abating. Starting with popular music: in American restaurants or supermarkets, 'oldie-goldies' became an...
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...LECTURE ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW FALL 2012 DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES WHAT MUST WE HIDE: THE ETHICS OF PRIVACY AND THE ETHOS OF DISCLOSURE ANITA L. ALLEN' I. INTRODUCTION We live in an era of persotial revelation. We are preoccupied by seeking, gathering, and disclosing information about others and ourselves. In the age of revelation, individuals and enterprises are fond of ferreting out what is btiried away. We are fond of broadcasting what we know, think, do, and feel; and we are motivated by business and pleasure because we care about friendship, kinship, health, wealth, education, politics, justice, and culture. A lot of this has to do with technology, of course. We live at a historical moment characterized by the wide availability of multiple modes of communication and stored data, easily and frequently accessed. Our communications are capable of disclosing breadths and depths of personal, personally identifiable, and sensitive information to many people rapidly. In this era of revelation—dominated by portable electronics, intemet social media, reality television, and traditional talk radio—^many of us are losing our sense of privacy, our taste for privacy, and our willingness to respect privacy. Is this set of losses a bad thing? If it is a bad thing, what can be done about it? My refiections on these questions begin with a series of diverse examples from the past several years. The examples illustrate the emergent ethos of our revelatory era. The first...
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...TOYOTA MOTOR COMPANY: AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE SUCCESS OF THE KAIZEN PHILOSOPHY Toyota Motor Company recently claimed number one spot in global sales in the auto industry. Many practitioners of the “Toyota Way” concur that Toyota is the model company to imitate, but recent years Toyota has seen a decline in their core competence of quality control. Weaknesses to social and environmental fluctuations have had negative effects on Toyota’s continued profitability. Analysis of strategy and execution precedes recommendations for improving Toyota’s implementation of its famed kaizen philosophy. CURRENT SITUATION Background Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM) is a multinational corporation with headquarters in Japan. They are the world’s most profitable automaker, now having 15% market share in the U.S. (Taylor, 2007) They sold 2.5 million cars and trucks last year alone, causing them to displace Chrysler’s Big Three position in car sales in the U.S. Soon Toyota estimates it will beat out Ford’s sales, and not too distant in the future it will beat GM as well. Toyota has an admirable presence in the U.S., and even Fortune magazine has named Toyota as one of America’s Most Admired Companies—twice in a row. Toyota has returned the gratitude from the U.S. by deciding to enter in to NASCAR racing, and also by introducing the American-targeted Toyota Tundra full-sized pick-up truck. Profitability By no means does Toyota rely solely on the U.S., as their ability to turn...
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...other countries: AIX, AS/400, DB2, IBM, Micro Channel, MQSeries, Netfinity, NUMAQ, OS/390, OS/400, Parallel Sysplex, PartnerLink, POWERparallel, RS/6000, S/390, Scalable POWERparallel Systems, Sequent, SP2, System/390, ThinkPad, WebSphere. The following terms are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States and/or other countries: DB2 Universal Database, DEEP BLUE, e-business (logo), GigaProcessor, HACMP/6000, Intelligent Miner, iSeries, Network Station, NUMACenter, POWER2 Architecture, PowerPC 604,pSeries, Sequent (logo), SmoothStart, SP, xSeries, zSeries. A full list of U.S. trademarks owned by IBM may be found at http://iplswww.nas.ibm.com/wpts/trademarks/trademar.htm. NetView, Tivoli and TME are registered trademarks and TME Enterprise is a...
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