...Seven of the hurdles that need to be examined, in a management sense, are: 1. Cost overruns How much will they actually be and who will pay for them? Past experience says there will be cost overruns; moreover, many of those extra costs are often hidden from the public by being shifted to other budgets. Infrastructure costs are but one example of this. It is important that a tight rein on costs be initiated from the outset and that oversight be put in place. Scrutiny of estimates and the awarding of contracts by outsiders are essential. Another aspect of the issues in this area is determining how to ensure transparency. 2. The future use of sporting venues Using these venues once the games end can pose many problems; for example, some are so large that they will have to be reduced in size if they are to be profitable. Others are specific to sports that may attract little attention. There is a history of Olympic ‘white elephants’ that stand empty for years. Can someone find a way to move these elephants toward social benefit or commercial profit? 3. Transformation of Olympic housing to public housing Questions abound. What planning needs to be done to ensure that the housing constructed for the athletes actually will be used as mixed or affordable housing after the events? Will the housing for the athletes who participate in the Paralympics be set aside as housing for the elderly and disabled? What will be done with the massive cafeterias set up to feed those involved in the...
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...good performance at Heathrow drives good performance across the network, BA delivered its highest ever network-wide Ready to Go performance of 53 per cent. This translated into record levels of flights departing on time and within 15 minutes, as well as record levels of customer satisfaction with punctuality. (BA Annual Report 08/09) BA potential future strategy for the organization to grow its position in international and global markets: The study of BA various functions and practices as an organization from the strategic perspective it can be stated that British Airways prioritize its major functions, or in another words the resources that would help them to increase revenues are given due consideration, like the 2012 Olympics in London. Prioritization involves focusing on the particulars that really matters. For that reason it is crucial to prioritize things so that the company may not lose focus on issues that need urgent attention. For a business to be flourishing it is important that it must be able to decide what resource should be devoted and what not (Bailey and Johnson, 1995). The decision on what is important is key to prioritization. The...
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...Analyse how the impacts of the Notting Hill Carnival could be measured. What methods could have been used to measure the impacts of similar events and what are the issues surrounding those methods? In 2003, a London Development Agency (LDA 2003) report into the Notting Hill Carnival found that ‘it brought in an estimated income of £93 million into London in 2002, supporting in the region of 3000 full time equivalent jobs. The study and review of other aspects of the carnival lead to increased attention from the Mayor of London and other stakeholders (1) which lead to the Notting Hill Carnival ‘Strategic Review’ in 2004. The report states that ‘the true value of the Notting Hill Carnival, in social, economic and cultural terms, has received little recognition in the past’. (2) But how can the Notting Hill Carnival be more accurately measured? Economic: The review highlights a number of economic impacts of the Carnival, with various statistics available. However, these stats focus heavily on the immediate economic impact, and do consider the costs for the negative impact of the event; policing, traffic, pollution. As highlighted by Getz 2012, the economic impacts should include a ‘comprehensive evaluation of the costs and benefits of the event’. (3) Environmental: Environment impacts have been measured in the past through the amount of waste generated. (4) Future environmental impact studies could include the measurement and tracking of the reduction of the carbon...
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...Marie Berwa Address: 76, Wandle Way, London, SW18 4UL Tel: 020 8871 2731 Mob: 07903077681 E-Mail: Marie.Renee@hotmail.co.uk Personal Profile: I am a hardworking and highly motivated individual with the willingness to learn and succeed in a working environment. I am also able to work under pressure and use my own initiative during different types of situations. I have a range of skills including interpersonal, leadership, motivation, good problem solving and communication skills, which enables me to provide excellent customer service. I am a very well organized individual with a good attitude towards work. In addition, I am a good team player who is willing to co-operate and work efficiently with others in order to achieve maximum productivity. I also enjoy working with a variety of different people and personalities. I strive a challenge and believe I will be an asset to any company. Qualifications and Education: Sep 2011 – 2014 Greenwich School of Management BA Hons Accounting & Finance Sep 2007 – 2009 St Francis Xavier College, Clapham, London BTEC National Diploma: Business Sep 2002 - 2007 La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls School GCSE Level: English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Double Science, Health & Social Care, BTEC I.T, Religious Studies. IT Skills I am capable of applying my acquired knowledge in I.T into everyday situations, which allows me to be able to construct letters, flyers, websites, charts...
