...Sleepless In Seattle Stacey Smith ENG225: Introduction to Film Instructor Cooper January 26, 2015 I have chosen to write about the Romantic Comedy film “Sleepless in Seattle”. This film was released on June 25, 1993. The cast members in the film are Tom Hanks (Sam Baldwin), Meg Ryan (Annie Reed), Bill Pullman (Walter), Rosie O’Donnell (Becky), Rob Reiner (Jay). It is directed by Nora Ephron, written by Nora Ephron and Jeff Arch, and the producer is Gary Foster. The major theme of this movie is about answering the question, Can True Love happen again? This is a story is centered around a man named Sam played by Tom Hanks whose wife becomes sick and passes away. Due to her passing their lives are now broken and they are left wondering how they will cope. Sam’s friends begin telling him that he will soon meet someone else, and he replies, “I’ll grow a new heart…..it only happens once”. (Hanks) Sam and his son decide to leave home and start a new life in Seattle. On Christmas Eve Sam’s son was listening to the radio and a talk show psychologist asked her listening audience what they were wishing and dreaming of during this season of hope, and the little boy called in and said his wish was for his father who had been a widow for a year and a half and he wished for a new wife for his father. Meanwhile, across the country while punching buttons on her car radio, Annie played by Meg Ryan, hears Jonah and the wish he makes, and she is immediately captivated by him and his selfless...
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...Bill Gates Extra Credit Essay By Gordon Parks Bill gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seatle, Washington. His father, William H. Gates II, is a seattle attorney and his mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher. At 13 he inrolled in the Lakeside School which is an exclusive preparatory school. When he was in 8th grade, he got a Teletype Model 33. He took an instrest in programming the GE System in basic. He was excused from math to do this. He wrote his first computer program on this machine. He had an early intrest in software and so began programming computers at the age of 13. Bill Gates became a student of Harvard University in 1973 where he met Steve Ballmer which is now Microsoft's chief executive officer and while still A Harvard undergraduate, he wrote a version of the programming language BASIC for the MITS Altair microcomputer. In 1975, before his graduation he left Harvard to form Microsoft with his childhood friend Allen. Bill Gates company, Microsoft, became famous for their operating systems and great buisness deals. Gates made a fortune from the liscensing of MS-DOS which is a Microsoft operating system. Microsoft was competing with macintosh but quickly beat them with the introduction of MS-DOS in 1985. Bill's personal life included a wife named Melinda French that he married in January 1, 1994. They have three children : daughters Jennifer Katherine Born 1996 and Phoebe Adele Born 2002 and a son Rory John Born 1999. they live in a earthed...
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...was subsequently released with a record of 62 games, 64 touchdowns and 67 interceptions. His string of injury continued to follow him during his stins with the Green Bay Packers and Jacksonville Jaguars. After he was found taking anabolic steroids and human growth hormone in 2007, his NFL career was practically over. 3. Aaron Curry, Linebacker, Seattle Seahawks Birth year: 1986 College: Wake Forest University Draft year: 2009 Overall selection: 4 The Seattle Seahawks took him in with the overall fourth in the 2009 NFL Draft. His six-year contract was worth a whopping $60 million including $34 million guaranteed – the largest amount ever for a nonquarterback in NFL history, as reported by the Seattle Times. His performance for the Seatles were far from satisfactory, resulting in his lost of starting position to K. J. Wright. In 2011, he was traded to the Oakland Raiders for a seventh-round pick. He ended up being waved by them. After being released by the New York Giants in 2013, he decided to retire from the NFL. 2. Ryan Leaf , Quarterback, San Diego Chargers Birth year: 1976 College: Washington State University Draft year: 1998 Overall selection: 2 A finalist for the Heisman Trophy, he was a standout in the 1998 NFL Draft alongside Peyton Manming. While the Indianapolis Colts wisely picked Manning - who would become one of the best quarterbacks ever, the San Diego Chargers got a player who, following his retirement, had his name attached to failed draft picks, namely...
