...The existentialist theory of ethics believes that everyone is responsible for making themselves who they are, as explained by the famous philosopher Sartre – “’being precedes essence’: each human being makes himself what he is, creating, and recreating continually, himself and his world” (Rapport and Overing, 2003). Existentialism believes that the only issue is if you are in bad faith – the perception you give others is not who you truly are, your “being for self” and “being for others” are not similar. Being for self is the judgements which can be placed on you due to your previous behaviour, and being for others is the impression you leave behind to others based on your actions. In the case of the Wounded Warrior Project, the directors were...
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...to get to them but I was too weak to break my captors grasp. I cried for multiple nights, yearning for my family. Even though I was surrounded by multiple people, I had never felt more alone in my life. We were given little to no food and very little water on the ship. Many people died from starvation, dehydration, diseases, and even from suicide. I constantly heard the splashing of the bodies that the sailors would dump into the sea. Every night I would have nightmares that I was dumped into the sea. The splashing never stopped and every splash I heard gave me this awful feeling in my gut, and I could not stop asking myself ‘would I get out of this alive?’ Three weeks later on July 8th, our ship arrived at the docks of the new land. Overing hearing a couple of sailors talking, I learned that nearly three fifths of the people on the ship had died. My thoughts immediately traveled to my brothers. ‘Did they make it? If I made it, they should have too, right?’ I tried not to hope too much, in case they did not make it. Somewhere, deep inside, I knew I would never see my family again. We were taken off the ship in groups. I do not know if I was more relieved to get off the ship or more scared of what the next few hours would hold for me. When I was summoned to leave the ship, I hesitated. My hesitation caused me to be grabbed and dragged off of the ship by a white man. After not seeing the sunshine for three weeks, I was blinded coming out. The white man finally released me and...
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...LVMH Submission: Public consu lt at ion on t he Gre en Pap er f rom the Commission on policy options for progress towards a European Contract Law for consumers and businesses January 2011 EU Registration number: 16094042309-21 2 LVMH Submission Public consultation on the Green Paper from the Commission on policy options for progress towards a European Contract Law for consumers and businesses Executive Summary The LVMH Group welcomes the opportunity general contract law are creating obstacles to to respond to the European Commission’s cross-border transactions as businesses face public consultation on “policy options for a considerable administrative burden to comply progress towards a European Contract Law for with diverging national legal systems. Moreover, consumers and businesses”. LVMH supports despite international private law rules regarding the Commission’s work in the area of contract choice of law and national mandatory rules in law and supports its aim of developing cross- consumer contracts, consumers are not familiar border commerce by increasing legal certainty with their rights when shopping online and for businesses and consumers. We believe hence lack trust in online transactions. further work on an optional 28th regime is an opportunity to enable businesses to operate with legal certainty across the 27 EU Member States while ensuring a high level of consumer protection across the...
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...2. Men's Language (Excerpted from The Men's Bibliography: A comprehensive bibliography of writing on men, masculinities, gender, and sexualities, compiled by Michael Flood. 19th edition, 2008. Home URL: http://mensbiblio.xyonline.net/) a) Men and Language Note: Works on boys, literacy and language in education are listed under "Growing up Male" above. Coates, Jennifer. (2003). Men Talk: Stories in the making of masculinities. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers. 1. ‘We was Playing Naked Football the Other Night’: Introduction. 2. ‘Good Story!’: The Formal Characteristics of Male Narrative. 3. ‘So I Thought ‘Bollocks to it’: Men, Stories and Masculinities. 4. ‘Bad as My Mate’: Stories in Sequence. 5. ‘She’d Made Sardines in Aspic’: Women’s Stories, Men’s Stories and the Construction of Gender. 6. ‘I’m Quite Good at Mexican Food’: Men’s Narratives in Mixed Conversation. 7. ‘Still in Shock Weren’t You Darling’: Masculinity and the Heterosexual Couple. 8. ‘There are Problems’: Men’s Talk and Contemporary Masculinities. Cowburn, Malcolm. (2004). Men, masculinities and what men do: the relationship of critique and change (invited review essay). Sexualities, 7, 4 497-501. Edley, N. (2001a). Analysing masculinity: Interpretative repertoires, ideological dilemmas and subject positions. In M. Wetherell, S. Taylor & S. Yates. (eds.), Discourse as data: a guide for analysis (pp. 189-229). London: Sage Publications. Edley, N. (2001b). I. Conversation analysis, discursive psychology...
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...Executive Summary Toyota is arguably one of if not the most success automobile manufacturing companies in the world. With annual revenue of over $200 billion and over 300,000 employees across 27 countries, even the smallest decisions could have huge repercussions. It is the purpose of this audit to offer a in depth review and examination of Toyota’s marketing environment, objectives, strategies and activities to determine what are the key elements of their success, potential issues the need to avoid or improve on and any new opportunities to further maintain their position as industry leaders. Toyota has positioned itself as one of the automotive industry leaders with the highest market share when based on sales volumes. Toyota also maintains this strong market position across many countries. Toyota has developed a wide range of vehicles catering for all types of customers, from low to very high income, with easy access to their products thanks to a global distribution system. The company makes a strong effort to be well rounded and remains strong in innovation, brand reputation, good prices and international relationships. This strong market position is largely attributed to Toyota’s value proposition to provide customers with the best range of models, at affordable prices, all whilst maintaining our long-standing reputation for manufacturing excellence and for producing high quality vehicles that are safe and reliable. The efficiency and capacity of the Toyota production...
