...the relationship that is used in each of these movies. The relationship she describes is the female-male relationship, which would be considered the male killer and the Final Girl (13, 14). A few traits that Connelly describes that the “final girl” has is that she is never sexually active and she often acts more like a boy than a woman. If she sees something that is not normal or is out of the ordinary then she is automatically assured to go check to see what it is which causes her to receive the traits of being smart and attentive of her surroundings (14). Clover has come to see that Laurie achieves empowerment as the final girl based on her ability to stay alive long enough to be rescued in the first film, Halloween (14). But twenty years later in Halloween H2O Laurie had become of age as the true final girl” by assuming the male characteristics of her attacker, which would be a necessary step in defeating the slasher film monster. The lessons Laurie learned in Halloween and Halloween 2 will permit her to finally triumph as the final girl by defeating the male monster in Halloween H20 in addition to her acceptance of her relationship with Michael, which is the male monster in the films (14). The significance of the final girl is more than the development of a new cinematic character that possess each of the characteristics and because of who she is or how she acts but...
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...Problem Solving Theory Doctor Hill April 6, 2015 PARADIGM SHIFT There is a whole lot of Technology that could be written about in the technology world. The one thing I believe that will have a big impact on how we live within the next 20 years, Is the personal computers. Computers will have much more memory to store the important stuff. Sooner or later they’ll become touch screen much like your phone or tablet. They are also in the works on some type of speech recognition programs. So that would also change up the way we type, and make more space. This would allow you to just speak to the computer, and it will type for you. There are many new ideas on upgrading our technology, but there is a lot of work still to be done. The main thing everybody wants is more memory. People want to be able to store all of their important documents, family photos, and movies on their computer instead of caring around an extra hard drive. Recently a technology called the cloud storage is available to store data online. There is just a little charge for it to keep up with your files and maintain the security and upkeep. This will allow you to store all your information online and there will be no need for external hard drives. So it would be one less thing people will need to keep up with. The Less things to take up space, is becoming more relevant in the technology world. So the smaller the computer is equals less room it’s going to need. It seems like there will...
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...Course Duration The course will have 45 sessions of 60minutes duration. 3. Course Contents Assignment of sessions to the modules of course is as follows: Module No. | Modules/ Sub modules | Sessions | Marks (Uni. Exam) | I | Cost Management and Cost EstimationCost and Management Accounting OverviewVarious Cost Concepts. Cost Estimation approaches, tools and techniques | 9 | 20 | II | Cost allocation and Job/ batch CostingCost Allocation, Activity Based and Target CostingJob and Batch Costing Introduction to the concept of operating costs | 9 | 20 | III | Costing MethodsOperating Costing. Process Costing and Joint and By product Costing. | 9 | 20 | IV | Management ApplicationsMarginal (Variable) Costing and Absorption Costing Decision Involving Alternative Choices and Pricing DecisionsMake-or-Buy | 9 | 20 | V | Planning, Control and Decision MakingBudgeting and Budgetary Control SystemStandard Costing and Variance AnalysisContemporary Issues like Kaizen Costing, Target Costing, Life Cycle Costing, and Cost Audit and Cost Accounting Standards | 9 | 20 | 4. Teaching Pedagogy: The course will use the following pedagogical tools: (a) Case discussion covering a cross section of decision situations. (b) Discussions on issues and techniques (c) Projects/ Assignments/...
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...Identify Your Competitive Advantage Christopher Mullins Janine Przybyl BUS 100: Introduction To Business July 20, 2013 The Cheesecake Factory Inc, is a business that knows how to utilize their strengths, capitalize off their weakness, take advantage of opportunities and evade threats. Business in a capitalism or a free market are competitive and can be brutal if you don’t do a proper S.W.O.T analysis and understand the internal and external factors that impact businesses. Even though the family’s business has alway been different and had little competition since the close of their small business in Detroit, the Overton family has had great pie. Yet, it was the relentless work ethic and the open mind to new technology that allows The Cheesecake Factory Inc. to currently have 151 restaurants under their name; not to mention being the United States distributor of cheesecakes. The way Evelyn, Oscar, and later their son, David, used the S.W.O.T analysis to build the American dream was difficult at times, but the Overton family made it look easy as a cheesecake pie. The moral and work ethic of Evelyn and Oscar was the backbone of this successful company, along with a warm, casual dining experience, and great menu options. In a free market you want to make your business and product different so that you can have an advantage; Evelyn’s recipe was this advantage. The Cheesecake Factory Inc. began in Los Angeles during 1972, where the elderly couple worked long...