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...In late 2003, the company of Boeing was the worst of its life. However, it was changed some market demand and solved the technology issues, then slowing to improve. According to the case study (Boeing), the six-box organisational model provides a framework that succinctly identifies the key factors at the centre of the Boeing situation. It explains the following according to Palmer et al. (2009): 1. Strategy – was to update their technology systems, downsize their operations, and re-establish relationships with their suppliers and the only feasible way costs could be cut. 2. Structure – the problem of 1994 airbus which shocked the management executives and began a series of changes that were implemented to overcome the bureaucratic structure, outdated technological systems, and unnecessary processes in a company that had reportedly changed. 3. Systems – Boeing adopted the principles of lean manufacturing and aimed to rejuvenate their reputation by making their production more efficient. The object of the project was to implement an automated system of assembly lines. 4. Style – the decision was made to diversify from the traditional commercial airline industry and the many acquisitions that were made created integration issues for the company. The aim again was to add more stability to the business by diversifying into information services and the space industry that providing services with elevated margins that would reflect on Boeing’s bottom line. ...
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...some employees have questioned the accuracy of the test and some employers note that employees can temper with the test result. Because of the accusation and confusion the department of health and human services is expected to issue its employees drug-testing guidelines by the end of the year. The guidelines will dictate certain types of jobs for which employees must always be tested (pilot, conductors) and also provide procedures for conducting tests. The federal government has Supreme Court approval for 113 drug testing programs but state law regulates private employer in the administration of their test. Some states limit testing to safety-sensitive jobs, other states require probable cause as a prerequisite for testing employees. A seatle equipment company worker complains: “ I am so tired of hearing that I have right to privacy. What about our right to safety?” But Boston executives maintain, “Individual rights are too precious to be compromised by this route. Others ways must found to combat drug problems in the work place. Donald A Smith, jr wrote for marijuana and valium,” whether it be a private or public employer, a free-for all approach to drug testing cannot be tolerated. Kim Haggart, a quality-assurance manager at dragon valves, in adopts the following position: “if the job is high-risk or safety sensitive...
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...Knowledge is the Enlightenment, Necessary for Evolution: In Plato’s, “The Allegory of the Cave,” he is explaining in dialogue with question-and- answer form with Glaucon a student questioning the nature of human beings. The analogy of the cave and the prisoners within used to explain his belief. He discusses moral and philosophical problems; the prisoner must overcome to see the light after long periods of imprisonment. The light he refers to as a fire blazing at a distance, is the light the prisoners see while a low wall is along the way. The prisoner look over the wall to find strange images that he has never seen before is compelled immediately to look toward the light. The question then is would the prisoner suffer pain from the glare brought forth by the light, Plato then explains he will require to grow accustom to the light in order to clearly see the new images. Once the prisoner becomes accustom to the sight of the upper world, he will then see the reflection of others and of himself. Plato then explains the reaction the prisoner makes and his thoughts of himself to realize the reason about his own place. The prisoner, as Plato explains, realized that this exposure of new images in the upper world are not of what he was taught to be true in his old place in the den, and the wisdom brought forth by the den along with his fellow- prisoners; merely false notions. The truth the prisoner has seen in the upper world will then become a desire to continue to seek further the...
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...Has someone ever made such a huge impact in your life? Im very certain that everyone, has had a close person to them that has changed there life in either a good or bad way. From alot of experiences i have encountered more then most kids my age have encountered, it was by certain people and situation's i put myself in because of the impact the indivuals left in my life. Theres not only one person who has made an impact in my life there is actually mutiple people, who have opened my eyes to many things. My mother is prime example in my life that no matter what life throws at you can always get through whatever it is that you give up hope , and has you feeling like you just cant make it , or that your not strong enough . she loved to tell me when i was going through a certain situation witch she helped me get through with her words. "God doesnt put things in your life that you can not handel" when im feeling like i just cant take it anymore saying life is too hard and all i want to do is cry i look up to her and she tells me Trust in God he will never forsake you , i get up wipe my tears knowing i wont be going through this for long asking God for his strength and peace. because of her words i have learned to look up to God when things are falling apart. "i can do all things through christ who strengthens me" I dont know where i would be without my mom and her words of encouragement she has...
