...of responsibility just disappear, evaporate? Basically, they want to eliminate manufacturing as a function and completely outsource all our production. We’ve built out our manufacturing capability over the past few years, and we add a lot of value with this function: shorter shipping times to customers, better integration with engineering. It is just crazy.” Regis decided she needed to confront Steve Spanner, COO at Excel. She said to herself, “Either they will let me do my job or I should just leave.” Background: Excel Industries Ron Whitney was a high-profile serial entrepreneur who founded a web company that he had sold for several million dollars in 2007. He then focused on what he saw as the “next-generation melding of web and hardware.” He founded Excel in 2010 and then received several rounds of venture funding from some of the premier VC firms on the East Coast. The company’s board included several highprofile venture capitalists. Whitney built Excel on the idea that custom hardware could track certain dimensions of individual behavior, automatically upload these data to...
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...July 03, 2014 Composition1: A Life Experience Mr. Roger Reynolds A LIFE EXPERIENCE: Thousands of spectators were gathered on this huge, open, sun-drenched field, yet the venue and its surroundings were as quiet as a graveyard in the wee hours of the morning. Even the slightest whisper could be heard from miles away and could be even mistaken for an explosion. Although I was only a few months shy of my eighth birthday you cannot begin to imagine how this moment and experience influenced my life. It was a gorgeous May Day. The sun was shining in all its glory. The cool northeast trade winds fought relentlessly to keep the temperature in check, as they blew gently across the field fluttering a few leaves on some of the beautifully landscaped trees which were scattered in uniformity across the vast expanse. The silence was broken only by the occasional sounds coming from birds here and there as they rendered a few melodious notes from their repertoire. I could not help wondering what the next move would be, what was this fan-fair all about, why were there so many people dressed in their Sunday best behaving as though they were all Christians at a church service. Or, was it because we were on a military base where good behavior is the acceptable norm. As I sat there in awe the massive crowd which was so orderly erupted in a tumultuous uproar second only to that unforgettable rendition of the national anthem done by the great Whitney Houston at one of the super bowls. What...
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...“Jamaican Children Have Rights Too” The future of any nation is dependent on the nurturing, education, health care, guidance and proper treatment of its children and as Whitney Houston aptly puts it in her very popular song The Greatest Love of All, “I believe that children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way, show them all the beauty they possess inside, give them a sense of pride, to make it easier …” These words speaks about children and how we should treat them, but in our Jamaican society, who do we classify as children. According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary a child is a “young human being below the age of full physical development”, which in Jamaica is 18 years of age and who, incidentally, is protected by the rights contained in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention on the Rights of the Child – adopted by the United Nations – basically protects the “best interests” of each child, recognizing the child as an individual with changing needs as he or she matures and therefore seeks to balance the rights of the child with the rights and duties of their parents. To simplify the rights, they are categorized into four different areas, namely: Survival Rights, Development Rights, Protection Rights and Participation Rights. Here in our beautiful island of Jamaica, children are abandoned daily. Some are abused, whether physically, emotionally, mentally or sexually and worst yet, some are killed. Every Child in Jamaica...
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...before the practice became commonplace in the 1960s. Thomas Edison is widely hailed as a genius, both as an inventor and as a businessman, and it was his vision that laid the groundwork for General Electric. In 1876 he opened his first real workshop in Menlo Park, where he set about exploring the possibilities of many different inventions he had seen at that year’s Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. This workshop would eventually yield arguably one of the most important inventions of the modern age: the electric light. In 1890, Edison started a company to bring together his various businesses all under one roof, and called it the Edison General Electric Company. Two years later Edison merged with his primary competitor, the Thomas-Houston Company, and they called the new company the General Electric...