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...9-802-141 REV: MAY 7, 2003 FELDA HARDYMON JOSH LERNER ANN LEAMON Endeca Technologies (A) On September 4, 2001, Steve Papa, CEO and founder of Endeca Technologies, could hear a construction worker nailing a “Commercial Real Estate Available” sign to a building across the street from his Cambridge, MA office. This had become routine, as hundreds of early stage technology companies failed to raise additional growth capital. The words of his Vice President of Marketing, Steve Sayre, warred with the sound of the construction. “I know the board is actively working on the C round,” Sayre said. “We’d better get this funding closed; I don’t think the NASDAQ is going to hold up.” Papa knew that his CFO shared Sayre’s concerns. To an even greater extent, so did he (see Exhibit 1 for NASDAQ values), because not only had the NASDAQ fallen, but so had the number of venture deals and the amount of money invested in them (see Exhibit 2). That afternoon, he and the board of his infrastructure software firm would have to decide between two term sheets, both raising $18 million but with very different impacts on the company’s current owners and customers, and on the way the company would be governed. One was an insider-led round at 98.5¢ per share that brought in a major potential customer; the other, which had arrived in the last 48 hours, was priced at $1.25 per share and had a new lead investor, but was likely to exclude the customer. Making the situation more awkward, Papa had verbally...
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...How Technology Has Revolutionized US Soccer: The History of US Soccer Imagine 100 years ago part-time players who were not dedicated to soccer representing the United States, compared to present day where some of the best players in the world extensively travel the world and compete exclusively for the United States. One of the main reasons the United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) performance has changed is due to advances in technology. One-hundred years ago soccer was almost non-existent in the United States. There were no youth soccer leagues, much less a professional one. The predominant youth sport in the US was baseball. There are youth soccer leagues all over the United States now because soccer has become much more popular. With...
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...originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems (which has since merged into Oracle Corporation) and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++, but it has fewer low-level facilities than either of them. 2. REst See also: Java (software platform) § History Duke, the Java mascot James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton initiated the Java language project in June 1991.[12] Java was originally designed for interactive television, but it was too advanced for the digital cable television industry at the time.[13] The language was initially called Oak after an oak tree that stood outside Gosling's office; it went by the name Green later, and was later renamed Java, from Java coffee,[14] said to be consumed in large quantities by the language's creators.[citation needed] Gosling aimed to implement a virtual machine and a language that had a familiar C/C++ style of notation.[15] Sun Microsystems released the first public implementation as Java 1.0 in 1995.[1] It promised "Write...
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...| Worldwide | Key people | Eric Schmidt (Chairman and CEO) Lawrence E. Page (Co-Founder and President, Products) Sergey M. Brin (Co-Founder and President, Technology) | Products | See list of Google products. | Revenue | US$23.651 billion (2009)[3][4] | Operating income | US$8.312 billion (2009)[3][4] | Profit | US$6.520 billion (2009)[3][4] | Total assets | US$40.497 billion (2009)[3][4] | Total equity | US$36.004 billion (2009)[4] | Employees | 24,400 (2010)[5] | Subsidiaries | YouTube, DoubleClick, On2 Technologies, GrandCentral, Picnik, Aardvark, AdMob | Website | Google.com | Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products,[6] and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program.[3][7] The company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, often dubbed the "Google Guys",[8][9][10] while the two were attending Stanford University as Ph.D. candidates. It was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 4, 1998, and its initial public offering followed on August 19, 2004. At that time Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Eric Schmidt agreed to work together at Google for twenty years, until the year 2024.[11] The company's stated mission from the outset was "to organize the world's information...