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...Designing Wearables Richard Hurford, Adam Martin & Povl Larsen Smart Clothes & Wearable Technology Research Group, University of Wales, Newport {richard.hurford1, adam.martin}@newport.ac.uk; plarsen-pdr@uwic.ac.uk Abstract One of the perennial criticisms of work in the field of wearable technology is that nobody seems to be wearing it! This is despite stunning advances in the underlying technology. At the Ninth ISWC there was a feeling that wearable computing development needs to progress on the issue of user acceptability. This poster describes a pilot survey of designers working within the field. The results provide a snapshot of wearable technology design practice and how User Centered Design (UCD) is perceived with the field. majority answered between five and ten people, with six respondents stating they worked individually. The survey was conducted on a multidisciplinary group, with many respondents reported having more than one specific role, these were: researcher (10), textile designer (5), clothing designer (5), artist (3), interaction/interface designer (2), electronics designer (2), software designer (1), other (4), with a mean involvement within the field of 5.4 years (SD 4.09 years). 3.1 UCD and the user Respondents were asked to rate their familiarity with UCD principals, the results were: very familiar (6), familiar (9), some familiarity (8), unfamiliar (4), no knowledge (3). When asked how frequently UCD practice was encountered within wearable technology...
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...Introduction Investors are consistently looking for the perfect investments, those that yield particularly both safety and substantial returns. To obtain both of these factors in today’s market is very possible, but how does one hedge the risk involved with obtaining such an investment. To find such growth and generous yield, we must settle for investment vehicles that are extremely risky such as indeterminate emerging markets or foreign bonds. At the same time, do these investments guarantee the safety that we as investors are comfortable having? In times of uncertainty like today’s market has bred, we must look towards alternative investments that are capable of hedging risk while yielding a more than reasonable return. One alternative real estate investment that has attracted investors for many years in the United States is the commercial parking industry. Commercial parking as an investment is virtually a recession proof investment due to the nature of its industry. Although the industry demand is driven by the occupancy rates of commercial real estate, the need for parking will always exist as long as there are cities that breed jobs and suburbs that house workers. From the perspective of a conservative investor, investments that are safe from risk and show promise for moderate financial growth are generally very appealing. In terms of growth, the output of US parking lot and garage management is forecasted to grow at an annual compounded rate of 2 percent per year between...
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...Nintendo’s Strategy in 2009: The Ongoing Battle with Microsoft and Sony Persaingan supremasi pasar segmen industri konsol video game dimulai pada musim liburan 2006 ketika sony dan Nintendo melaunching konsol generasi terakhir mereka untuk bersaing dengan Xbox 360, yang telah keluar di pasar pada musim belanja natal 2005. Analisis video game dan penulis majalah gaming dan web game terpukau dengan kemampuan grafik Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3). PS3 setara dengan Microsoft Xbox360 dari fitur yang dimiliki tetapi blueray PS3 drive jauh lebih unggul dari Xbox360. Ketika Sony dan Microsoft saling terikat dalam perang teknologi , para analisis video game dan penulis terkejut oleh keterbatasan teknologi dari Nintendo Wii, yang bahkan kemampuan grafik dan prosesingnya lebih buruk dari PS3 dan Xbox dan hanya sedikit lebih baik dari generasi ke-6 microsoft (PS2). Para analisis industri dan pegamers berat melihat Wii seperti mainan, karena kemampuan grafik yang lemah serta DVD game yang sedikit dan namanya kekanak-kanakan.Beberapa analisis industry video game melihat Wii sebagai upaya terakhir dari sebuah perusahaan perebutan yang pernah mendominasi industry video game dunia dan kemudian menjadi semakin tidak relevan setelah Sony memasuki pasar dengan PlayStation pertamanya. Sebenarnya nintendo tidak setuju jika Wii tidak menawarkan kualitas gambar yang terbaik serta fitur dan kemampuan yang luas.Penurunan penjualan dan pangsa pasar Nintendo pada segmen konsol video game sejak tahun 2000...