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...Journal of Medical Ethics 2001;27:98–103 What makes a problem an ethical problem? An empirical perspective on the nature of ethical problems in general practice Annette Joy Braunack-Mayer University of Adelaide, Australia Abstract Whilst there has been considerable debate about the fit between moral theory and moral reasoning in everyday life, the way in which moral problems are defined has rarely been questioned. This paper presents a qualitative analysis of interviews conducted with 15 general practitioners (GPs) in South Australia to argue that the way in which the bioethics literature defines an ethical dilemma captures only some of the range of lay views about the nature of ethical problems. The bioethics literature has defined ethical dilemmas in terms of conflict and choice between values, beliefs and options for action. While some of the views of some of the GPs in this study about the nature of their ethical dilemmas certainly accorded with this definition, other explanations of the ethical nature of their problems revolved around the publicity associated with the issues they were discussing, concern about their relationships with patients, and anxiety about threats to their integrity and reputation. The variety of views about what makes a problem a moral problem indicates that the moral domain is perhaps wider and richer than mainstream bioethics would generally allow. (Journal of Medical Ethics 2001;27:98–103) Keywords: Empirical ethics; general...
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...Contrast and Continuities in Society OUSCC1504 [pic][pic] [pic] Combined Studies, Sociology, Level 4 This programme is currently validated by The Open University [pic] [pic] 2014-15 [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] |Assessment type |Hand in date |Percentage of Marks |Assessment description | |Formative assessment |27 March 2015 |0% |Assignment Plan | |Summative assessment |11 May 2015 |10% |Group Presentation | |Summative assessment |25 May 2015 |30% |Individual Supporting Summary | | | | |750 words | |Summative assessment |12 June 2015 |60% |Essay 1,500 | [pic] | | |What’s the module all about? | |Module and Programme Learning Outcomes | |Assessments | |Handing in your work ...
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...behind a billion 1, smiles... DABUR INDIA LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12 behind a billion 1, , Dabur - a name, a brand, a way of life for billions of people across the globe. From its humble beginnings in the bylanes of Kolkata way back in 1884, Dabur has today emerged as a true Indian Transnational with a portfolio of products that has not just won the trust of consumers in over 60 countries but has become an inseparable part of their daily routine. Dabur has been in the business for over 127 years, yet it behaves as a young company that appeals and remains relevant to the youth, not just in India but in every part of the world. And it’s their support and trust that has helped Dabur surpass the Rs 50 billion ($1 billion) turnover mark in 2011-12. Over the years, we have learnt that to cross such far-reaching milestones, one needs not just great products, but excellence, nimble-footedness and committed channel support. But most importantly, one must establish a deep connect with both mature and young consumers - by understanding them first and then by delivering them world-class products that they can appreciate. INDEED, WE BELIEVE THAT OUR $1-BN MILESTONE IS THE RESULT OF THE BILLION PLUS SMILES OUR PRODUCTS HAVE BROUGHT TO THE FACES OF OUR CUSTOMERS. As the leading Ayurveda and Nature-based Consumer Products Company in the world, we continue to be resolved in the pursuit of excellence for delivering sustained success and continuing leadership...
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...House of Commons Health Committee Modernising Medical Careers Volume II Written evidence Ordered by The House of Commons to be printed 8 November 2007 HC 25-II, Session 2007-08 Published on 14 November 2007 by authority of the House of Commons London: The Stationery Office Limited £20.50 The Health Committee The Health Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Department of Health and its associated bodies. Current membership Rt Hon Kevin Barron MP (Labour, Rother Valley) (Chairman) Charlotte Atkins MP (Labour, Staffordshire Moorlands) Mr Ronnie Campbell MP (Labour, Blyth Valley) Jim Dowd MP (Labour, Lewisham West) Sandra Gidley MP (Liberal Democrat, Romsey) Dr Doug Naysmith MP (Labour, Bristol North West) Mike Penning MP (Conservative, Hemel Hempstead) Mr Lee Scott MP (Conservative, Ilford North) Dr Howard Stoate MP (Labour, Dartford) Mr Robert Syms MP (Conservative, Poole) Dr Richard Taylor MP (Independent, Wyre Forest) Powers The Committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No 152. These are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk. Publications The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet at www.parliament.uk/healthcom Committee staff The current staff...