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...Birth of LIBOR LONDON (Reuters) - Minos Zombanakis, born 86 years ago on a Greek island, remembers the birth of the interest rate benchmark now at the heart of a global rigging scandal well. "I was, more or less, if you excuse the lack of modesty, the one who started the whole thing," he laughs, speaking by telephone from his village among citrus orchards in Crete. Zombanakis was running the newly-opened London branch of Manufacturer's Hanover, now part of JPMorgan, when the bank organised one of the first syndicated loans pegged to what he dubbed a London interbank offered rate (Libor) in 1969. The $80 million loan, for the Shah of Iran, embodied the way cross-border financial markets that had been effectively closed since 1929 were being prised open - sowing the seeds for London to flourish as a global financial centre. The ambitious bankers of that era had little idea that the rate they were using to price these loans would become a central cog in the global financial system and a benchmark for $550 trillion in contracts ranging from interest rate derivatives to home loans and credit cards. Four decades on, that rate has been discredited by the brazen attempts of traders to game it, by the banks that have lied about their true costs of borrowing and by the regulators accused of either condoning or failing to stop manipulation. Libor, designed to reflect a bank's borrowing costs accurately, burst into the headlines in June when Barclays (BARC.L) was fined a record $450...
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...World Cities Millionaire Cities, Megacities and World Cities Millionaire city: 1 million+ pop Megacity: 10 million+ pop, 2,000 persons/km², one or two places merged World City: Major area which doesn’t just serve area, but world, normally multinational These are all interlinked in a pattern, usually by train. Also they started mainly in MEDC’s, but have slowly appeared more in LEDC’s. Contemporary Urbanisation Processes Urbanisation: the movement and growth of proportion of people living in urban areas. Characteristics: Since the 1950’s, urbanisation has started rapidly to increase in LEDC’s. the main two reasons for this are population growth and migration. Push factors ← Poor infrastructure ← Unemployment ← Poverty/Famine ← Natural Disasters ← Civil War ← Desertification Pull factors ← Better Jobs ← Better Education ← City life ‘Bright Life’ ← Better Social life ← Higher pay ← Financial Aid ← Better Healthcare - Urbanisation in the UK: Started with the Industrial Revolution in the 1800’s | |Economic |Social |- |- | |Push Factor |1. Unemployment from mechanisation |1. Poorer education |- |- | | |2. Little pay |2. Poorer social life | | | | | ...
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...HIST 1400 Jeffery Egan Keran Sun The era of religion conflict and witch craze can be called an era of black in Europe. In this era, the citizen of Europe suffered an era of witchcraft and the conflict between the Catholics and Protestants. As the result of the Black Death, the population of Europe as dramatically dropped, this directly influenced the population of labor force, which directly caused the result of economic depression. And this gave people great pressure. People blame all these torment on the witches, who was called the troop of devil. People consider most of the witches were women, and most of the women should be single or widows for no reason. This leads the tragedy of many innocent women to be killed or tortured to death. Because there was a great conflict between the two religion communications, the violence was widespread in the mid 16th century in the Europe area. The conflict between the two caused a large area of destructive damages in many parts of France. Catholic was the main fraction of religion before French war of religion. After the death of King Henry II, French Monarchy started to lose their power and strength, economy dropped dramatically, and the social structure started to lose stability at the time too. Also, some influential families valued this period of turmoil to gain more power and more impact power to the society. However, either side of the religion group wanted to compromise, the conflicts between the two still caused a horrible...