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...BSNEU Case Analysis 2014 – Pre Test Part 3 Cà phê Trung nguyên Nhãn hiệu Trung Nguyên đang tràn ngập thị trường Việt Nam, đem đến một luồng gió mới trong xu hướng tiêu dùng và kinh doanh tư nhân. “ Tôi chưa bao giờ nghe nói đến Starbucks”, Đặng Lê Nguyễn Vũ nói, bối rối khi được so sánh với tập đoàn caphê đóng tại Seatle này. Điều này nghe có vẻ lạ kỳ đối với một người đang điều hành cả một hệ thống lớn mạnh không ngừng các cửa hàng caphê trên khắp Việt Nam này. Nhưng Vũ không thâm nhập vào thị trường nước ngoài như Starbucks. Anh tập trung vào việc thu hút những người uống càphê trong nước đến với nhãn hiệu của mình, Trung Nguyên - một cái tên giờ đây đang được treo trên khắp biển hiệu của hơn 160 cửa hàng ở thành phố HCM, Hà Nội và khắp các tỉnh thành khác. Sự phát triển của Trung Nguyên đang dấy lên một một xu hướng tiêu dùng mới ở Việt Nam, tạo ra những cơ hội kinh doanh mới, phát triển một kỹ năng marketing mới và thổi nhịp đập mới cho ngành sản xuất càphê trong nước. Nhưng chiến lược của Trung nguyên khác xa so với chiến lược của Starbucks. Trong khi công ty của Mỹ này đang thâm nhập thị trường Trung Quốc, Malaysia và Singapore với một kiểu cửa hàng bán lẻ có phong cách phục vụ và bài trí giống nhau, các cửa hàng của Trung Nguyên vẫn có những nét riêng thậm chí hơi cẩu thả bừa bãi. Các hợp đồng để trở thành cửa hàng phân phối sản phẩm Trung Nguyên bị điều chỉnh sao cho thoả mãn tình trạng của một số lớn các cửa hàng tư nhân đang tìm kiếm một cơ hội đầu tư ít vốn và giá...
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...Suede released 29th march 1993 nude records formats: lp/mc/cd (nude1lp/mc/cd) members of the band: Brett Anderson (lyrics, vocals), Bernard Butler (music, guitar, some piano), Mat Osman (Bass), Simon Gilbert (drums) producer and some piano: Ed Buller Shot in grainy fag-ash monochrome, he sits sideon with head back, long hair draped over one half of his face, filter-tip in paw, and a distant, unreadable experience in his eyes. The credit says simply: “Beckenham ‘69” Now 1969 was a strange year for Bowie. He had just been turned down by a fourth record company. His improbable, over-ambitious folk01 so young 02 animal nitrate 03 she's not dead mime trio Feathers was going nowhere. His 04 moving 05 pantomime horse 06 the drowners relationship with self-styled actress Hermione 07 sleeping pills 08 breakdown 09 metal mickey Farthingale was on the skids. And his grandiose10 animal lover 11 the next life sounding Beckenham Arts Lab – the venue where the photo was taken – was in truth just a So Young back room of the Three Tuns boozer in anderson / butler Beckenham high street. It was not a great time to be the future Thin White Duke. she can start to walk out when she wants because we're young, because we're gone But weird karma was afoot. He had written a we'll take the tide's electric mind, oh yeah? oh song called “space oddity”, Neil Armstrong was yeah fourth months away from sketching that crucial inaugural moonwalk. And David Bowie was five we're so young and so gone, let's...
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...Case 29 Starbucks’ Global Quest in 2006: Is the Best Yet to Come? Arthur A. Thompson The University of Alabama Amit J. Shah Frostburg State University Thomas F. Hawk Frostburg State University n early 2006, Howard Schultz, Starbucks’ founder, chairman of the board, and global strategist, could look with satisfaction on the company’s phenomenal growth and market success. Since 1987, Starbucks had transformed itself from a modest nine-store operation in the Pacific Northwest into a powerhouse multinational enterprise with 10,241 store locations, including some 2,900 stores in 30 foreign countries (see Exhibit 1). During Starbucks’ early years when coffee was a 50-cent morning habit at local diners and fast-food establishments, skeptics had ridiculed the notion of $3 coffee as a yuppie fad. But the popularity of Starbucks’ Italianstyle coffees, espresso beverages, teas, pastries, and confections had made Starbucks one of the great retailing stories of recent history and the world’s biggest specialty coffee chain. In 2003, Starbucks made the Fortune 500, prompting Schultz to remark, “It would be arrogant to sit here and say that 10 years ago we thought we would be on the Fortune 500. But we dreamed from day one and we dreamed big.”1 Having positioned Starbucks as the dominant retailer, roaster, and brand of specialty coffees and coffee drinks in North America and spawned the creation of the specialty coffee industry, management’s long-term objective was now to establish...
