...Austin Community College George W. Bush A Life in Texas Politics Stephanie A. Wordekemper Texas Government and Local Government 2306 Stephen Black, Professor November 24, 2014 As a controversial hero of mine, when asked to write a paper on a famous Texas political figure, I found it exciting to research and submit a paper on George W. Bush. As controversial as his presidency was, Former President Bush didn’t begin his political career at the federal level, however, he was one of the most famous Texas politicians to date. George W. Bush was the 43rd President of the United States a fact everyone knows, but before going to Washington D.C., there was an entire political and educational life that would lead to him becoming President. First born in New Haven, Connecticut on July 6, 1946, to father, George H. W. Bush, also President of the United States and mother, Barbara Pierce Bush. Being the eldest to four siblings his family relocated to Midland and Houston, Texas. He attended Yale, the alma mater of his Grandfather and Father and also Harvard universities, which he seldom talks about or references. After graduating from college, Bush was commissioned to the Texas Air National Guard where he served as a F-102 fighter pilot and finished active duty in 1970. After leaving the guard, Bush became a business man working in the Oil Field in Midland after graduating with a Masters in business administration. George W. Bush met his wife Laura...
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...APPENDIX Ay-ay-aye Chiquita Ay-ay-aye Chiquita Group Members: Joann Beeler Sarah Elmoheb Francisco Olivas Leah Boswell Ashley Stuteville Marisol Hernandez Entrepreneurial Management / 8-10:20pm I. Executive Summary Ay-Ay-Aye Chiquita is a full service restaurant and a sport bar that deliverer’s a safe and fun environment for sports fans and family dinning. Our restaurant will provide Authentic Mexican Cuisine. Ay-Ay-Aye Chiquita has the opportunity to expand the sports bar/restaurant service industry by offering Authentic Mexican Cuisine in a fun energetic environment that all customers will enjoy. With a large Hispanic population and we are excited for this great opportunity. Visiting our competition, speaking with sports fans, restaurant owner, wait staff and management we have a well though plan ready for execution. The customers experience is our top priority. In order to deliver on that promise we plan to run our business efficiently by partnering with some of the business vendors both locally and nationally such as Cisco and the local farmers markets Greens Produce and Cow Towns Farmers Market. We believe these partnerships make the difference in delivering the value that we have promised to our clients. Our business will provide a wide array of activities that our customers and team members will enjoy participating in: Weekly activities at the restaurant during our peak sporting season, opportunity to give back to the community by donating...
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...Issues V. Proposed Solutions VI. Recommendations for the Executive Committee Executive Summary Obtaining a driver’s license is an important and exciting time for many young people. What’s not exciting as many have experiences is having to wait in line for hours just to obtain a copy of identification and have to wait four to six weeks to get the actual identification. Business Process Reengineering is used to redesign the way work is done to better support the organization's mission and reduce costs. Within the paper we focus on redesigning the process of the San Antonio identification office as a whole in order to achieve the greatest possible benefits to the organization and their customers. The Texas Department of Public Safety (TDPS) has been around for quite some time and has done things a certain way so implementing a change will not be the easiest task to accomplish. Their mission and goals are not only to protect and serve Texas but to combat terrorism, crime, enhance public safety and provide world class services. In recent reviews over an extended period the TDPS is face with an array of changes in service, funds, and security. The process in the way TDPS must do business is by reengineering identification process within its’ local office. This will enable the DPS to have a faster service process, increase overall wait line to 25% or more and see a Return of Investment (ROI) by moving the line fast with technological advancement. According to the Texas...
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...In African National Parks, the rangers usually have their hands full with trying to keep the poachers out of the parks and saving the animals. But they get some help from a few dogs and a few soldiers. They are known as “tracker dogs.” These tracker dogs are specially trained to track down poachers and bring them to justice. It’s extraordinary actually, the dogs that are trained are Alsatians, also known as German Shepherds. Alsatians are used instead of the bloodhound dogs because the Alsatians can handle the heat better and can track for longer periods of time (Steyn). Tracker dogs are trained to track down poachers for longer than 8 hours at a time, even in extreme weather conditions such as heat and rain (Steyn). These dogs have had successful tracks where they would chase...