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...I remember as a child there was a cartoon that was introduced and it was called the Jetson’s. This television program was a glimpse into our future and we did not know it. There was a telephone on the program when in use you would be able to see the person with whom you were speaking. Wow, we can use this feature now. At this point you may be wondering why I brought this cartoon into this paper, but sitting in front of the computer writing this paper it came to my remembrance. “East Orange is Leading the Way in Crime-Fighting Technology,” this title that was published in the Star Ledger which is a local newspaper. I am proud to say that I was born and raised in the City of East Orange that is located in the fine Garden State, New Jersey. I actually watched East Orange go from Suburbia to Urban and become a crime ridden 3.9 square miles. For such a small city it was infested with crime. The 1980’s was not good years and the 1990’s were no better. At this time crack cocaine entered into our very quiet community and reek havoc. It was as if we went to sleep and woke up in a nightmare that continued for many, many years. The city’s streets were out of control. There was prostitution, robberies, murders and folks that were addicted walking around the streets like zombies. It was almost as if we were living in the movie New Jack City. The citizens of this city were afraid to come out of their homes once night fell. It seemed that the Mayor and the City Council...
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...------------------------------------------------- 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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...two events to parallel the multi-event games in athletics of the modern pentathlon and the decathlon. This was part of the ambition to create an Olympics of the mind. The Mind Sports Olympiad returned to London with sponsorship in both 1998[8] and 1999. Despite a falling out between the organisers a successful event was held in Alexandra Palace the next year in 2000. During this time several satellite events were held around the world bearing the Mind Sports Olympiad name. These have occurred in Cambridge, England;] Singapore; Seoul, South Korea; Milan, Italy; Oulu, Finland; and Prague, The Czech Republic. The Mind Sports Olympiad main event continued to happen but without sponsorship the tournaments were held at a number of different universities. The event was still going strong for the years 2001 - 2006. The main 2004 event featured a separate event for schools, featuring competitions and activities in chess, Go, quizzes and intelligence puzzles. But in 2007 the Mind Sports Olympiad was reduced to a much smaller venue in Potters Bar due to no sponsorship and no advertising.[6] In 2008 the MSO saw a revival returning to a central London venue, the Royal Horticultural Halls, Westminster and again on 21–31 August 2009[19] The 2010 event was held at the Soho Theatre in London.[20] In 2011, the Mind Sports Olympiad moved to a bigger...
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...Urgent flight from Paris airport to New York via United Kingdom Problem We need to travel to New York from one of Paris airports threw United Kingdom airport. We are in an urgent situation. What steps we must follow to gather data’s and information’s from our agent website? Before we start gathering data’s and information’s we must determine our problem and our goal. Goal: Reach New York City from Paris threw U.K airports. Problem: We must select the faster route to reach our destination. Having determining our goal and problem we must set some constrains. Doing so we will be able to filter faster data and information’s and we will avoid gathering unnecessary data’s and information’s that will take time to analyze and louse valuable time. Constrains: 1) We will travel alone. 2) Departure airport: Which airport we must choose. 3) Date and time: We are in a hurry so we must look for the faster day and time to travel. 4) United Kingdom airport stop: We must make a stop to a United Kingdom airport and from there travel to New York. It doesn’t matter if will be the same airport or different one. We must avoid airports that their stuff does strikes or will be in strike the day we will travel. 5) Airline: We avoid airline companies that we know there schedules programs are not trustworthy and always have delays, strikes or other problems. 6) Cost: The cost of the airline ticket is not important. 7) Landing airports in New York: We don’t care...
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...the fashion elements wherever I go. Tours to foreign countries since the first year of my junior middle school are especially valuable in my life, comprehensively recording my growing footsteps and colorfully sketching my youth and enthusiasm for life. Paris and Milan, the pioneers of fashion, had brought me into the realm of resplendent clothing. The feeling of integration in the real fashion world when I walked along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées and quadrilatero della moda strengthened my thought of studying fashion management. I have passion in fashion. No doubt, London is one of the best places for a student like me to pursue and accomplish my dream in the fashion industry. As one of the four cities where the most prominent fashion week will be held semi-annually, millions of cutting edge styles and runways are easily seen in London. No one can resist such a resplendent fashion feast. Most importantly, the London College of Fashion is a world famous fashion college that I have been yearning to go for a long time. What impress me most...
