...------------------------------------------------- Famous the world over for his exquisite shoes, follow in the footsteps of Jimmy Choo as he shares his favourite parts of Malaysia - his treasured homeland Last updated 18 March 2010 Although I live in the UK, Malaysia is still my country, and I am passionate about it. In my new role as Tourism Malaysia Ambassador, I hope to persuade many more people to visit – it’s such a spectacular place with so much on offer. I still have lots of family there, and go over about six times a year. The people of Malaysia are very friendly and speak English well. Staff in the resorts and hotels are well trained and really look after visitors with care and attention. Whichever part of the country you visit, there’s so much for holidaymakers to do, both in peninsular Malaysia and in the separate states of Sarawak and Sabah, on the island of Borneo. Apart from its natural beauty and fantastic wildlife such as orang-utans and Sumatran rhinoceros, the country has great activities, from diving and white water rafting, to golf and bird watching. Penang I was born on Penang, so it’s one of my favourite places. Called the Pearl of the Orient, the little island has been one of Malaysia’s top tourist destinations since the 1970s, when backpackers first discovered its beautiful beaches. I can remember riding around on my moped and camping out with friends when I was a teenager. Penang is a fascinating blend of Malay, Indian, Chinese and a bit...
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...0978-114 Tamara Lang owns the store Runners World. It has been around since 1994 and at that time she specialized in providing avid runners with the shoes and advice that they needed. Having been a nationally ranked runner she had the knowledge and experience to help make the business profitable, which it was for the first five-six years. Sales have started to decline since then, and Tamara attributes some of the loss to people learning that jogging is hard on the body, especially the knees, and also people’s changing attitudes towards running shoes as either fashionable or casual shoes. In order to try and keep money coming in she has made a few changes. For shoes she mainly carries Nike, and she now offers an assortment of running accessories in addition. Now Tamara is debating whether there is a big enough market for her serious athletic shoes. Tamara was right to enter into an industry that she knows; she is able to bring very specialized products and services to her clients, and in the beginning her strategy worked. She has been moving away from that and trying to compete with chain stores like Lady Foot Locker and Wal-mart. Doing so has likely diluted her brand, and customers are confused as to what the focus of her store is. Is it high quality running shoes? Is it high quality active shoes? Or is it active shoes and accessories? Customers who are in the market for high quality running shoes now are unsure if Runners World is the right store to go to. What Tamara needs to...
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...Matt Bader Just 497-03 Professor Cunningham 2/17/16 Ethics in Practice This article discusses a dark marriage that ended in divorce between an officer from Neptune, New Jersey and his ex wife. When Philip Seidle was married to Tamara Siedle he was a police officer in the town of Neptune. The story between them ends sadly with now ex officer Philip Seidle gunning down his ex wife Tamara Seidle. Throughout the duration of their marriage Philip and Tamara had numerous phone calls to the local police department, which Philip worked at with the issue of domestic violence. It seemed as the Neptune police department had tried to keep the domestic abuse reports between the two very quiet and secretive since it had one of their own officers involved in the matter. A total of over 20 reports spanning over 80 pages have been documented from March 24, 2001 through the week before Tamara was fatally gunned down by her ex husband Philip. Chief James Hunt only released four reports that had either Philip or Tamara named as citizens all of which were not the domestic related reports. The department had good reason to try to keep quiet about the domestic issues between the two. Philip was a 22-year veteran for the department. With laws set in place the department is able to not make public records about domestic violence with the privacy protections it has. The department would not give any comments as to what the domestic calls between the two are about. With their domestic history...
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...The small, ethnically decorated room was filled with genuine laughter, echoing through the hallway. I could hear it from the outside of the building. I was introduced to Tamara, who worked at the front desk of the Middle Eastern Student Center at the University of California, Riverside. Tamara was a second-year undergraduate student at the University. She initially joined an organization called Students for Justice in Palestine, which brought her to the Middle Eastern Student Center. “I saw the opportunity to be involved in something- especially an important cause that I care deeply about, and I’m glad that I took it. It made me more aware of the obstacles my community faces,” Tamara said. Tamara and her family were originally from Palestine....
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...RoseEllen Shultz Super Nanny Assignment Parent and Child Relations February 29, 2016 Season 3 Episode 15 August 6, 2007 Amouri Family Tamara is a 31 year old stay at home mom and Michael is a 30 year old dad who runs a family business. They have four children; 4-year-old Hailey, 2-year-old twins Jianni and Julian, and 1-year-old Ashton. Tamara spends most of her day cleaning her house to the exclusion of watching the children, Hailey is stubborn, bossy and listens to inappropriate music on her mom’s mp3 player, Jianni and Julian spend most of the day doing what they want to do, Ashton crawls around unattended and plays with dangerous things in the house like unprotected plugs. While mom is focused on cleaning the house, the children leave the house and run around outside and will go to the neighbors houses. Michael often leaves the house for work and is gone most of the day and early evening. Jo, nanny, talked to Tamara about spending more time with the children and less time cleaning. She had Tamara get down to the children’s level and showed her the dangers in the house. She showed Tamara about unprotected plugs, unlocked cabinets and door knob covers for the doors. She also talked about appropriate music for her 4 year old daughter and encouraged her to support her daughter’s love of music with more age appropriate music. Jo worked with Michael in prioritizing his life. She shows him that he is neglecting his family in favor of work. Jo supported Michael in being direct...