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...Industry & Competitor Analysis BUS 630 – Spring 2008 Instructor: Email: Office Hrs: Course page: Russell Coff (www.bus.emory.edu/rcoff/) Russ_Coff@bus.emory.edu by appointment www.bus.emory.edu/rcoff/Bus630.html Phone: (404) 727-0526 FAX: (404) 727-6313 Revised 1/22/08 Course Overview and Objectives This course delves deeper into some strategy topics that you may have only touched upon earlier related to how firms gain a competitive advantage over rivals. In addition, since ICA tends to integrate quantitative and qualitative analysis more than other courses, you will have the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills you've gained across the curriculum (e.g., from finance, ISOM, Marketing, O&M, and Strategy). Building Competitive Advantage The broad focus of the course is on building competitive advantage with special emphasis on how firms can gain access to new resources or capabilities that may grant a competitive edge. We explore strategic investments that are required to compete effectively in uncertain and turbulent environments. Managers often throw up their hands and argue that planning isn’t useful when the landscape is shifting rapidly. However, with the right set of tools, strategic management can have an even greater impact in this setting. We place special emphasis on competitive advantages that stem from valuable and hard-toimitate resources or capabilities. Accordingly, we will focus much of our energy on the question of how to build, acquire or ally to gain...
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... He knew their faces so well they were like brothers. The older guys on this crew, like Eversmann, a staff sergeant with five years in at age twenty-six, had lived and trained together for years. Some had come up together through basic training, jump school, and Ranger school. They had traveled the world, to Korea, Thailand, Central America... they knew each other better than most brothers did. They'd been drunk together, gotten into fights, slept on forest floors, jumped out of airplanes, climbed mountains, shot down foaming rivers with their hearts in their throats, baked and frozen and starved together, passed countless bored hours, teased one another endlessly about girlfriends or lack of same, driven in the middle of the night from Fort Benning to retrieve each other from some diner or strip club on Victory Drive after getting drunk and falling asleep or pissing off some barkeep. Through all those things, they had been training for a moment like this. It was the first time the lanky sergeant had been put in charge, and he was nervous about it. Pray for us sinners, now, and at the hour of our death, Amen. It was midafternoon, October 3, 1993. Eversmann's Chalk Four was part of a force of U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force operators who were about to drop in uninvited on a gathering of Habr Gidr clan leaders in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. This ragged clan, led by warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, had picked a fight with the United States of America, and it was, without...
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...| Hospitality and Restaurant Management As an In-Demand Course: | A Survey Study | | Peter Jay Obillo | 10/1/2013 | | CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM Background of the Study In the annual rate of enrollees at Panpacific University North Philippines, The College of Hotel and Restaurant Management takes the place of one of the courses that has a high percentage of enrollments every year in the other courses offered. This result shows that many students are giving interest of taking up Hotel and Restaurant Management course. Hospitality Management is one of the courses that is in-demand in the Philippines and all around the world. The program has a very broad scope of subject and skills to be learned, it may come in many names; these are food and beverage, hospitality management, and travel and tourism business, cruise line and maritime. Here are some factors why Hotel and Restaurant Management course is in-Demand: 1.)Wide Range of Opportunities- Hospitality Industry is very huge. You can find different Hospitality companies anywhere in the globe. Because of this you will Have Unlimited opportunities for your career. You can choose to work in your local or find jobs abroad. 2.)Different Career Path- Graduates who study Hotel and Restaurant Management choose a career based on their expertise or shift to another field related to Hospitality Management. You can be a Restaurant Manager, Hotel Manager or any career that is related in hospitality industry. 3.)High...