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...CHUYÊN ĐỀ 6 NỀN KINH TẾ THỊ TRƯỜNG ĐỊNH HƯỚNG XHCN, TOÀN CẦU HOÁ VÀ HỘI NHẬP QUỐC TẾ CỦA VIỆT NAM (Tài liệu bồi dưỡng thi nâng ngạch lên chuyên viên chính khối Đảng, Đoàn thể năm 2013) Phần 1 NỀN KINH TẾ THỊ TRƯỜNG ĐỊNH HƯỚNG XHCN Ở VIỆT NAM I. KHÁI QUÁT VỀ NỀN KINH TẾ THỊ TRƯỜNG Theo C. Mác, kinh tế thị trường là một giai đoạn phát triển tất yếu của lịch sử mà bất cứ nền kinh tế nào cũng phải trải qua để đạt tới nấc thang cao hơn trên con đường phát triển và nền kinh tế TBCN chính là nền kinh tế thị trường phát triển đến trình độ phổ biến và hoàn chỉnh. Nấc thang cao hơn chính là nền kinh tế cộng sản chủ nghĩa mà giai đoạn đầu là nền kinh tế XHCN. Để chuyển lên nấc thang này, nền kinh tế thị trường phải phát triển hết mức, phải trở thành phổ biến trong đời sống kinh tế - xã hội. Đây là một kết luận lý luận quan trọng. Nó khái quát quá trình phát triển của lịch sử nhân loại, trong đó, kinh tế thị trường được xác định là một nấc thang tất yếu, mang tính phổ biến. Tính phổ biến của kinh tế thị trường thể hiện ở cấu trúc khung chung cho mọi nền kinh tế thị trường. 1. Những yếu tố cơ bản của kinh tế thị trường Kinh tế thị trường nói chung bao hàm những yếu tố chủ yếu cơ bản như sau: Thứ nhất, độc lập của các chủ thể trong nền kinh tế Nền kinh tế thị trường đòi hỏi sự tồn tại của các chủ thể kinh tế độc lập dưới nhiều hình thức sở hữu khác nhau. Các chủ thể này hoàn toàn động lập, tự chủ trong việc quyết định: sản xuất...
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...TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC KINH TẾ KHOA QUẢN TRỊ KINH DOANH -------------- 2014 8888882222222222 Nhận xét của giảng viên: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… GVHD: TS Nguyễn Thanh Liêm SVTH: NHÓM QTCL3_9 QUẢN TRỊ CHIẾN LƯỢC TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC KINH TẾ - ĐẠI HỌC ĐÀ NẴNG ------------ PHÂN TÍCH CHIẾN LƯỢC CÔNG TY BOEING GVHD: TS Nguyễn Thanh Liêm Nhóm thực hiện: BOEING (Nhóm Lớp QTCL3_9) Nguyễn Phú Hảo 37K02.2 Trần Huỳnh Uyển Nhi 37K02.2 Nguyễn Trọng Nhân 37K02.2 Trần Văn Hậu 37K02.2 Nguyễn Thị Thu Huyền 37K08 Thực hiện: NHÓM DELTA AIR LINES Nguyễn Phú Quốc 35K02.1 Ngô Thị Hạnh 35K02.1 Nguyễn Thị Kim Anh 35K02.2 Nguyễn Hoàng Tuấn 35K02.2 Đà Nẵng, tháng 2 năm 2014 MỤC LỤC PHẦN A. PHÂN TÍCH LỊCH SỬ CHIẾN LƯỢC, VIỄN CẢNH VÀ SỨ MỆNH 1 I. GIỚI THIỆU CÔNG TY BOEING 1 II. LỊCH SỬ HÌNH THÀNH VÀ CHIẾN LƯỢC 1 1. Lịch sử hình thành 1 2. Lịch sử chiến lược 2 3. Kết luận lịch sử 4 III. PHÂN TÍCH SỨ MỆNH, VIỄN CẢNH CÔNG TY BOEING 5 1. Viễn cảnh 5 1.1. Tư tưởng cốt lõi. 5 1.2. Hình dung tương lai 9 2. Sứ mệnh 11 2.1. Định nghĩa kinh doanh 11 2.2. Các giá trị 12 2.3. Cam kết với các bên hữu quan. 14 2.4. Mục tiêu 15 2.5. Trách...
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