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...International Business Management Program – Petra Christian University 2012 / 2013 Executive Summary Indonesia is known as one of the developing countries in South East ASEAN. Although Indonesia is still a developing country, it has also known as the largest economy in Southeast Asia and also a member of the G-20 major economies. At World Economic Forum on East Asia, Indonesia president said Indonesia will be in the top ten countries with the strongest economy within the next decade. In fact, nowadays Indonesia proves a very good track record in its economy. Finally, it attracts many countries to build strong relationship with Indonesia. One of the countries that have a strong relationship with Indonesia is United Kingdom. In 2006 Tony Blair, the prime minister at that time, met with Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), the president of Indonesia, and agreed upon “the establishment of a regular Indonesia-UK partnership forum”. The first Indonesia-UK forum was held in London on 31 January 2012. This forum results in stronger relationship between two countries as SBY made a state visit to the UK on October 30 to November 3, 2012. In this report, we will discuss the economic behavior of both countries. We will also examine the relationship of both countries’ economic condition. Research for this report included data of both Indonesia and England, such as the currency exchange rate between two countries, balance of payment of each country, interest rate in Indonesia and UK, inflation...
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...their subordinates, more concerned with performance of the task. In moderate control situations, they focus on group relations. They reduce the anxiety and tension of group members, and thus reduce conflict. They handle creative decision making groups well. They see this situation as challenging and interesting and perform well in it. In low control situations, they become absorbed in obtaining group support often at the expense of the task. Under extremely stressful situations, they may also withdraw from the leadership role. The book also states that some situations cannot be changed and still are effective for the group. I would give Tamara a 6 with a score of 98 on the LPC, Tamara shows strong relational traits. While this is a great trait to have, working on a numbers motivated task may require more "task oriented" traits in a leader. Tamara may help her group work better together. High LPCs are motivated by relationships. These people gain their major satisfaction in an organization from interpersonal relationships. A high LPC sees positives...
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...Employee Portfolio: Management Plan MGT/311 2015 Instructor: PAUL (TONY) MAHLMEISTER Nicolette Ruise Employee Portfolio: Management Plan The three employees that partook in the self-assessments are: Dexter, Tamara, and Melody. I (the manager) have acknowledged their strengths and weaknesses based on the assessments and I have developed a management plan that will best capitalize on their characteristic. Dexter’s assessment has specified that his job satisfaction rating is below the means. He has shown high engagement, and positive emotions when the assessment was given. Tamara recorded higher than the means. His job performance is up, and has demonstrated high engagement. Dexter also showed positive emotions during the assessment. Melody scored below the means. Her job satisfaction was low, and she is only temperately engaged. She had relatively neutral emotions while taking the assessment. The assessment results for Dexter have revealed that he might be attracted to more deviant behavior. It also seemed that he was negatively influencing others in the workplace. While Dexter and Tamara were highly engaged, this helped tremendously with positivity in performance in the organization. Dexter and Tamara are dedicated to their responsibilities; they are positively motivated, and are fulfilled with their work. Because they both showed positive emotions during their assessments, it will lead to self-confidence. It will also make their enthusiasm for...
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...professional development plan is defined as a documented goal, required skill and competency development, and objectives a staff member will need to accomplish in order to support continuous improvement and career development (Duke Human Resources, n.d.). The objective of this essay is to create a professional development plan of Learning Team Red. The development plan will be based upon the DISC Assessment each team member completed in week one of the course, Organizational Behavior. The development plan will address the behavior styles of the members individually and as a group, additionally detailing my leadership ability of the team. Learning Team Red consists of four members. Cathy Devers, Rachel Smith, Victor Torres-Rosario and Tamara Kilgore. Each were to communicate throughout one week providing their results of the DISC Assessment taken personally, with the addition of some based on the assessment completed by others the members known professionally and academically. Neither team member expressed their career goals to the team. However, it is my belief that each wish to excel in the MBA program and their respective organizations. Rachel Smith, the first team member that will be discussed did not engage in active communication. Based upon a brief description, her DISC Assessment identified her as cautious, with a substyle of master minder. Rachel did provide an example of how she interacts in her respective work place, defining her actions as “spot on” from the...
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...Technical College in Hackney, England, from which he graduated in 1983. (The college is now part of the London College of Fashion.) Choo has divulged that he worked part time at restaurants and as a cleaner at a shoe factory to help fund his college education. Jimmy Choo's beginnings can be traced back to his workshop in Hackney, North London, which he opened in 1986 by renting an old hospital building. His craftsmanship and designs were soon noticed and he came to the verge of international notability when his creations were featured in a record eight pages in a 1988 issue of Vogue. Patronage from Diana, Princess of Wales, from 1990 further boosted his image. In 1996, he co-founded Jimmy Choo Ltd with British Vogue magazine accessories editor Tamara Mellon. In April 2001, Choo sold his 50% stake in the company for £10 million. He has since concentrated his work on the exclusive Jimmy Choo Couture line produced under license from Jimmy Choo Ltd. The Jimmy Choo London line, also known as Jimmy Choo Ready-To-Wear or, simply, Jimmy Choo, is under the purview of Mellon. The ready-to-wear line has expanded...