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...Truth is based from the word of God. A close examination of God’s Word shows us that humans aer made in the image of God with the capacity to seek and to know truth. Christian philosopher Gordon Clark puts it this way, “God has fashioned both the mind and the world so that they harmonize (Braley, 172). John 14:6 says “I am the way the truth and the Life”. Truth comes from within. Every person knows right from wrong and every person knows what a lie is and what the truth is. Truth in others is built on trust. Once you learn to trust someone you can tell if they are telling the truth or not. Some people, like Descarte, believe that anything that cannot be known with absolute certainty must be considered false until its truth is proven through observation, reason and experimentation (Dunn 126). Dewey believed that since problems of living are constantly changing, the instrument (or knowledge) for dealing with them has to change also. As a result, “truths” are tentative beliefs that change as the needs of the individuals in society change. People believe what leaders tell them, what society tells them and what their parents tell them. People are looking for truth and will believe what people tell them until it can no longer be proven. For the Christian educator as for Thomas Aquinas, any truth discovered in God’s world is God’s truth, so it is proper to give a prominent place in a Christian curriculum to the study of the natural sciences...
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...New music genres are constantly evolving. These genres have been evolving ever since the beginning of music. The first kind of music was written in the year 590. They did not have the vast selection of musical instruments that we have today, this music was strictly made with the human voice. These arrangements were called Gregorian chants. The voices of these choirs and chants inspired many. This inspiration led people to create stringed instruments such as the violin, piano (harpsichord), cello, bass, harp, etc… to try to interpret the sound of the human voice. Through this development we have the sub-division, or genre, of chamber music. This leads me to my second set of questions. What are some of the different types of genres, and who created/invented them? Whenever you hear familiar toons such as “Blue-Suede Shoes”, “Baby Love”, “Amazing Grace”, “5 Foot 2”, “Maple-Leaf Rag”, “The Entertainer”, “Sweater Weather”, “Fancy”, “Crash My Party”, the list goes one… you may know the artist, but have you ever thought about who was the first person to sing a song in that particular genre? Five genres that I want to talk about would be Gospel, R&B, Heavy Metal, Country, and...
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...blues performers—Aretha Franklin, Al Green, and Phoebe Snow—used cover songs to negotiate questions of artistic, racial, and personal authenticity 2. Bego, Mark. Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul. New York, NY: Skyhorse Pub., 2012. Print. a. Traces the life of Aretha Franklin from deserted child to teenage mother to Grammy winner to inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 3. Bogdanov, Vladimir. All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul. San Francisco, CA: Backbeat, 2003. Print. a. This is a complete guide to the uniquely American world of the blues. The roots of the blues can be found in the turn-of-the-century Mississippi Delta, but today its reach extends into all kinds of music including rock, jazz, country, soul, and more. 4. Brown, Ruth, and Andrew Yule. Miss Rhythm: The Autobiography of Ruth Brown, Rhythm and Blues Legend. New York: D.I. Fine, 1996. Print. a. Tony Award winner Ruth Brown is a rhythm-and-blues revolutionary, a woman whose early successes earned her instant worldwide fame and launched a career that has influenced such legendary performers as Aretha Franklin, Dinah Washington, Little Richard and Stevie Wonder. This candid autobiography offers the true story of her extraordinary life and career. 5. Burnim, Mellonee V., and Portia K. Maultsby. African American Music: An Introduction. New York: Routledge, 2006. Print. a. is a collection of thirty essays by leading scholars whch survey major African American musical genres, both sacred...
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...Drugs: Cocaine Does Kill Death by cocaine overdose holds no favoritism among the classes of race, gender, or wealth; it destroys everything in its path. (Good opening sentence) A short time-ago the world lost Whitney Houston to a heart attack, but truth was cocaine took this remarkable icon from the world. The autopsy revealed she had cocaine in her system. If she had not been drinking and under the influence of cocaine, she may might not have drowned and would still be here today. Cocaine is killing our children, families, friends, and communities. It takes away from the individual life span. It has an adverse effect on growth, development, and our people’s relationship with our their children. It does nothing but provide a breeding ground for criminals and illegal behavior among members of society. Cocaine kills the economy through negative growth for the money and positive growth for the criminal minded. Cocaine kills the individuals Coca plants can be consumed four different ways; chewing the leaves was the originally intake. It is also used to soothe the stomach by making coca-tea called mate’ de coca. Second, cocaine sulfate is the intermediary stage of coca leaf and the finished cocaine hydrochloride crystal, a low-quality paste mixed with tobacco and smoked, mostly in the slum areas of South America. Thirdly, cocaine hydrochloride, is a stable, hydrophilic salt, it is an unscented white crystalline powder when snorted and immersed through the nasal mucosa...