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...Schedule for Implementing a Driver Control Program MKTG6513 Abstract This marketing plan is used on lessening driver turnover by reducing the communication gap between drivers and dispatchers. For each of the three years of the marketing plan, a trucking company starts with$1,000,000. To prevent repeating prior mistakes which cause drivers to leave the company, effective marketing and promotion which highlight the change in hiring style need to be implemented. To be effective in a trucking company, technology plays an imperative role which is utilized very carefully in this plan to remain within the budget while using most of it. In order to retain and minimize the turnover percentage of drivers, their training is vital, so that they represent the company in a more effective manner and help the company to retain the client. Together, the relationship of drivers with dispatchers and technology suggest the company can generate profit with a moderate rate. The prevalent concern confronting the trucking business is not the mounting fuel and insurance expenses, but rather, the aptitude to entice, recruit and preserve excellent drivers. According to Keller and Ozment (1999), “[1] the cost to replace a driver has been reported to range from 3,000 to 12,000 dollars [1]” (p. 99). Where does one start to better retain a quality driver? Chances are you have many worthy drivers in your fleet, and the odds are even...
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...Computer Mario Noriega CIS 103 Abstract Computers are one of the greatest inventions in the 20th century, and they used in many fields with a lot of benefits. There are many types of computers, huge and powerful computer are employed by governments and business to perform complex tasks and store data. Computers are particular good at performing repetitive tasks at speeds far faster than any human or team of humans can. Small computers like home and personal computers can also perform domestic tasks. We will see the benefits, risk in those times, 20 years ago, and also a projection 20 years later. Computer Computer is an electronic device used in almost every field even where it is most unexpected. That is why this age is called as the as the era of information technology. And we cannot imagine a world without computers. It is made up of two things one is the hardware and other is software. All physical components of computer like keyboard, mouse, monitor etc. comes under the hardware whereas all the programs and language used by the computer are called software. These days computers are the tools for not only IT professionals, engineers and scientists but also they are being used by millions of people around the world. Computers has become very important at present because it is very much accurate, fast and can accomplish many tasks easily otherwise to complete those tasks manually much more...
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...HISTORY A legend of technology, the king of producing mobile phone…Those are beautiful words when talk about the legend named Nokia some years ago. All of the time from 1990 to 2000, Nokia became a star in the global technology: biggest mobile phone producer in the world, many biggest thing in world when talk about Nokia. At that time, the word “Nokia” can become the synonym of mobile phone. Nokia is a multinational company which has a headquater in Espoo, a city near the capital of Finland, Helsinki. Almost people think that Nokia is a mobile company but just a few people know that Nokia was a paper pulp company. In 1865, an Finnish engineer, Fredrik Idestam founded paper pulp company in Tammerkoski Rapids of South West Finland area. 6 years later, he opened a second company beside the Nokianvirta river. The name Nokia was inspired by this river name. Early time after founding, Nokia is just a multicompany. In 1898, Eduard Polón founded Finnish Rubber Works Ltd in Helsinki, which produce rubber shoes, rubber tyre. Up to now, many rubber shoes under Nokia brand still exist. Until 1912, Arvid Wickström founded Finnish Cable Works, which lay the foundation for cable business and electronic facilities of Nokia later. In 1967, three companies include Nokia Ab, Finnish Cable Works, Finnish Rubber Works Ltd were official merged. Twelve years later, 1979, Nokia founed the wireless telephone company, Mobira Oy under a joint-venture company with a top Finnish TV producer at that...
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...be baked in 10 minutes rather than the standard 20 minutes during the late 1980s | | | | a potato chip company introduces a line of its potato chips with a new type of seasoning. | | | | a major motion picture studio releases a new 3D movie. | | | | a tire manufacturer develops a tire that re-inflates itself instantly when it is punctured | | Instructor Explanation: | Chapter 3 | | | | Points Received: | 4 of 4 | | Comments: | | | | Question 2. | Question : | (TCO A) Which of the following is true about technology trajectories? | | | Student Answer: | | a technology is always replaced by a new technology after its trajectory has flattened (i.e., it has reached its performance limits) | | | | most technology s-curves last about twenty years | | | | some technologies have steeper s-curves than others | | | | a technology s progress along the s-curve cannot be sped up or slowed down | | Instructor Explanation: | Chapter 3 | | | | Points Received: | 4 of 4 | | Comments: | | | | Question 3. | Question : | (TCO B) When both Nintendo and Sega claimed to have over 60 percent market share of the video game console market, both were trying to influence _____________. | | | Student Answer: | | users perceptions and expectations about the installed base. | | | | perceived technical utility. | | | | pre-order demand. | | | | technology bias. | | Instructor Explanation: | Chapter...