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...Roshni Allen Dr. Leon Watson GEOG 1500 18 March 2013 4 Dream Vacation Spots Switzerland Growing up in India, I used to watch movies where one of the most cherished vacation spots shown over and again in many movies was Switzerland. Actors and actresses would sing romantic songs in the beautiful snow filled Alps or gorgeous green and lush fields, with trees in the background that I had only learned about in school. Switzerland has environmental issues such as some acid rain, air pollution from vehicle emissions, water pollution from fertilizers, and loss of biodiversity (CIA World factbook1). It is something I will most likely not worry about though. However, avalanche, landslides, and flash floods could be something that I may study prior to leaving to avoid it. I will be able to use my credit card as usual in the country, as long as I notify my bank in advance. This will take hassle out of carrying cash and worrying about the latest currency exchange rate or thieves. Safety and travelling systems are rated A, which means strict rules and regulations. For ex, travelling through highways requires a sticker that needs to be purchased prior to travelling (CountryWatch1 ,159). I would like to go for at least a week with my family (husband and son). I would visit in summer, since I get cold easily and will not be able to colorful scenery. One of the places I would like to visit is the Island of Brissago (see attachment A1), a botanical garden of the Canton Ticino...
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...3rd period Elizabethan Theatre The Elizabethan World This theory, based on the Greek philosopher Aristotle’s concept of the universe, was of great importance to Shakespeare’s contemporaries and was used by him in developing events in his plays. According to this idea, everything in the world had its position fixed by God. The Earth was the center of the universe and the stars moved around it in fixed routes. In heaven god ruled over the archangels and angels. On there was order everywhere. Society reflected this order with its fixed classes from the highest to the lowest- kings, churchmen, nobles, merchants, and peasants. The animals had their own degrees too, the lion being the “king”. Plant life and minerals also reflected this order. Among the trees, the most superior was the oak; among flowers, it was the rose. The Elizabethans called this hierarchical structure The Great Chain of Being. There are two major religions in Elizabethan Englan were the Catholic and Protestant religions. The convictions and beliefs in these different religions were so strong that they led to the executiong of many adherents to both of these Elizabethan religions. Elizabethan Court was wherever the Queen happened to be and was made up of all those who surrounded the Queen from servants to the courtiers themselves. Once a year the Queen would go on a progress to the southern counties, but most of the time she resided...
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...The UK is the 6th largest economy in the world according to GDP (current prices, US dollars) and the 8th largest in the world according to GDP (PPP). In 2012, the UK’s GDP (current prices) was $2.44 trillion and its GDP (PPP) was $2.336 trillion. For January to March 2014, the UK employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 72.7%. The equivalent figures for the countries were 73.5% for Scotland, 72.9% for England, 70.0% for Wales and 67.8% for Northern Ireland. For January to March 2014, the UK unemployment rate for those aged 16 and over was 6.8%. The equivalent figures for the countries were 7.2% for Northern Ireland, 6.8% for both England and Wales, and 6.4% for Scotland. In 2009/10 to 2011/12, the annual average direct tax (such as income tax and National Insurance) paid by all UK households was £7,360 per household. By country, Scotland paid £7,056 per household, Northern Ireland paid £5,647 and Wales paid £5,564. In 2012/13, UK public sector net borrowing was £115.1 billion (7.4% of UK GDP), this excludes transfers related to the Bank of England Asset Purchase Facility and Royal Mail Pension Scheme. When these two transfers are included net borrowing was £80.7 billion (5.1% of UK GDP). These figures are for the same time period as the latest available figures for Scotland. At the start of 2013, Business Population Estimates showed that Scotland had the fewest registered private businesses per 10,000 adults in the UK at 740, followed by 753 in Wales, 785 in Northern...
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