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...Background of company The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, which is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The Coca-Cola Company is a global business that operates on a local scale, in every community where it does business. It is able to create global reach with local focus because of the strength of the Coca-Cola system, which comprises its company and our more than 250 bottling partners worldwide. The Coca-Cola system is not a single entity from a legal or managerial perspective, and the Company does not own or control all of our bottling partners. Coca-Cola operates through multiple local channels. It manufactures and sells concentrates, beverage bases and syrups to bottling operations, owns the brands and is responsible for consumer brand marketing initiatives. It’s bottling partners manufacture, package, merchandise and distribute the final branded beverages to their customers and vending partners, who then sell coca-cola products to consumers. All bottling partners work closely with customers -- grocery stores, restaurants, street vendors, convenience stores, movie theaters and amusement parks, among many others -- to execute localized strategies developed in partnership with our Company. Customers then sell coca-cola’s products to consumers at a rate of more than 1.9 billion servings a day. Pokka Corporation (Singapore) Private Limited was founded...
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...is also distressed about his life-threatening disease, he is happy that he is given enough time to create more happy memories with his loved ones before he departs this material world. He perceives having the opportunity to bid farewell to the people around him as something good and wanted to make the best out of the remaining days of his life. For instance, Morrie even had a “living funeral” in which he himself who is about to die, participates in his own funeral. The close people who attended in Morrie’s “living funeral” all laughed and cried as they reminisce their experiences with Morrie, stressing how Morrie has touched each of their individual lives. What is very heart-warming and essential in the movie “Tuesdays with Morrie” that reflects Morrie’s outlook on death, and most importantly on life, is his interview sessions with his former close and favorite college student named Mitch. This is because Mitch wanted to preserve his memories with Morrie, he asked Morrie to tape record their interview sessions every Tuesdays revolving on fundamental questions about life. In response, Morrie happily agreed with the favor Mitch was asking him. Morrie wanted to share his life and experiences to Mitch in the light of teaching Mitch about life lessons on how one should appreciate the beauty of life and how to live it to the fullest. On one of the Tuesday interview sessions, the topic centered on death. Morrie pointed out one of man’s weakest points in life which is their reluctance to...
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...The human lifespan, life factors and events. P1 describe physical, intellectual emotional and social development for each of life stages of an individual. Aretha Louise Franklin biography: Aretha was born march 25 1942 in Memphis, she was a fourth of five children of a Baptist preacher and gospel singer. Franklin parent separated when she was six and four year later her mother died to a heart attack. Aretha musical gift start at the early age, at the age of 14 years old she record some of her first track at the church, she also performed in front of her father congregation church. Life on the road exposed franklin to adult behaviours and at the age of 15 she became a mother, her second child followed two years later. Few years later Aretha returned to performing in 1979 the same year, her father was hospitalized after a burglary attempt in his home left him in a coma as her popularity waned and her father's health declined. 1985, Aretha released a smash-hit album the record became Aretha's biggest-selling album yet. Her follow-up album, 1986 also went gold the next year, Franklin became the first woman ever been awarded with an honour in the music industries. The same year, the University of Detroit credited her with an honorary doctorate. In 1993, she was invited to sing at the inauguration of bill Clinton, and in 1994 Franklin was given a lifetime achievement award. Over the next few years, she became the subject of multiple documentaries and tributes. She was tapped to...