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...Introduction The term “drone” covers a wide variety of unmanned aerial vehicles. Drones range in size from one pound to 30,000 pounds. Various components can be added to a drone to increase its capability. Drones can be heat-seeking or capable of detecting certain chemicals, for example. Because of the variety of functions of drones, there is a great deal of interest in both public and private sectors in expanding drone usage. As drone use evolves in the United States, there are many legal ramifications to consider. This paper discusses current drone use, the future of drones, and the legal issues involved. Government Drone Use Drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) have shifted the defense landscape not only in the US but also across various other nations. It is an additional layer of defense strategy that deviates from the traditional methods employed thus far. Although they may be used in strategically planned strikes, their primary purpose is in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). The US amongst other countries has been spearheading the advancement and use of this growing technology for the last decade. The Department of Defense operates approximately 8000 of these vehicles in their fleet. The use of drones by the US department of Defense is only one arm of the several other that is operated by the government. Customs and Border Protection Agency, Homeland Security, State fire departments and police departments are other significant users of this...
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...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 trying to find accurate information on Bush’s record in the Texas National Guard. My curiosity had been prompted by his failure to adequately answer a question I had asked him as a panelist in a televised debate with Ann Richards during the 1994 gubernatorial campaign. Eventually I published three books on Bush and his political consigliere, Karl Rove. During Bush’s presidency, many other...
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...Research Paper: Final On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda, hijacked four American planes and executed pre-engineered terrorist attacks against various targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown directly into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. A third plane then hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, DC, and the fourth and final plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Now referred to as 9/11, the attacks resulted in extensive destruction, over 3000 merciless deaths in New York City and Washington, and triggered the driving force behind major US initiatives to combat terrorism. Also, may view this horrific event as a defining moment in the presidency of George W. Bush. The first strike was on the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Flight 11, a Boeing 747 carrying 76,000 pounds of jet fuel and 92 passengers, was overtaken by five Arabic passengers, that was later discovered to have worked directly with al-Qaida leader, Osama bin Laden to both plan and give life to this attack. At 7:40 am the flight departed from Boston as normal, the flight maintained its course for the first thirteen minutes. Following this, the crew was not acknowledging communications with the FAA. Several attempts were made to communicate with the crew but no reply was received, with the exception of the sound of static and was thought to be a scream. Connection was finally made at 8:18am to Cary, North Carolina...
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...made stable democracy more likely. Statistically, the historic prevalence of Protestant missionaries explains about half the variation in democracy in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania and removes the impact of most variables that dominate current statistical research about democracy. The association between Protestant missions and democracy is consistent in different continents and subsamples, and it is robust to more than 50 controls and to instrumental variable analyses. ocial scientists tend to ignore religion in the processes of post-Enlightenment modernization. In individual cases and events, the role of religious actors is clear—especially in the primary documents. Yet in broad histories and comparative analyses, religious groups are pushed to the periphery, only to pop out like a jack-in-the-box from time to time to surprise and scare people and then shrink back into their box to let the important historical changes be directed by “secular” actors and forces (Butler 2004). Yet integrating religious actors and motivations into narratives about the rise and spread of both Western modernity and democracy helps solve perennial problems that plague current research. In fact, most research on democracy and other macro historical changes has...
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...Ship Design and Construction Written by an International Group of Authorities Thomas Lamb, Editor Volume II Y OF NA IET VA C O L CHITECT AR S & RINE E NG MA I The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers 601 Pavonia Avenue • Jersey City, NJ • 07306 THE ERS S NE • Published in 2004 by Copyright © 2004 The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. ISBN 0-939773-41-4 The opinions or assertions of the authors herein are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of SNAME. It is understood and agreed that nothing expressed herein is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm, or corporation any right, remedy, or claim against SNAME or any of its officers or members. Design by Andrew MacBride. Printed in the United States of America by Sheridan Books. Contents Acknowledgments ix xv Author Biographies for Volume II Chapter 27 Multipurpose Cargo Ships 27.1 Description 27-1 27.4 References 27-35 Horst Linde, Berlin University of Technology, Faculty of Transport Technology, Institute of Land and Sea Transport, Germany 27.2 Design Issues 27-28 27.3 Ship Characteristics 27-35 Chapter 28 Reefer Ships Allan M. Friis, The Technical University of Denmark, Denmark 28.3 Design Issues 28-26 28.1 Description 28-1 28.2 System Design 28-8 28.4 Ship Characteristics 28-27 Chapter 29 Oil Tankers Michael Osborne, Shell International Trading and Shipping, UK, and R. Keith Michel, Herbert Engineering...