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...CPS 230 DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS Fall 2008 Instructor: Herbert Edelsbrunner Teaching Assistant: Zhiqiang Gu CPS 230 Fall Semester of 2008 Table of Contents 1 I 2 3 4 5 Introduction D ESIGN T ECHNIQUES Divide-and-Conquer Prune-and-Search Dynamic Programming Greedy Algorithms First Homework Assignment S EARCHING 3 4 5 8 11 14 17 18 19 22 26 29 33 34 35 38 41 44 IV 13 14 15 16 G RAPH A LGORITHMS Graph Search Shortest Paths Minimum Spanning Trees Union-Find Fourth Homework Assignment T OPOLOGICAL A LGORITHMS 17 18 19 Geometric Graphs Surfaces Homology Fifth Homework Assignment G EOMETRIC A LGORITHMS 20 21 22 Plane-Sweep Delaunay Triangulations Alpha Shapes Sixth Homework Assignment NP-C OMPLETENESS 23 24 25 Easy and Hard Problems NP-Complete Problems Approximation Algorithms Seventh Homework Assignment 45 46 50 53 56 60 61 62 65 68 72 73 74 77 81 84 85 86 89 92 95 V II 6 7 8 9 Binary Search Trees Red-Black Trees Amortized Analysis Splay Trees Second Homework Assignment P RIORITIZING VI III 10 11 12 Heaps and Heapsort Fibonacci Heaps Solving Recurrence Relations Third Homework Assignment VII 2 1 Introduction Meetings. We meet twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 1:15 to 2:30pm, in room D106 LSRC. Communication. The course material will be delivered in the two weekly lectures. A written record of the lectures will be available on the web, usually a day after the lecture. The web also contains other information...
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...More Praise for the Second Edition of Beyond Change Management “Once again, Dean and Linda have nailed it! Beyond Change Management is an extraordinary book examining the shifts in change management that have occurred over the years. This book offers real, practical solutions for change practitioners to become extraordinary conscious change leaders.” —Darlene Meister, director, Unified Change Management, United States House of Representatives “Entering the offices recently of a highly respected Fortune 500 company, I was stunned by the enormity of change they were facing and at the same time how ill-equipped they were to deal with the challenges that lay ahead of them. They had little capacity to lead and manage the change required. And, of course, consulting firms were swarming all over them. Th ey needed this book by the Andersons to help them. In fact, Chapter Five alone on building organizational capability is worth the price of the book.” —W. Warner Burke, Ph.D., Edward Lee Thorndike Professor of Psychology and Education; chair, Department of Organization and Leadership; program coordinator, Graduate Programs in Social-Organizational Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University “Beyond Change Management is a must-read for today’s C-Suite executives and those who lead organizational change. Change is a fact of life in all successful businesses. Based on this breakthrough construct, we now view our approach to transformational change as a strategic advantage. It is a way...
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...FAMILY OF SECRETS The Bush Dynasty, America’s Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years RUSS BAKER Contents Foreword by James Moore 1. How Did Bush Happen? 2. Poppy’s Secret 3. Viva Zapata 4. Where Was Poppy? 5. Oswald’s Friend 6. The Hit 7. After Camelot 8. Wings for W. 9. The Nixonian Bushes 10. Downing Nixon, Part I: The Setup 11. Downing Nixon, Part II: The Execution 12. In from the Cold 13. Poppy’s Proxy and the Saudis 14. Poppy’s Web 15. The Handoff 16. The Quacking Duck 17. Playing Hardball 18. Meet the Help 19. The Conversion 20. The Skeleton in W.’s Closet 21. Shock and . . . Oil? 22. Deflection for Reelection 23. Domestic Disturbance 24. Conclusion Afterword Author’s Note Acknowledgments Notes Foreword When a governor or any state official seeks elective national office, his (or her) reputation and what the country knows about the candidate’s background is initially determined by the work of local and regional media. Generally, those journalists do a competent job of reporting on the prospect’s record. In the case of Governor George W. Bush, Texas reporters had written numerous stories about his failed businesses in the oil patch, the dubious land grab and questionable funding behind a new stadium for Bush’s baseball team, the Texas Rangers, and his various political contradictions and hypocrisies while serving in Austin. I was one of those Texas journalists. I spent about a decade...
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...F u r t h e r Praise for Globalization and Its Discontents " Development and economics are not about statistics. Rather, they a re about lives and jobs. Stiglitz never forgets that there are people at t he end of these policies, and that the success of a policy should be d efined not by h o w fast international banks are repaid, but by h o w m u c h people have to eat, and by h o w much better it makes their lives." — Christian Science Monitor " [An] urgently important new book." — Boston Globe " Whatever your opinions, you will be engaged by Stiglitz's sharp i nsights for a provocative reform agenda to reshape globalization. A m ust read for those concerned about the future, w h o believe that a w orld of decent work is possible and want to avert a collision course b etween the haves and the have nots." —Juan Somavia, d irector-general of the International Labour Organization " [Stiglitz s] rare mix of academic achievement and policy experience m akes Globalization and Its Discontents w orth r e a d i n g . . . . His passion a nd directness are a breath of fresh air given the usual circumlocutions of economists." — BusinessWeek " T h i s smart, provocative study contributes significantly to the o n g o i n g globalization debate and provides a m o d e l of analytical r igor c o n c e r n i n g the process of assisting countries facing the challenges of e c o n o m i c development and transformation. . . . Impassioned, balanced and i n f...
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