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...Public Disclosure Authorized WPS5572 Policy Research Working Paper 5572 Public Disclosure Authorized What Drives the Development of the Insurance Sector? An Empirical Analysis Based on a Panel of Developed and Developing Countries Erik Feyen Rodney Lester Roberto Rocha Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized The World Bank Financial and Private Sector Development Finance and Policy Units February 2011 Policy Research Working Paper 5572 Abstract The insurance sector can play a critical role in financial and economic development. By reducing uncertainty and the impact of large losses, the sector can encourage new investments, innovation, and competition. As financial intermediaries with long investment horizons, insurance companies can contribute to the provision of long-term instruments to finance corporate investment and housing. There is evidence of a causal relationship between insurance sector development and economic growth. However, there have been few studies examining the factors that drive the development of the insurance industry. This paper contributes to the literature by examining the determinants of insurance premiums (both life and non-life premiums) and total assets for a panel of about 90 countries during the period 2000-08. The results show that life sector premiums are driven by per capita income, population size and density, demographic structures, income distribution, the size of the public pension system, state...
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...Nigerian History and Current Affairs April 2013 Vol. 3.9 Origination, Information and Statistics Current Ministers as @ April 2013 Top Officials in Government States Data and Governors Addresses of Federal Ministries Addresses of State Liaison Offices Past and Present Leaders 1960 -2013 Foreign Leaders 1921 - 1960 Natural Resources Tourist Attractions Exchange Rate History Memorable events - 800BC to April 2013 Political Parties Map of Nigeria Addresses of Federal Ministries Government Websites Local Government Areas Tertiary Institutions Important Abbreviations Sports Info Traditional Ruler Titles Civil War Events Memorable Dates Brief Biography of Notable Nigerians Web Diary General Knowledge Quiz Downloadable from www.promong.com Compilation by www.promong.com Promoting brands nationwide …more than 10,000 monthly downloads !!! 2 Contents Nigeria Origination, Information and Statistics………………..…………………………………………………………………………….3 States and Their Natural Resources...................…………………………………………………………………………………………….7 Tourist Attraction ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….8 Anthem, Pledge, Coat of Arms and National Flag……………………………………………………………………………………………9 Senate Presidents,Foreign Leaders, Premiers of the 1st Republic…………………………………………………………………..9 Inec Chairmen, Govenors of the 2nd Republic.………………………………………………..……….………………………………….10 Historical value of the Us dollar to the Naira……………………………………………………………...
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...University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran d Medical Student, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran e School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran f School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran g School of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Abstract Objective: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between various study skills and academic performance of university students. Materials & Methods: A total of 179 male and female junior and senior medical and dental students participated in the present study. The instrument was "Study Skills Assessment Questionnaire" taken from counseling services of Houston University. The content validity of this questionnaire was approved by ten psychologist and faculty members of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. The data were collected and analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis test. Results: The findings of the study showed that the study skills scores of university students with a grade point average (GPA) of 15 or more (out of 20), were statistically higher than that of those students with a GPA of less than 15 in all of the 7 skills of time...
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...Lederrick Wesley December 11, 2008 Special Projects Dr. Karin Sehmann The History and Evolution of Gospel Music The culture of African Americans dates back to the beginning of times in Africa. So many things were carried across the world such as culture, art, music, and different cultural practices. The music of African Americans has transcended across different cultures. Gospel music is one of the sacred forms of music for African Americans. This is one of the hottest music genres currently out, and it is not only meant to relay a message to people but change their hearts in the process and help people endure positive out takes on life. Gospel music has a long rich tradition with great contributors such as Thomas Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson, Whitney Houston, and Kirk Franklin. Things such as gospel music workshops and conventions exist today to educate individuals on this peculiar style of music. Recently, I held a gospel music workshop and many things were involved in putting it together. The following paper will discuss my research on the evolution of gospel music and elaborate more on why I decided to do a gospel music workshop. African American gospel music has been implemented with secular and non-African American elements. This has caused many individuals to wonder “what is gospel music?” This musical phenomenon has moved beyond the walls of the “black church” and includes many aspects (Wise 1). Gospel music can be defined from a cultural, spiritual, or...
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