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...Warfare Technology in WWII: The Atomic Bomb The most significant way that technology changed in WWII, was with the invention of the atomic bomb. A scientific advancement in the 1930’s made the atomic bomb production possible. The discovery of nuclear fission; the process in which an atom is split, and the realization that the power from this could be controlled to produce mass amounts of energy were elements of what fueled this development. Once the bombs were made and tested the decision on whether or not they should be used was given to the US president at the time, Harry Truman. Two Japan cities ended up being the main targets for the bombings and suffered great fatalities as a result. The affects of the decision to drop the bombs are still being seen today and it is still debated whether or not Truman made the right decision. Whether it was a justified decision or not, this breakthrough in technology was, and remains to be, a significant turning point in warfare. Looking closer at the decision Truman was faced with we can get a better look at why he decided to drop the bombs. The Allies were still at war with Japan, so the main idea was to drop the bombs on Japan, and weaken them enough so that they would surrender. This was seen as a better solution than the other way that the situation would have been handled – troops forcefully taking over Tokyo – because it wouldn’t be at the cost of countless numbers of soldier’s lives. Also, the bombs could inflict much...
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...Warfare Technology in WWII: The Atomic Bomb The most significant way that technology changed in WWII, was with the invention of the atomic bomb. A scientific advancement in the 1930’s made the atomic bomb production possible. The discovery of nuclear fission; the process in which an atom is split, and the realization that the power from this could be controlled to produce mass amounts of energy were elements of what fuelled this development. Once the bombs were made and tested the decision on whether or not they should be used was given to the US president at the time, Harry Truman. Two Japan cities ended up being the main targets for the bombings and suffered great fatalities as a result. The affects of the decision to drop the bombs are still being seen today and it is still debated whether or not Truman made the right decision. Whether it was a justified decision or not, this breakthrough in technology was, and remains to be, a significant turning point in warfare. Looking closer at the decision Truman was faced with we can get a better look at why he decided to drop the bombs. The Allies were still at war with Japan, so the main idea was to drop the bombs on Japan, and weaken them enough so that they would surrender. This was seen as a better solution than the other way that the situation would have been handled – troops forcefully taking over Tokyo – because it wouldn’t be at the cost of countless numbers of soldier’s lives. Also, the bombs could inflict much...
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...of 1999 began, Julie Robins, the chief investment officer of the Angel Foundation, was considering whether to invest in Accel Partners’latest venture capital fund – Accel Partners VII. Accel was seeking to raise $500 million. The Angel Foundation had been a limited partner (investor) in Accel’s previous three funds – Accel Partners IV, V, and VI. Those funds had generated returns well above those typical for venture capital funds. In fact, the net returns to limited partners on Accel Partners IV and V were running above 100% per year. Exhibit 1 provides a recent record of historical returns for venture capital funds by vintage year. While 100% plus returns were obviously spectacular, Julie was concerned that Accel had decided to raise the fees it would charge its limited partners. In its previous fund, Accel had charged a management fee of 2.5% and a carried interest (or profit share) of 25%. This already exceeded the industry standard of 2.5% and 20%. In Accel Partners VII, Accel proposed to raise the carried interest to 30% of profits. James W. Breyer, Accel’s managing partner, argued that: “the higher profit share would help it retain and attract new talent. We have the same investment team that has been investing the last three Accel funds, and at the same time, we have greatly strengthened the team with new additions ... ”2 At a 30% carry, Accel would join a select group of private equity firms that included Bain Capital, Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfied & Byers, and, under...
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