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...In order for the fountain of youth to work they all need two different items, the Chalices of Cartagena and a mermaid's tear. The team of Blackbeard, Angelica, and Captain Jack Sparrow is the only team to successfully obtain a tear. They achieve this by capturing a mermaid. They sent out a small ship full of sailors and flashed light on them to draw the mermaids to the surface. The sailors on the boat began to talk to one another; some were scared that they might die but, one was excited to meet a mermaid. The guard on ship demands the sailors to sing. The sailors on the ship sing the last verse and chorus of the Sirens song and in a short time a blonde mermaid named Tamara appears on the surface. She asks the sailor “Are you the one who sings?” (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides). The enticed sailor moves closer to her and says yes. As he does this, his sailor friends pull him back to...
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...had been hired to revive the failing company, briskly opened the meeting with a challenge: “As we face increasing competition, we need new ideas, new energy, new spirit to make this company great. And the source for this change is you – each one of you.” He then went on to explain that under the new empowerment campaign, employees would be getting more information about how the company was run and would be able to work with their fellow employees in new and creative ways. Alex proclaimed a new era of trust and cooperation at Plumb-Quik. Maureen felt the excitement stirring within her; but as she looked around the room, she saw many of the other employees, including her friend Tamara, rolling their eyes. “Just another pile of corporate crap,” Tamara said later. “One minute they try downsizing, the next reengineering. Then they dabble in restructuring. Now Alex wants to push empowerment. Garbage like empowerment isn’t a substitute for hard work and a little faith in the people who have...
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...Full name: Le Mai Huong Class: A1 The plot development of my favourite movie: 2012 The movie starts by a scene in 2009, Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team, visits astrophysicist Dr. Satnam in India. Dr. Satnam warns that neutrinos and radiation from a solar storm are causing the temperature of the Earth's core to increase rapidly. Adrian Helmsley informs Carl Anheuser and United States President Thomas Wilson that this will start natural disasters and it’s necessary to prepare for saving a fraction of world’s population. In 2010, Wilson, along with other international leaders, begins a massive, secret project intended to ensure humanity's survival. The world’s leaders decide to build ships called “arks” to escape the cataclysm. Approximately 400,000 people are chosen to board ships that are constructed at Cho Ming valley, China. Additional funding for the project is raised by selling tickets to the private sector for €1 billion per person. By 2011, they start secretly moving humanity's valuable treasures to the Himalayas. In 2012, Jackson Curtis is a science fiction writer in Los Angeles who works part-time as a limousine driver for Russian billionaire Yuri Karpov. Jackson's ex-wife Kate and their children Noah and Lily live with Kate's boyfriend, Gordon, a plastic surgeon. Jackson takes Noah and Lily camping in Yellowstone National Park, where they meet Charlie, who hosts a radio show from the park. Charlie references a theory that suggests...
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...A clear example would already be the image used, in which the father disappointedly looks down to his two daughters wearing expensive gowns. After he had been asked about his eldest daughter’s reality show “Tamara Ecclestone: Billion Dollar Girl”, he says “with a despairing sigh” that he had watched one episode and “frowns at the memory of what he saw”. By describing him in such a negative way, the writer once again stresses on the theme of disappointment. He then goes on by stating that he had warned her daughter that “they” (the people who are responsible for the show business) were not going to let her “portray yourself really as you are” and that “there’ll be things you’d rather not show that they’ll show”. He then goes on by saying that “she believed the show was going to be about Tamara in normal life” and that “they pushed her into not being herself”. Bernie Ecclestone tries to justify his daughter’s actions by blaming the show business in which she “in the end got carried...
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...they are masters of digital communication, is that they are primed to do well by doing good. Almost 70 percent say that giving back and being civically engaged are their highest priorities.” Coupled with the socially minded millennial comes their desire to be creative. Millennials have grown up in a time where information has become available instantly. Through a Google or Wikipedia search, answers to even quite complicated questions can be found. As such, millennials have developed into a group that wants to work on new and tough problems, and ones that require creative solutions. In a 2009 article by Tamara Erickson, a millennial who had been struggling in her role, admitted to peers that, “I guess I just expected that I would get to act on more of my ideas, and that the higher ups here would have figured out by now that the model’s changing.” (Gen Y in the Workforce, Tamara Erickson, Harvard Business Review, February 2009) The millennial employee is interested in feedback on his or her performance. But traditional semi-annual reviews are too infrequent for millennials. They want to know that they’ve done a good job, and they want to know now. A 2008 article inNonprofit World provides readers with a checklist on the topic of providing millennial feedback. The list includes: give them checklists, offer plenty of help, reward them for innovating and taking appropriate risks, engage them with frequent feedback, provide them with mentors, create a collegial and team-oriented culture...
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