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...CSS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE MCQS General Knowledge Q/A Q/A 1. The river Danube rises in which country? Germany. 2. Which US state has the sugar maple as its state tree and is the leading US producer of maple sugar? Vermont. 3. Which country is nicknamed ‘The Cockpit of Europe’ because of the number of battles throughout history fought on its soil? Belgium. 4. What is the capital of Libya? Tripoli. 5. Apart from French, German and Romansch, what is the fourth official language of the Switzerland? Italian. 6. Which country is the world’s largest producer of coffee? Brazil. 7. In which city was the world’s first underground train was service opened in 1863? London. 8. How many pairs of ribs are there in the human body? 12. 9. Which country is separated form Ethiopia by the Red Sea? Yemen. 10. What is the main port of Italy? Genoa. 11. Mount Logan is the highest peak in which country? Canada. 12. In which state is Harvard University? New Jersey. 13. Which is larger: Norway or Finland? Finland. 14. Which city was the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy until 1865? Turin. 15. What is measured by an ammeter? Electric current. 16. What is a rhinoceros horn made of? Hair. 17. Which three countries, apart from the former Yugoslavia, share borders with Greece? Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey. 18. The Palk Strait separates which two countries? India and Sri Lanka. 19. Ga is the symbol for which element? Gallium. 20....
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...Work Contracted for the H2O Corporation Table of Contents Background & Introduction Outline and Review of HRIS Systems Explanation of Manpower and Technology Needed to Operate HRIS Assessment of the importance of the HRIS function within an organization Metrics HRIS system can produce for the organization Best practices of 5-10 US organizations Key action items for H20 implementation of effective HRIS system Overview of Staffing Methods Cost per Hire Staffing and Training Requirements Consideration of Recruitment/Time to Fill Vacancies Unique/Best practices for Staffing Review of Training and Development-Strategic Alignment Cost Analysis of Training Program – In house vs. Consultant Best Practices for Training and Development Recommended Training and Development Programs Overview HR Functions- Outsourced Benefits/ Cost Savings of Outsourcing Best Practices- Outsourcing Key Actions and Recommendations- Outsourcing Overview of Performance Management Philosophies Analysis of Best Practices – Theory Analysis of Best Practices- Applied Table of Contents (Con’t.) Recommendation PM Program HR Budgets- Components/ Elements Cost Reduction Strategies Budget Cut Recommendations Summary of HR Department Budgeting Challenges Recent Practices from 3-5 US organizations Review of Typical US Rewards Programs. Analysis of Best Practices for Compensation, Benefits, and Perks Consideration of US Taxation...
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...For the exclusive use of T. Song, 2015. 9-714-413 REV: JANUARY 24, 2014 ERIC VAN DEN STEEN Tesla Motors “Tesla is in California, so it is not April Fool’s yet!” tweeted Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, around 10 PM PT on March 31, 2013. “First profitable Q for Tesla thanks to awesome customers & hard work by a super dedicated team”1 he had tweeted a few minutes earlier. And indeed, on May 8, Tesla announced a net income of more than $10mln on $560 mln in sales.2 Tesla had outsold both Nissan and GM in electric cars in the U.S.3 Its Model S had sold more than the BMW 7 and Audi A8 combined.4 Tesla raised its Model S sales target for its first full year from 20,000 to 21,000 cars.5 Over the next three months, its stock price almost tripled.6 In its 10 years since founding, Tesla had launched both a high-end limited edition “Tesla Roadster” and its “Model S” production car, and was now taking reservations on its upcoming “Model X” electric crossover SUV. Despite a public controversy about its range, the Model S had received the coveted Car of the Year award and earned the highest rating that Consumer Reports ever gave to a car, an astonishing feat for a company that was only at its second car. While some of its most visible EV competitors went bankrupt or halted production,7 Tesla became profitable. Elon Musk wanted Tesla to be a mass manufacturer of electric cars.8 Becoming profitable meant that that goal was within reach. Or was it not? The Car Business ...
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